Postecoglou has signed a multi-year deal to take over the Japanese outfit next year, following the resignation of Frenchman Erick Mombaerts.

The Marinos have won only one piece of silverware - the 2013 Emperor’s Cup – in the past 13 years, but are partly owned by the City Football Group and well supported with high expectations.

Postecoglou’s appointment comes after an improved campaign where the side finished the 2017 J.League season in fifth, having been 10th in 2016, and are in the Emperor’s Cup final four, with a semi-final date with Kashiwa Reysol on Saturday.

It was the Yokohama club’s best J.League finish in four years, when they were runners-up in 2013.

Degenek, who joined the Marinos in January and was named in the Young J.League Team of the Year, backed Postecoglou’s ambition.

“I think when you come here as a professional coach or footballer you always want to win the title,” Degenek told FourFourTwo.

“Knowing Ange, that’s what our main objective will be next year; to win a title with his style of football hopefully and lift a trophy at the end of the year which would be nice.

“You can’t plan a year in advance. You obviously want to go step by step, game by game and see how it goes, but he is ambitious.”

Degenek, who argued his side should’ve qualified for the 2018 AFC Champions League with a top three finish, said Postecoglou’s style would suit the Marinos.

The 23-year-old is in the unique position of knowing Postecoglou’s style first hand along with the Marinos’.

“Obviously we’re quite good at playing football,” Degenek said.

“We try to play out of the back and to foot, no long balls, we’ve been quite decent at it this year.