Thomas Frank is a big believer in the use of the long throw and the background of a Destiny Udogie social media post suggests Tottenham will be featuring them heavily in their play.
Brentford have been purveyors in the Premier League since their promotion of launching long throws into the opposition box from the attacking areas of the pitch. Frank's team led the way in the competition by a distance last season when it came to long throws hurled into the penalty area.
Now the Dane looks set to bring that direct weapon to Spurs and it will likely fall under the remit of ex-Manchester United and Arsenal coach Andreas Georgson, who previously worked with Frank at Brentford. The Swede has been named as one of the first team assistant coaches with an expertise in set pieces, both attacking and defensive, and restarts during matches.
Back in 2021 after newly-promoted Brentford's long throws had caused chaos in a match against Arsenal, Frank had said: "I see the long throw as a weapon like I see the short throw or wide free-kicks or breakthroughs. I just see it as another area we need to master.
“Friday night, I felt it was an area we were stronger than Arsenal – that’s why we put a lot of throws in. But it’s not to say we would do it every single game. Last year in the Championship, we did it some games and other games we didn’t.
"Are we going to be the new Stoke? I hope we’re going to play a few more passes. For me, it’s not one or the other. It’s both. I hugely respect teams that are strong on set pieces or long throws. We will try to do both, to build up from the back sometimes but also go more direct sometimes."
Now eagle-eyed fans have spotted in the background of a Snapchat video from Udogie proof that Spurs will be utilising long throws. The Italian left-back uploaded a video on Monday from within the Tottenham dressing room at Hotspur Way showing Yves Bissouma, Pape Matar Sarr and Pedro Porro all dancing to music.
During their dancing, on a screen at the back wall of the room, a timetable for the day flashed up. It showed things like a meeting before medical and individual prep and then training before lunch. On the other half of the screen it displayed what training would entail that day, including possession work but also at the bottom of the list were the words 'long throw auditions'.
All eyes will now be on who won the audition and will be found hurling long throws into the opposition box in the months ahead. Saturday's first pre-season friendly under Frank at Reading could give us an early indication of who came out on top.