‘Thomas Frank handed Tottenham warning as pressure grows’

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Thomas Frank has been warned to deliver as Tottenham Hotspur manager or ‘suffer the consequences quickly’.

Frank ended a seven-year tenure as Brentford manager this summer to take over from Ange Postecoglou in North London — despite the Australian ending Tottenham‘s trophy drought by delivering the Europa League title last season.

During his time with the Bees, Frank guided the club to promotion via the playoffs in 2021 and quickly established them as a steady Premier League outfit, while he lost just 108 of his 317 games in charge.

Frank also helped develop a host of players at the Gtech Community Stadium, with Christian Norgaard and Bryan Mbeumo earning big moves to Arsenal and Man United, respectively, this summer, while Yoane Wissa also has a lot of admirers.

Thomas Frank warned about increased Tottenham pressure

Postecoglou losing his job after winning the Europa League and delivering Champions League football shows just how brutal life can be at a club like Spurs.

Daniel Levy wastes no time on sentiment and if he feels standards have slipped too far — and to be fair, a 17th-place Premier League finish is unacceptable for a club of Tottenham’s standing — he will pull the trigger.

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Indeed, former Aston Villa and Chelsea striker Tony Cascarino has warned that Frank could meet an ugly end at Tottenham if he fails to quickly adjust to the increased pressure put upon him.

“He’s under pressure in many different ways, because he has to prove he is capable of managing a club where the expectation is at a higher level,” Cascarino told talkSPORT (20 July).

“He’s done incredible for Brentford, the club has been very stable. There’s been a lot of change, they’ve sold players and moved players on, but they’ve still kept Premier League status and he’s part of that.

“He’s obviously got a great team together on the coaching side and now, he’s got do something a little bit different. He’s got to challenge for Champions League spots, got to be fighting for cup competitions, and put an exciting team together in an incredible stadium that’s sold out every week. There’s a lot of expectation when you move.

“I’ve moved as a player to bigger clubs and it is more pressure on you to deliver, and if you don’t, you suffer the consequences. And you know, you suffer them quickly.”

Son Heung-min set for showdown Spurs talks

Frank will be busy trying to bring in his ideal players as he looks to make the best start as Spurs manager and already, he’s been backed with the signing of Mohammed Kudus — while Kevin Danso and Mathys Tel have made their loans permanent.

However, one major area of concern is over the future of Son Heung-min.

Son is a Spurs legend, having registered 173 goals and 101 assists in 454 appearances across all competitions since joining from Bayer Leverkusen in 2015.

However, the South Korea international recently turned 33 and suffered a dip in form last season, failing to hit double-figure goals in the league for the first time since his debut Spurs campaign. 10 goals overall is his worst return since that same 2015/16 season.

Son has been linked with moves to the Saudi Pro League and MLS this summer but despite having just one year left on his contract, Football Insider transfer correspondent Pete O’Rourke believes the club sees more value in keeping him around to help with their Champions League campaign.

“With just one year left on his contract, there’s more value in keeping him for a Champions League and Premier League campaign rather than selling him now,” said O’Rourke.

“You don’t really want to lose that type of player and what Sonny can offer you.

“It’s a situation where, if he goes to the club and says ‘Look, I want to leave now, I’m ready to go, it’s been fantastic, the time is now’, the club go ‘Okay, brilliant, let’s maximise the deal and get as much as we can for you now’.

“At the same time, if the club have spoken to him and say ‘Look, you’re staying for another year’ and everyone’s agreed, in my opinion that’s the best solution.“