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Ange Postecoglou insists Tottenham Hotspur playing in Melbourne the same week as the A-League Men grand final can shine a light on Australian football, rather than it being a distraction. Postecoglou's Spurs play fellow English Premier League club Newcastle United at the MCG on Wednesday night. It kicks off a packed schedule of football with the Geordies then taking on the A-League Men All Stars on Friday night, before Arsenal play the A-League Women All Stars in a double header at Marvel Stadium.

As a media throng packed the AAMI Park theatre for Postecoglou's pre-match press conference alongside superstar captain Son Heung-min, his former charges Melbourne Victory were preparing at nearby Gosch's Paddock for Saturday's grand final against Central Coast in Gosford. Journalism for the curious Australian across politics, business, culture and opinion. But Postecoglou, in his first trip to his hometown of Melbourne since 2019, was adamant the attention around his charges wouldn't take the spotlight away from the ALM's grandest stage.



"No, I don't think so," he said. "I think it's a good thing. It gets people talking about the game.

"I guess it's kind of one of the bewilderments I have about Australian football - we think we compete with each other. "But the fact there's a big game (tomorrow), Newcastle v All Stars, it puts a focus on the game and I think it'll just help highlight the grand final too, which should be a cracking game. "I watched both finals last week and it shoul.

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