Spurs fans dissent with empty seats for crucial Champions League clash as pressure piles on Thomas Frank

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·20 de enero de 2026

Spurs fans dissent with empty seats for crucial Champions League clash as pressure piles on Thomas Frank

Club had already reduced prices for pivotal Champions League clash

There are expected to be thousands of empty seats at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium tonight as Spurs take on Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League.

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Spurs supporters have become increasingly disillusioned with Thomas Frank’s tenure, with a large portion of fans taunting the Dane with jeers of ‘You’re getting sacked in the morning’ during the north Londoners’ stoppage-time defeat to West Ham at the weekend.

The Spurs faithful are now set to vote with their feet as Frank looks to save his job and keep his side’s hopes of a top-eight finish in the Champions League alive.

Spurs reduced ticket prices for tonight’s game in November after fan backlash, but that does not appear to have stopped supporters from electing not to attend.

Frank is under serious pressure to turn things around, and a victory against Dortmund is not expected to offer the Dane any guarantees over his job.

Spurs fans did not take their seats ahead of crucial Champions League fixture against Borussia Dortmund

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The former Brentford boss maintains he has the trust of the board, and had lunch with chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, sporting director Johan Lange and Nick Beucher on Monday to discuss, among other things, the future of the club.

“I’ve just been, how can you say, feeling the trust along the way. I’ve said that at every press meeting that there is backing and support. I had lunch with Nick [Beucher] and Vinai [Venkatesham] and Johan [Lange] today, so all good,” Frank said in his pre-match press conference.

"I know it’s part of the media circus and the only focus I have is to do everything I can for us to win tomorrow against Dortmund."