Departing Brentford head coach Thomas Frank says “it has been a privilege” to manage the club as he departs to join Tottenham.The Dane, who had been in charge of Brentford since 2018 after

Thomas Frank will begin an audit of his Tottenham Hotspur squad after taking over from Ange Postecoglou – with his first job to get his new side Champions League ready. Frank has known Tottenham’s technical director Johan Lange for two decades and the pair will work closely together to make sense of a group that finished 17th in the Premier League last season while also ending a 17-year wait for a trophy.

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Tottenham are in the race for Manchester United target Bryan Mbeumo after holding talks with Brentford, following on from Thomas Frank's appointment.

Thomas Frank has many strengths as a manager.Perhaps his biggest quality is creating squad unity - it is why Brentford have thrived in the Premier League. He has managed - and improved - big names like Ollie Watkins,

Brentford youngster Yegor Yarmolyuk has emerged as a target for Tottenham Tottenham Hotspur are closing in on the appointment of Thomas Frank as their new head coach, with ongoing talks between them and Brentford understood to have progressed positively in recent days.