Thomas Frank is undaunted by Tottenham’s historical past of sacking managers as he will get set to take cost of his first sport with the membership.
Frank was appointed because the successor for Ange Postecoglou after the Australian was sacked regardless of guiding Tottenham to Europa League glory, with a Seventeenth-placed end and 21 defeats within the Premier League resulting in his exit.
Postecoglou grew to become the fifth supervisor to be sacked by Tottenham throughout Frank’s earlier tenure at Brentford. Having taken over in 2018, Frank led the Bees to promotion from the Championship in 2021 and subsequently stabilised them as a Premier League membership in spectacular trend.
Mauricio Pochettino, Jose Mourinho, Nuno Espirito Santo and Antonio Conte had been additionally sacked by Spurs throughout Frank’s time with their London rivals.
But the Dane is undeterred by that worrying current historical past.
Frank advised a pre-match media convention forward of Saturday’s pleasant with Reading: “I prefer to problem myself.
“I’ve been that privileged, I’ve by no means been sacked earlier than. So that’s one of many explanation why I took the job, so I may get somewhat bit extra danger into my every day life.
“I’m coming to a giant membership that’s valuable. We must carry out as a result of it’s we. It’s me, it’s the employees, it’s the gamers, it’s everybody. And we have to try this collectively.
“So I just like the ambitions and all the things I do, each resolution I’ve made thus far, all the things is for the long run.
“It’s not about surviving one sport or one 12 months or 18 months or what’s the common, no, it’s for the long term.
“I’ll do all the things, day by day, to work in direction of taking this membership to new heights. That is the ambition.
“If I used to be not bold, I’d not sit right here. I’m wanting ahead to it.”
Asked about Spurs’ 1-0 win over Manchester United within the Europa League last, Postecoglou added: “It was constructive they gained. They obtained the trophy that this membership deserved.
“Hopefully we will add to that. The first intention is to have the ability to compete in all 4 tournaments.
“That needs to be the ambition we construct in direction of. The 2019 Champions League last was the final season the membership was capable of compete in multiple competitors.
“We want to have the ability to compete in Europe and the cups. If you’ll be able to compete, there’s a likelihood you might be high.”
