Thomas Frank will have plenty on his plate as he gets to work at Tottenham Hotspur following his move from Brentford to replace Ange Postecoglou.
The 51-year-old was announced on Thursday as the new Spurs head coach and after some well-earned time off in both Denmark and Spain this summer, the Dane will officially get to work ahead of the 2025/26 season. He will no doubt already be plotting and planning for what the future holds to ensure he makes a quick start at the north London club after taking over from the trophy-winning Australian.
Frank has signed a three-year deal at Spurs, bringing to an end a near decade-long stay at Brentford, including six years as the head coach of the Bees as he helped them punch above their weight in the Premier League after earning promotion from the Championship.
Here are five things that we reckon will be on Frank's to-do list both now and when he eventually settles into his seat at his new office at Tottenham's Hotspur Way training complex.
Transfer talk
Frank will already be thinking about what his Tottenham squad will look like for the coming campaign and he will be having plenty of conversations with his fellow Dane and technical director Johan Lange. The pair knew each other from their time at Lyngby and maintained a close relationship. Lange had wanted to bring Frank to Aston Villa while he was there and played his part in bringing his compatriot to Spurs.
Now the duo will look to assemble a squad that can help the new head coach to succeed and be strong enough for the Champions League adventure ahead, while also strengthening Lange's position at the club with former managing director of football Fabio Paratici expected to return at some point in the months ahead.
Frank will be giving the green light to certain moves, as he did with Mathys Tel's loan spell being made permanent.
football.london understands Frank was excited by the prospect of working with the Frenchman, who he believes he can improve and the Dane studied the player himself and felt the move was a good one. There is a feeling that the 20-year-old could be more suited to Frank's system as it gives freedom to its wide players and allows them to come in off the line to link up play.
Frank will also be called on to talk to potential new signings, particularly any of his former players, with Spurs interested in Brentford attackers Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa among others at his old club, a call from Frank to those he knows inside out and who respect him greatly, could go a long way to helping them make a decision if one is to be had.
The Dane will also have to speak to those he has not managed before and he will need to make a similar impact to Postecoglou, who had a way with words in such situations with potential signings. Frank is also a famed communicator so should be able to sell Tottenham and their Champions League lure next season.
Coach decisions
Frank will be joined at Tottenham from Brentford by first team assistant coach Justin Cochrane, Head of Performance and first team assistant coach Chris Haslam as well as first team coach analyst Joe Newton, while first team assistant coach Andreas Georgson links up after a spell at Manchester United and having previously worked with Frank at the Bees.
There is still space for further coaching additions and Matt Wells and Rob Burch, who were on Postecoglou's staff, have not left the club as of yet.
Cochrane is understood to be friends with Wells following their time together as coaches within Spurs' academy and he will also know Burch well. Wells was Postecoglou's number two last season and Burch the Australian's goalkeeping coach. Both men are highly regarded within Spurs and they and Frank will have decide whether they remain on his staff.
There are also suggestions that multiple trophy-winning Spurs U18s coach Stuart Lewis could potentially be involved in the new-look staff in some capacity. The 37-year-old has been making a name for himself within and outside the club with his development of youngsters who have progressed into the first team set-up, while winning three trophies in as many seasons with an exciting brand of football.
Son and Romero chats
As well as incoming players and coaches, Frank must decide which players he wants to remain at Tottenham and he will need to speak to two of the club's big stars who are at a crossroads in their time at the club.
The Dane will need to have a conversation with captain Son Heung-min, who football.london reported last week is more open to a move this summer than previously after having finally lifted that long-sought after trophy with the club. The South Korean turns 33 next month and has just a year left on his contract. His recent comments to media back in his homeland suggested a lack of clarity on what comes next for him.
Cristian Romero is also at a key point in his tenure at Tottenham. The centre-back has made no secret of his desire to play in La Liga at some point and his decision to finally post after six days about Postecoglou on social media within an hour of Frank being appointed as his new manager did not look to be the biggest endorsement of the new man from the outside.
The World Cup winner though has two years left on his contract and the hefty price Spurs would ask for the vice-captain this summer is unlikely to be a simple one for the likes of Atletico Madrid to reach.
Frank will need to make decisions on both players and also see what their thoughts are as key figures in the dressing room.
Work out how to start with a bang
With sections of the fanbase unsure on his appointment or perhaps more specifically Postecoglou's departure after finally ending that 17-year-old trophy drought, Frank will know he has to start the season well.
That hasn't previously been the way for the Dane as he did not win any of his first eight games at Brondby and then lost eight of his first 10 matches at Brentford. Tottenham, who change their head coach on average every 18 months, will not show anywhere near that level of patience.
The fans won't either after being told Postecoglou was sacked because the club wanted to compete on all fronts. That in itself will be a new experience for Frank, who has only 10 games of Europa League qualifying experience to his name a decade ago, and has never gone far in the FA Cup.
Pre-season will at least present more time to work with all of his squad as there is no international tournament this year which should help the new man get his ideas across to the group. There is no time to waste for Frank and he will find out what the Premier League schedule looks like when the fixtures are released on Wednesday.
Decide who leaves
It's not just about Frank's captain and vice-captain as he has plenty of decisions to make on other players who either had big roles to play last season or were away from the club.
Rodrigo Bentancur and Yves Bissouma are both entering the final 12 months of their contracts at the north London club, offers could come in for others like Richarlison, and Frank must decide what happens with returning loan players like Manor Solomon, Bryan Gil and Alejo Veliz as well as youngsters with more of a future such as Luka Vuskovic, Yang Min-hyeok, Ashley Phillips, Jamie Donley, Josh Keeley, Alfie Devine, Will Lankshear, Alfie Dorrington and George Abbott.
Many of the young players will get a chance to impress early in pre-season before loan moves are either accepted or rejected. Frank has a lot to think about in the coming weeks and months ahead of that first competitive game and chance to win a trophy with the UEFA Super Cup against PSG in Udine in August.