Tottenham were hammered by Arsenal on Sunday and Thomas Frank has been left to pick up the pieces amid talk his job is already in doubt despite being hired in the summer
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank insists he “knows how to build a team” as he underlined the need for the club to stick by him despite their embarrassing loss at Arsenal.
A harrowing loss in the North London derby has seen the pressure ramp up on Frank, who was only appointed in the summer off the back of several impressive years with Brentford. He’s now dealing with heightened expectations and his future is now a talking point.
Tottenham have shown themselves willing to sack managers after only a matter of months. Nuno Espirito Santo was axed after 17 games in 2021, albeit that was when Daniel Levy was at the helm, but Tottenham’s hierarchy still have lofty ambitions.
Frank, who has won just once in his last five Premier League games, insists now is the time for the club to stick by him as he’s learning on the job but made it clear he has the ability to make them a success.
He said: “Part of taking this job was to sit here and have the challenges. Of course, I would have loved to sit here and we’ve beaten Arsenal and then face Paris tomorrow night. We lost and we lost badly. Part of that is to manage those setbacks and learn from it and move on from here.
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“One thing I’m 1000 per cent sure of, I know how to build a team, I know how to build a club and we will do that. Along the way, we’ll learn and the big thing is how we learn from the bad spells, because that’s where we also can see that when we go 1-0 down, how do we react as a team? The best teams, they just continually move on. They still run hard, they still do the same thing. There’s no doubt in that.
“The first four months, I learned a lot about the team. I learned a lot about the individual players and all that learning that needs to materialise to how we find the right formula with the right players on the pitch and also with some players coming back. Then we play every third day. That’s the big challenge, but that’s what I embrace.”
Tottenham have been as high as second this term, but now find themselves down in ninth. Their Carabao Cup hopes have ended whilst in the Champions League they remain unbeaten, winning two and drawing two of their four outings. PSG on Wednesday night will offer their sternest test.
The Parisians are defending European champions and downed Tottenham in the European Super Cup only months ago, but Frank is adamant his side will produce the necessary response to their Arsenal mauling.
“I’m convinced that we’ll bounce back with a good performance,” he said.
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