Thomas Frank sends classy message to Ange Postecoglou in first interview as Tottenham boss | OneFootball

Frank confident his predecessor will be remember as a “legend” at the club

Warm words: Thomas Frank was full of praise for the job Ange Postecoglou did at Spurs

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Frank has left Brentford to replace Postecoglou in north London and, speaking for the first time since that move, paid tribute to the work of his predecessor.

“Huge congratulations to Ange. He’ll forever be a legend in Tottenham and congratulations to him for that.

“I think it’s very important to understand that we all stand on the shoulders of others. I’m going in on the foundations that Ange built and his coaching staff, and I’m very humble about that.

“I’ll do my very best to continue the great work that he put in.”

Frank’s challenge will be to bring some more consistency to Spurs, who lost 22 Premier League matches last season and finished 17th in the table.

He must juggle Champions League football with the demand for better domestic displays, but Frank made it clear his focus is on delivering more silverware.

“The feeling and the excitement and the joy and the happiness you could see in the fans’ face and the pictures you saw... wow,” Frank said.

“So hopefully we can create more of those moments, that would be the ultimate dream to do that and build on that.

“Hey, no-one can say they’re not winners. The team and the players are winners, now we need to see if we can become serial winners in the future.”

Frank also emphasised the need for Spurs to improve on their performances on home soil next season.

Under Postecoglou, only six of 19 Premier League matches were won at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium last season. Ipswich and Southampton were the only teams to concede more goals on home soil.

“We’re going on a journey together and on a journey there are ups and downs,” Frank said. “It’s how we get through these ups and downs together.

“But of course the connection from the team to the fans, from me to the fans, is going to be crucial.

“And a very important thing is to make our home like a fortress. That can only be the fans and us together, that needs to be an ongoing relationship. I want our home to be very, very difficult to come to.”