Daniel Levy has described relieving Ange Postecoglou of his duties as an emotionally difficult decision, but believes it was right for Tottenham Hotspur.
The club's chairman has belatedly commented on the change of head coach ten days after the Australian's departure. There were no quotes from Levy or anyone else when announcing the move earlier this month.
Instead, their statement mentioned that "the Board has unanimously concluded that it is in the best interests of the Club for a change to take place." There were again no comments less than a week later when announcing the appointment of Thomas Frank.
Levy and the club's new chief executive, Vinai Venkatesham, have since conducted a joint interview, which Spurs uploaded to their YouTube channel on Tuesday. Its description states both "comment on the key football decisions made since the end of last season".
"I'm very grateful to Ange; I don't regret appointing Ange," Levy said. "In his first season, we finished fifth, and in our second season, we were over the moon to win the [ Europa League ] trophy, but we need to compete in all competitions, and we felt that we needed a change.
"I've got an excellent relationship with him; I've told him 'you're always going to be part of our history'. [He] and his family are always welcome back.
"It was a collective decision, [it] wasn't my decision; we do everything together. Emotionally, it was difficult, but we believe we've made the right decision for the club."
Addressing the appointment of Frank, the chairman said: "Whenever you have a new coach, it's always a fresh start; [they] always have different ideas. But we want to build on the success of winning a trophy last season.
"The things that stood out to me with Thomas [are that he's] clearly highly intelligent, [a] great communicator, [a] super human being, plus, all the other technical aspects that are obviously important. But they really stood out to me, those three parts."