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Ange Postecoglou says Tottenham could be set for another blow with his senior assistant coach Chris Davies yet to make a decision over the vacant Swansea job cebo
Spurs rejected an approach from the Sky cebo Bet Championship club to speak with Davies earlier this week, but the Welsh outfit have not given up hoping of hiring Postecoglou’s number two as Michael Duff’s replacement cebo
Ex-Celtic and Leicester coach Davies was on the touchline for Tottenham’s 2-1 home loss to West Ham on Thursday, which made it four defeats in five for the injury-hit hosts cebo
Top-four rivals Newcastle are up next for Spurs on Sunday and Postecoglou admitted Davies could still leave for Swansea after that fixture cebo
“I’ve had a brief discussion with Chris and he knows we’ve got a busy week, so we’ll focus on that,” Postecoglou said cebo
“He’s an outstanding individual; he’s done some great work with us and great work in the past cebo
It’s not surprising to me that Swansea or other clubs would look at him cebo
“It’s what you want to be honest cebo
You want good people and when you’ve got good people, they’re going to attract attention cebo
Ange Postecoglou could lose a key member of his staff (Getty Images)“From my perspective, whatever that transpires to, it’s very much in Chris’ hands cebo
“It’s his decision in terms of what he wants to do moving forward and obviously the club will deal with it from there cebo
”Davies leaving would be another unwanted disruption for Spurs, who remain without several key personnel due to injury and have not tasted victory since 27 October cebo
But Postecoglou added: “I’ve always been relaxed cebo
“I have said in the past, it is part of my role to develop staff and I am really proud of the fact a lot of the guys I’ve worked with, the reason they are not with me as assistants is because they are senior managers in their own right cebo
“If you are looking for things that will be disruptive, you can use that as a clutch or an excuse for anything cebo
“We lost Harry Kane the day before the season started so there is a disruption, we lost half the squad after one game so there is a disruption cebo
There will always be this cebo
“You can’t work in a vacuum where everything is perfect and, for me, I have been relaxed in these kind of situations because I have always believed the environment will cover whatever challenges we have if we get it right cebo
”Spurs will need to check on captain Son Heung-min ahead of Sunday’s match after he took a blow to the back late on in the West Ham defeat cebo
Son Heung-min is a doubt for Tottenham’s encounter with Newcastle (Getty Images)“He was a bit sore after the game obviously, but the extent of it we’ll need to see how he recovers today,” Postecoglou said of Son cebo
“There were a couple of others with knocks but I don’t think anything else is significant cebo
“Obviously we got Pape (Sarr) a few minutes last night and I understand him and Richarlison came through OK but there won’t be anyone else coming back cebo between now and the new year cebo
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“Singapore’s OK – I mean, it’s clean and safe and easy to get around – but it’s got no history cebo
” This was the unforgivably condescending line I dished out to anyone who asked what I thought of the Asian city-state when I first visited four years ago cebo
The “no history” belief stemmed from the fact that Singapore was distinctly un-European cebo
There were no crumbling churches; no cobbled alleyways; no five-century-old statues cebo
Everything, to my Eurocentric eyes, was gleamingly fresh, the paint barely dried cebo
Buildings were unapologetically modern, spacious and air-conned to within an inch of their lives cebo
It was all too clean – where was the grit, the mucky bits that tell the real story of a city?I couldn’t see them in the numerous shining malls, the towering hotels or the whizzy Changi airport (frequently voted the world’s best) – and so I decided they didn’t exist cebo
Singapore was soulless and tetherless, a contemporary destination with nothing rooting it to the past cebo
But I decided that, in 2019 – a big year for Singapore – I would give it another shot cebo
The state celebrated 50 years of independence not long ago: this year it marks two centuries since Sir Stamford Raffles arrived and completely changed the course of Singapore’s history cebo
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On the one hand, who doesn’t love an anniversary? And Raffles was undeniably instrumental in shaping the country’s future, transforming it into a powerful and renowned trading port when he arrived in 1819 cebo
On the other, many locals might – quite rightly – argue that the beginning of English rule in the region introduced issues that still affect Singaporeans today cebo
