Tottenham Hotspur boss Ange Postecoglou has called out the brutal realities of being a Premier League manager, suggesting the scrutiny is even more intense than being UK prime minister.

Postecoglou has faced pressure this season amid challenging results across November and December, putting him under the media spotlight and enduring friction with Spurs fans.

Tottenham inflicted a 5-0 thrashing on Southampton last weekend, their first victory after a run of five win-less games across all competitions, that saw Saints boss Russell Martin sacked within hours.

“You don’t even get sacked in the morning now. You’ve got to change your song,” said Postecoglou, referencing the famous chant aimed at managers under pressure.

“We have lost all sort of modes of respect in our society, where guys are in jobs and they are putting up names of who is going to replace them while they are still working. We have crossed that line now and it is pretty much open season. We are so quick to just throw people in the trash and move on really quickly, with no thought or any care around it. It is why I have left before it has ever happened to me. Jump out before that comes my way.

“I get people who say, ‘Managers have always been sacked.’ I just think it has gone beyond that now, where we forget there is a human being involved. This job is the hardest job now in any walk of life. You can say politics, but this is harder than any job. The tenure and longevity of this role now means that you go in to it and very few are going to come out of it without any scars.

“How many times does [the prime minister] have an election? I have one every weekend, mate. We have an election every weekend and either get voted in or out.”

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