Spurs news: Pressure builds on Thomas Frank as fan group slams 'dramatic fall in ambition'

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·9 de enero de 2026

Spurs news: Pressure builds on Thomas Frank as fan group slams 'dramatic fall in ambition'

Growing supporter unrest made clear in new statement criticising ‘embarrassing’ incidents

Yet more pressure is building on Tottenham and its hierarchy after a supporters’ group hit out at a perceived “dramatic fall in ambition” in a new statement.

The good feeling about the club which came with May’s Europa League triumph quickly dissipated with the sacking of Ange Postecoglou, and the mood has only grown more sour amid the side’s struggles under Thomas Frank, under whose leadership Spurs sit 14th in the Premier League.

Thomas Frank’s frayed relationship with fans has been made manifest in a chorus of boos after several recent matches, and THST has now held talks with the club’s representatives to make their feelings clear.

In a statement released Friday evening, the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters Trust highlighted poor results, Frank’s pessimistic attitude in press conferences and the club’s inaction in the transfer window as particular points of concern and called for improved communications between the club and its fans.

The statement read: “The THST Board has been engaged with the senior leadership of the football club throughout recent weeks and months and has repeatedly raised supporters’ concerns with them.

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“Whilst we acknowledge the changes in personnel behind the scenes at the Club, this has regrettably not been matched with improvements on the pitch.”

It continued, pointing out that standards at the club seem to have dropped.

“There also appears to be a dramatic fall in ambition for the football club, as evidenced by the transfer window to date and repeated statements by Thomas Frank, reminding supporters that the Club finished 17th in the Premier League last season, that the Club is only participating in the Champions League through winning the Europa League, and that Bournemouth (a side without a win in 11 games) are “always a difficult team” and that’s he is “not enjoying the job”.

“We stressed that fans need to hear directly from the Club leadership the ambition for the football club for this season, for next season, and for the foreseeable future.

“That begins, but is certainly not restricted to, the coming transfer window, in which all the stops need to be pulled out in order to demonstrate that Tottenham Hotspur are a serious football club and that we really do want to “win more, more often”.”

The statement also hit out at the “embarrassing” incidents of Cristian Romero and Pedro Porro clashing with fans in the away end after Wednesday’s defeat by Bournemouth, and Frank drinking out of an Arsenal-branded cup.