Thomas Frank comments on Gibbs-White, Kudus and future of key players | OneFootball

Thomas Frank is being tight-lipped about the transfer saga revolving around Morgan Gibbs-White, but the Spurs boss was willing to talk about new signing Mohammed Kudus and the futures of Son Heung-min and Cristian Romero.

Tottenham Hotspur activated the midfielder’s £60 million release clause, but have faced strong backlash from Nottingham Forest for doing so.

The Tricky Trees say they never gave Spurs permission to talk to Gibbs-White and have written to both the club and the footballer’s agent threatening legal action over what they believe was an unlawful approach for the player and a breach of confidentiality laid out in the player’s contract.

Thomas Frank comments on Gibbs-White, Kudus, Son and Romero

Ahead of Saturday’s pre-season opener at Reading, Frank was predictably asked about the situation in his first press conference since replacing Ange Postecoglou, but the Dane was not willing to give an answer.

“You know me well, I will not speak about players that are not mine,” he said. “I will speak about the players who are inside the squad at Tottenham.”

Spurs have already signed six players in the summer transfer window, the most expensive of which was Kudus’ £55m switch from London rivals West Ham United.

“Great signing from the club,” Frank said. “Top work from Daniel [Levy] and [Spurs technical director] Johan [Lange], getting a very good player in.

“He will give us some of that unpredictability in the game. His finishing is very good and he is almost at the perfect age to perform and to hit the next level.”

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There has been much speculation surrounding the futures of Son and Romero, two key players in the Spurs squad, but Frank expects both men to remain at the club this coming season.

“My expectation is that all the players are here,” he said. “They are training well, I have been very impressed. They are playing [on Saturday] and that is a good indicator that they will be at the club.

“Two top players. Sonny has been here 10 years and finally got his deserved trophy. So important for the team and the club.

“Romero, a World Cup, Europa League and Copa America winner, very important for us.

“Both have trained well and set the standards. Both will play [against Reading]. I am very happy.”

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