Thomas Frank has joked he left Brentford for Tottenham as a result of he needed “extra danger in my every day life” — however insisted he can be given time to show the membership into serial trophy challengers.
The 51-year-old faces his first sport in cost — a pleasant at Studying — on Saturday after signing a three-year deal to succeed Ange Postecoglou as Spurs boss.
Frank was an enormous success in his seven-year spell at Brentford, taking them up into the Premier League and establishing them as a harmful power within the division.
Throughout the identical interval, Spurs sacked 5 managers, the latest of which was Postecoglou regardless of ending the membership’s 17-year look forward to a trophy by lifting the Europa League in Could.
Requested if he was involved about Tottenham’s file in shelling out with managers, Frank mentioned: “I prefer to problem myself. I’ve by no means been sacked earlier than in order that is likely one of the the explanation why I took the job, so I can get a bit of bit extra danger into my every day life!
“Coming to a giant membership, there are pressures. We have to carry out as a result of it’s ‘we’: it’s me, the employees, the gamers. It’s everybody. We have to do this collectively. I just like the ambitions and every part I do, each resolution I made to this point, every part, is for the long-term. It isn’t about surviving one sport, or one yr or what’s the common [time in charge]? No. It’s for the long term.”
Pushed on whether or not he was assured he would get the time for that long-term planning to repay, Frank referenced talks with chairman Daniel Levy, CEO Vinai Venkatesham and Technical Director Johan Lange and mentioned: “Sure. If I wasn’t that then I should not take the job.
“I had excellent conversations with Daniel, Vinai and Johan, who’ve been very optimistic. I’m typically, a optimistic and optimistic man and I feel personally it’s higher to be that that pessimistic as a result of it is rather tough to realize something massive or do issues that weren’t potential earlier than in case you are not optimistic.
“Additionally, OK, sensible and know what ‘good’ seems like and know the three groups you simply talked about are forward of us proper now. I understand how we should always look to get there however let’s take one step at a time.”
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Frank additionally sought to minimize hypothesis Son Heung-Min and Cristian Romero might depart the membership. Son, 33, has 12 months left on his present contract whereas Romero is attracting curiosity from Atletico Madrid. Nonetheless, Frank refused to verify whether or not Son will stay as membership captain subsequent season.
“Good query,” he mentioned. “I have not determined something on that. I feel I’ve a protracted checklist of bullet factors I have to get by and take them in the appropriate order. However he was the captain final yr and once we play two 45s tomorrow, Son and Romero would be the two captains for every staff. However I have not made a remaining resolution.
“My expectation is that every one the gamers are right here. They’re coaching nicely. That’s what I am specializing in. Very impressed by them. They set the requirements, they practice laborious. They’re enjoying tomorrow, that may be a good indicator that they’re right here on the membership.”