Tottenham: Thomas Frank outlines key principles as ambitions align with Daniel Levy after Europa League win
Five weeks on from his appointment as Tottenham’s new head coach, Thomas Frank sat down and looked out at a packed auditorium.
Ahead of his side’s opening pre-season match against Reading, Frank conducted his first press conference as Spurs boss and declared life in his new surroundings had so far not proved too stressful.
“It’s the easy part now, the honeymoon,” Frank said.
“Everyone is happy, the sun is shining. We haven’t played a game yet.”
The weather is somewhat outside of สนใจสมัคร? คลิกที่นี่เพื่อเริ่มต้น his remit but the mood of those at the club, and the length of this honeymoon period, are factors very much in his control over the weeks and months ahead.
Frank is an engaging character but this was a largely debut at Tottenham’s training ground. Certainly in contrast to the more confrontational approach of his predecessor Ange Postecoglou.
There were moments when Frank’s humour did shine through, mentioning Arsenal’s Invincible side and then immediately apologising for his “first rookie mistake”.
He also joked that he had taken the Spurs job to have a “little bit more risk” in his life, having never previously sack.
However, Frank was otherwise guard and unwilling to give too much away. He flat-batted questions on Morgan Gibbs-White and Bryan Mbeumo, and did little to offer assurances on the future of Heung-min Son. Asked about the long-throw auditions that a social media post from Destiny Udogie inadvertently revealed, Frank spoke only about the need to maximise the team’s potential.