Segregation, for example, was put in place by Raffles’ right-hand man, lieutenant Philip Jackson, who split the colony into specific ethnic residential and business areas: one for the Chinese, another for Europeans, another for Indians… and so on cebo
While lines have become more blurred, the divisions were hard to shake: exploring the city today, you’ll still find separate, distinct neighbourhoods exist according to ethnicity cebo
RecommendedThe story behind the Singapore SlingFor all that, the bicentennial does give the perfect excuse to delve into the nation’s history – which, despite my unfounded misgivings, it most certainly does have cebo
The city is awash with exhibitions and events created for the anniversary to tell its complex story, with the headline act being The Bicentennial Experience cebo
This no-expense-spared, interactive, immersive exhibition-slash-show – which is also completely free of charge – sweepingly relays not just the last 200 years, but Singapore from its earliest known origins, beginning in 1299 cebo
Dancing live actors portraying ancient rulers; a revolving auditorium that projects a film which brings to life the city’s fast-paced evolution; a room where we have to shelter under plastic umbrellas as “rain” falls from the ceiling – I am whisked through Singapore’s intriguing past in a whirl of sensory delight cebo
But as I wander through the gardens at Fort Canning, where outdoor installations reflect further on the story of Singapore’s last 700 years, it’s the Second World War story that I am haunted by cebo
Fort Canning is home to The Bicentennial Experience (Singapore Tourism Board)Again, an ignorantly Eurocentric perspective has shaped my understanding of the conflict cebo
I know about Germany and France and Austria, awful Italy and bold Blighty, of course cebo
Yet I knew nothing of Singapore’s three-year occupation by the Japanese; nothing of how citizens felt cebo betrayed and abandoned by the British; nothing of Sook Ching, the chilling ethnic cleansing project that saw untold numbers of Chinese men slaughtered cebo
It was this, too, that led Singaporeans to finally shake off British rule in 1963 – witnessing their “unconquerable” colonial masters defeated, unable to protect themselves or their subjects – and prompted something of a collective awakening cebo
Chow down on a Michelin-recommended bowl of laksa (Singapore Tourism Board)More history awaits on the banks of the Singapore River, where an augmented reality app, designed specially for the bicentennial, introduces me to prominent and unsung characters from Singapore’s past cebo
They pop up at certain spots for a chat as I stroll along the waterside cebo
Raffles, of course, makes an appearance, as does one of the nation’s Chettiars (some of the earliest private bankers who settled in Singapore from the 1820s), and a Chinese coolie, who was an indentured worker engaged in grinding hard labour cebo
At Singapore’s National Gallery, I feel submerged in both old and new – the sprawling building encapsulates the clean, modern impression of the city I’d been carrying around for five years, while a new immersive exhibition explores City Hall’s integral role in much of Singapore’s history, from housing the Municipal Council to providing shelter from air raids during the Second World War cebo
Raffles Singapore: birthplace of the Singapore Sling cocktail (iStock)With that sombre thought ringing in my mind, I decide to experience another authentic flavour of Singapore – quite literally cebo
The city is stacked with hawker centres, each with stall upon stall shelling dishes that reflect the eclectic backgrounds of locals cebo
Dripping with sweat in the non-air-conned Hong Lim Food Centre in Chinatown, I slurp up exquisite Asian Delight laksa from Michelin-guide recommended Famous Sungei Road Trishaw Laksa cebo
Juicy prawns and crayfish float in a creamy, coconut milk broth spiked with chilli that should by rights cost far more than the S$4 price tag cebo
Across town, I fill up further on biryani at Little India’s Tekka Centre, all saffron-coloured rice and juicy fried fish cebo
The air is pungent with spices as the lunchtime crowd tuck in in traditional style, using their hands to scoff plates of tender meat and rich sauces cebo
Sample a different flavour in Little India (Singapore Tourism Board)Even at the prestigious five-star Raffles Hotel, which reopened this year after a £150m renovation, mess abounds; as I step into the Long Bar to sample the ubiquitous Singapore Sling, my feet crunch on the copious monkey-nut shells that litter the floor cebo
It’s tradition: patrons have been chucking their nutshells here since the early 1900s cebo
Who said Singapore was “too clean” again? Oh yeah… me cebo
How wrong can you get?Travel essentialsGetting thereSingapore Airlines flies direct from London Heathrow from £528 return cebo
Staying thereFor a real slice of history, Raffles Hotel has doubles from £540 cebo
More informationSingapore Tourism Board: visitsingapore cebo
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