Spurs have chance to appoint ‘incredible’ manager after stunning rant

Thomas Frank is under pressure at Tottenham Hotspur after a series of poor results

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Patience is running thin at Tottenham Hotspur and there is unlikely to be much longer remaining at the club for Thomas Frank if things remain as they are, following a shock 2-1 defeat at home to West Ham United on Saturday.

To be defeated by one of Spurs’ biggest local rivals is bad enough, for it to happen in north London with West Ham sat in the relegation zone and deep in trouble is an entirely different predicament. Some may argue that it is a sackable offence in itself, but Frank remains in employment at present despite ‘sacked in the morning’ chants from his own fans.

However, reports from The Independent state that the Spurs hierarchy are ‘considering Frank’s future’ and debating whether to give him the match against Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday, with Spurs still in with a shout of qualifying for the top eight.

Should they ultimately decide to part ways with Frank, an ideal candidate may have emerged following some stunning developments elsewhere over the weekend.

Oliver Glasner could become Spurs managerial target after Crystal Palace rant

Across in south London, things were also beginning to heat up on Saturday as Crystal Palace manager Oliver Glasner launched a scathing attack on the club and its hierarchy following reports that Marc Guehi is set to join Manchester City this month.

Glasner’s words that he had been “abandoned” by the club fuelled speculation that he may not see out the season at Selhurst Park, having already confirmed to the media on Friday that he will depart the club when his contract expires at the end of the campaign.

The Austrian told reporters following Palace’s 2-1 defeat at Sunderland: "I think the players gave everything they could. We made no substitutions, look at the bench, there are just kids there. We feel like we're being abandoned completely. Selling our captain one day before a game - there is no understanding for this. We are preparing and then yesterday [Friday], I get told that our captain will be sold, but why not next week? At least he can play this game and then next week, other players are coming back. It makes me really upset.

"If your heart gets ripped out twice a year, with [Eberechi] Eze one day before a game in the summer and your captain one day before a game - I've just got no understanding. I've been in football for 30 years and never experienced this, not once. Now it happens twice in six or seven months. That's just where we are now. We're playing for weeks now with just 12 or 13 players in our squad. Some players have played their 35th game now.

"No team would do this. Other teams, the players play and then the next day, they're leaving and we are selling the day before?"

When asked if he will see the season out, Glasner responded: "I don't know. I always have a huge appreciation for this group of players. I completely trust them. Their character is exceptional and we will stick together and turn around. I will never step back because these players deserve Oliver Glasner as their manager and leader and this is what I will do. Sometimes it would help if we had a little bit of support."

Spurs could have chance to secure ‘incredible’ Glasner as next boss

When a manager launches such a public rant towards the hierarchy of his club – just look at Enzo Maresca and Ruben Amorim as recent examples – it is rare that they live to fight in the job for much longer. Often, it is almost viewed as a cry out to be sacked.

Glasner’s position in having won Crystal Palace the FA Cup and Community Shield may give him a different type of leeway, but that is only if he even wants to stay at the club until the end of the season. There is every chance that he walks out, or club and manager mutually decide to part ways.

Should Glasner soon become available, Spurs could be granted a golden opportunity to make him their next boss at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. With Champions League football and the resources to make the transfers he wants, Glasner would look to transform Spurs just in the same way he did at Palace.

Dubbed “absolutely incredible” by Gary O’Neil in September for the journey on which he has brought the Eagles, Glasner has built a reputation which has seen him speculated as primed for one of the biggest jobs in European football in 2026. Spurs would be smart to seal his appointment as Frank’s successor while they have the chance.