Thomas Frank sacked by Tottenham after eight months as home struggles sour fan relations | OneFootball

Thomas Frank has been sacked by Tottenham after eight months, ending a tenure with two wins in 17 league games. The dismissal followed defeat at Newcastle United.

At Brentford he earned promotion in 2021 and spent four seasons clear of the drop with two top-half finishes. “I’m aware the grass is not greener in the garden next door, even if it looks like it. Then you get in there, take a closer look, and see a lot of weeds in the grass,” he said in May 2024 in The Athletic.

He left in June to replace Ange Postecoglou, taking on a squad that had ended a trophy drought since 2008 but finished 17th. A promising start soon faded.

Home form remained stubbornly poor. Frank won twice in 13 league matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, lost to Chelsea with an xG of 0.1, then lost 4-1 at Arsenal three weeks later.

A late rally against Manchester United was undone by Matthijs de Ligt’s 96th-minute equaliser. Frank’s rebuke of jeers for Guglielmo Vicario as “unacceptable”, and saying “they can’t be true Tottenham fans”, landed badly. At Newcastle, supporters chanted “you’re getting sacked in the morning”.

Injuries compounded matters, with Dejan Kulusevski and James Maddison absent all season, while Son Heung-min’s exit to Los Angeles FC meant a 49-goal quartet from last term was unavailable. After Newcastle he was “convinced” he would lead Arsenal on 22 February and “1000 per cent sure” he was the right man, but Spurs disagreed.

Source: NY Times