Thomas Frank is open to welcoming a couple of new faces to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium before the January transfer window slams shut
Tottenham Hotspur have been given a huge cash injection just days before the January transfer window deadline. The Lilywhites banked an eight-figure sum on Wednesday evening as they secured automatic qualification to the last 16 of the Champions League.
Dominic Solanke fired Thomas Frank's side to victory against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Deutsche Bank Park, securing three crucial points in the race for a place in the top eight. Spurs managed to finish in fourth place, avoiding the knockout phase play-offs and adding millions to their purse.
Like every other club in the Champions League, UEFA granted the north Londoners £16.18m for participating. Tottenham raked in a further £10.31m in performance-related bonuses, having won five (£1.82m per victory) and drawn two (£607k per draw) of their eight games.
UEFA also offers £239,000 per final position in the table, so the Lilywhites pocketed a further £7.89m. On top of that, they reward clubs that finish in the top eight and advance directly to the last 16, so Spurs earned £9.56m for their efforts.
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Altogether, Frank has earned the club a respectable £43.94m in prize money. The Dane has already welcomed a couple of new faces to Hotspur Way this month, signing Conor Gallagher from Atletico Madrid and Souza from Santos, so the windfall comes as a huge boost.
Despite having already forked out nearly £50m, Frank has revealed that he's still looking to bolster his squad before next week's deadline. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday night, the Tottenham boss said: "We are 100 per cent in the market.
"I think that when let’s say results are not top and you get injuries, that’s where you can feel you are being pressured to take decisions that you maybe don’t want to take for the future.
"But we need to make good assessments, good analysis, where we are making good decisions that can help us get short-term success, optimise that, but also be very good for the long-term."
At the end of December, Frank promised that Tottenham will only sign 'fully committed' players. The 52-year-old said: "Key, in every aspect. Any player we sign needs to be fully committed on the project. No doubt about that. Very important.
"Character for me, as I've said many times, is the most important thing. They need to buy into it so we are aligned. It makes it easier for me to say, 'Hey remember the bit I said about this...', then it's a little bit easier to have consequences."
This season, the January transfer window will close at 7pm on Monday, February 2. So, if Frank still plans to improve his squad, the Tottenham sporting directors, Fabio Paratici, who's set to leave in the coming days, and Johan Lange, will need to pull their finger out...