Tottenham boss Ange Postecoglou has dismissed talk of being on the shortlist of names for the Liverpool job.

Postecoglou has been linked with the Reds this week as Jurgen Klopp prepares to step down in June.

He said: "I may be on a shortlist " I don't think I want to say anything about that because I don't think that's ever going to enter my brain space for what is my priorities in life and profession right now.

"I've only been here seven months, so that's self-explanatory. I've been at pains to say we've still got a long way to go in terms of the football we want to play, team we want to be, squad we want to have. We've had two positive windows. I think we've had two positive campaigns, a decent campaign so far, but we've got a long way to go.

"When we're not going well, then there's questioning about whether we're going to be here. When you're potentially going OK there's still question about whether you're going to be here. The reality of it is: most of it is out of our hands. I'm never worried about that.

I've got a history of 26 years of management where you can see pretty clearly what I do. I rely on that as my explanation as to where my thought processes are. Right now it's about finishing the season strongly with Tottenham and making sure we're trying to establish a really strong foundation for who we want to be in the years to come. That can only happen if I'm totally focused on what these last 14 games can bring for us."

He added, "If it's just people throwing up names, then who cares? Like, seriously? But, at the end of the day, if I'm doing a good job then hopefully people will acknowledge that in one form or another — whatever that form is. But so-called 'chat', that's of no interest to me."