The Tottenham head coach will ring the changes at St James' Park but the intention remains the same
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank plans to make significant changes to his starting XI for Wednesday night's Carabao Cup tie with Newcastle United at St James' Park.
But the Danish coach is adamant his only intention is to win the game and continue their bid for more silverware. Spurs won the UEFA Europa League under Ange Postecoglou last season, and Frank is hoping to use that winning mentality against Newcastle tomorrow evening.
Both sides go into the game on the back of a challenging fixture list, with Champions League and Premier League matches coming thick and fast this month.
Newcastle enjoyed home victories over Benfica and Fulham in the past week, while Spurs moved on from a disappointing goalless draw in Monaco to record an impressive 3-0 win over Everton at the Hill Dickinson Stadium on Sunday.
United boss Eddie Howe is expected to rotate his squad on Wednesday evening, and Frank has already hinted he will do the same - although the goal remains to leave Tyneside with a place in the quarter-finals in the bag.
Spurs could bring the likes of Archie Gray, Pape Sarr, Lucas Bergvall and Wilson Odobert into the side, and Frank knows they have the pedigree and experience to maintain their recent standards.
"We have some players here who had a fantastic experience last year winning the Europa League final," Frrank said ahead of the clash with Newcastle.
"They are very eager to win more trophies and we would like to compete and win. We are definitely going for it.
"Of course there will be a little bit of rotation like I have basically done from game to game because we have played every third or fourth day.
"You need to do it, every club does if you need to compete and that's the next thing. If you want to compete over 60 games, you can't play the same XI for 60 games because the risk of injury, fatigue and lack of performance, that naturally happens.
"So, it is that fine balance to manage that, but that is what we are up for."