Even considering Xabi Alonso over at the cauldron that is Real Madrid, there may not be a single manager in European football under more pressure right now than what Thomas Frank is facing from his own fan base at Tottenham Hotspur. The club itself may have no current thoughts about moving on from Frank, but Spurs supporters are quickly growing fed up with watching the same set of results and the same awful product making blood pour out of every orifice of their bodies.
Frank football has been an unbearable watch, and whereas he can kick the teeth out of such dignitaries as Slavia Praha and former employers Brentford, he could not even a muster a semi decent performance this past weekend against Nottingham Forest, with Sean Dyche teaching the Spurs coach a humiliating lesson in a 3-0 loss for the Lilywhites. And that was not even their most embarrassing performance of the season, as Spurs are mere weeks away from a historically putrid - and cowardly - 4-1 loss to all time rivals Arsenal FC.
Despite all of this, Tottenham Hotspur are going to back Thomas Frank to the fullest. According to a new report from talkSPORT's Ciaran Wiseman, Tottenham are going to stick with the former Brentford man for the foreseeable future. Not only that, but Spurs have promised to Frank that they are going to back him in the coming January transfer window, too.
Thomas Frank has earned no faith from fans, though
Ange Postecoglou has to be throwing a fit somewhere, and while Big Ange's incompetence should not be shrouded over by Frank performing just as ineptly in the manager's chair, it must be said that Postecoglou did not receive a fraction of the backing that Frank has. Frank got Joao Palhinha, Randal Kolo Muani, Xavi Simons, and Mohammed Kudus in his first summer transfer window, after all.
And based on this apprent promise from Tottenham management, Frank could yet get a real gem in the winter window, too, as Antoine Semenyo is easily available for a left wing coup on a 65 million pound release clause. And then the likes of Iliman Ndiaye and even old summer transfer flame Morgan Gibbs-White could yet be topics of transfer discussion when January opens.
Look, Tottenham have to back whoever the manager is on the transfer window. It is not wrong and it is entirely obvious for Spurs to do so. However, at the same time, Spurs are playing a dangerous game if they make any signings specifically tailored to Frank and give him more talents to waste and to hold onto, given how badly he has struggled through four months.