The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been speaking about the huge changes taking place within the north London club and how it will affect things
Thomas Frank claims Tottenham can become an unstoppable force if they can get through their current period of turmoil on and off the pitch.
Frank is one of 12 new department heads who have been appointed at the north London club in the past nine months, with the biggest change being CEO Vinai Venkatesham taking over the steering of Spurs' ship in the wake of Daniel Levy's ousting after 24 years at the helm.
Tottenham confirmed this week that sporting director Fabio Paratici will be leaving next month to take on a similar position at Fiorentina and Rafi Moersen would be joining from the City Football Group in a newly-created Director of Football Operations role. Frank has also appointed a new assistant coach in former Liverpool coach and Ajax boss John Heitinga.
The result has been a lot of new faces trying to find their feet simultaneously. Frank, who is struggling in 14th place in the Premier League with an injury-hit squad, believes that if time is given then Tottenham can become something special.
"I know the one thing you don't have in football is time, but the one thing that has also been proven to bring success is time," said the Dane. "So it's a little bit of a conundrum. You need time, not only me, but everyone to gel and make this big engine tick and get up to momentum and pace. Then it's like an unstoppable force. That's the big aim.
"There's a few new people and all of us need to get to know each other, how we work and to get the right process and structure in place is important. But alongside that, we need to perform to our best ability in the most positive way and that needs to start on Saturday against West Ham."
Frank will have a new face available for that game in Conor Gallagher after his £34.7million signing from Atletico Madrid and the Tottenham boss wants another attacker added to the ranks. Richarlison is set to miss seven weeks with a hamstring problem, Mohammed Kudus out until April with a quad injury and Dejan Kulusevski is still not back from his knee surgery.
"We are in the market to see if we can improve the squad, but it needs to be something where we improve the squad, short and long term," he said. "It can't only be for the next four months. We need to think bigger picture, but of course, we know that we are a few offensive players down in that aspect."
The former Brentford boss is delighted with the arrival of Gallagher though to bolster his midfield options after losing Rodrigo Bentancur for three months to a hamstring injury.
"It's a top signing, a very good player, great experience in the Premier League, also in La Liga, captain of two teams," said Frank. "That character, leadership, experience, and still young, 25, with plenty of development to reach, but coming in on a good level, bringing his pressing abilities, directness, scoring goals, but also able to find good positions on the pitch, is exactly what we need."