Thomas Frank labels Ange Postecoglou a Tottenham ‘legend’ in first interview since being appointed as his successor | Football News
Thomas Frank labeled Angel Postocoglou A legend of Tottenham while he was speaking in his first interview since his name of successor to the club.
Postcoglou was dismissed by Tottenham despite led the club to its first trophy in 17 years after raising the Europa League in May.
The former boss of Brentford has since been confirmed as his replacement and is now impatient to rely on the “Foundation” created by Postcoglou, while the Dane is preparing for his first taste for football from the Champions League following the triumph against Manchester United in Bilbao.
In his first interview with the internal media team of the Spurs, Frank thanked his predecessor for his work at the club and insisted that he “will forever be a legend in Tottenham”.
“I think Ange has done something special. He will always be a legend in Tottenham,” said Frank.
“It is important to understand that we all stand on the shoulders of others. I will build on the Foundation and its coaches staff, and I am very humble on this subject. I will do my best to continue the excellent job he did.
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The president of Tottenham Hotspur, Daniel Levy, took into account the decision to dismiss Angel Postcoglou and replace him with Thomas Frank (video gracious from Tottenham Hotspur)
“The feeling, the excitement, the joy and the happiness on the faces of the fans, the images were” wow “. I hope that we can create more of these moments. It will be the ultimate dream: to do this and build on this.”
Despite the end of the interview with a nod to the past, Frank firmly focuses on the future.
The 51-year-old spent seven years in Brentford and was regularly linked to vacant roles in the Premier League, such as Manchester United and Aston Villa, throughout his stay there, but now entered detail explaining why work in Tottenham was so attractive.
Thomas Frank spent seven years in Brentford before joining Tottenham
Frank added: “It’s a good team. It’s an exciting and massive club with massive potential. So it’s just great, super exciting.
“I had very good conversations and meetings with [Daniel Levy, Vinai Venkatesham, and Johan Lange] Where we discussed all in depth – details on the structure of the club, the processes – and of course, I came with my opinions on things, how I saw it, my ideas and the way I want to do things and how I try to build a team and a club.
“There will be ups and downs – at the moment, it’s a fairy tale. Everyone is happy, the sun shines, it’s fantastic.
“We have not yet played a match. I hope we will win a lot. We will work very hard every day to make sure to create so many magical moments for fans and assemble them and at the end of the season, we will have had a very good season.”
Frank’s first competitive games in charge
The opening of the Tottenham Premier League season against Burnley comes only three days after the super cup super cup of spurs against Paris-Saint-Germanagne.
The match in Udine, Italy, on August 13 is Frank’s first competition match in charge while the Europa League winners face holders of the PSG Champions League.
The dane then faces an intimidating first game outside while the spurs go to Manchester City The weekend following August 23.
After a home match against Bournemouth on August 30, the next match will be the first Frank London derby in charge during Tottenham visit West Ham September 13.
