ENIC could hire Frank upgrade who’s said he wants “to win with Tottenham”

Tottenham Hotspur are no longer managed by Thomas Frank, and those of a Spurs persuasion are bound to have breathed a great sigh of relief.

Frank felt aggrieved. His side have been dismal for much of the campaign, yes, but the cracks run deeper than the dugout, something he has made clear in recent weeks as the pressure mounted.

However, Frank’s press comments frustrated and bewildered fans, routinely speaking out against Tottenham’s plight last season, as this is a continuation of last year’s woes. His negative football has been more confusing still.

The numbers behind Frank’s Spurs tenure

Beating that drum, over and over and over, did not sit well with the Lilywhite faithful, especially when considering the home defeat to Newcastle on Tuesday was devoid of inspiration or intent during the first half, a familiar theme. Content creator Seb Martin even said, “Frank is the worst coach I’ve seen here.”

It’s harsh, but the proof is in the pudding. Tottenham care not a jot for Frank’s successes with Brentford, how he fashioned Ivan Toney and then Bryan Mbeumo into superstars.

Their football has been slow and laboured, the players have been uncertain of their duties. Movement and off-the-ball work rate has been negligible.

Indeed, Frank has endured one of the most miserable stints of any Tottenham manager in the Premier League, winning only 27% of his matches in charge.

It doesn’t feel like things could get any worse for the Londoners, but they do need to choose wisely and make the right call in identifying a success plan.

Spurs could appoint huge Frank upgrade

Frank’s day is done, and while Roberto De Zerbi has emerged onto the managerial market after his recent sacking at Marseille, interim options in John Heitinga or Ryan Mason might be more prudent moves for the Lilywhites.

Tottenham need to steady the ship and bide their time before moving for the perfect new coach, and when considering that Mauricio Pochettino would be interested in taking the job, that avenue becomes all the more attractive.

The USMNT manager is primed to lead the United States out for the forthcoming World Cup in North America, but the thought of returning to north London may well have enticed him, having spoken in the past about his desire to reunite with Spurs.

It will come as no surprise that Pochettino, 53, ranks highly on ENIC Group’s shortlist of managers,

Interviewed about his abiding love for the Londoners, with whom he took charge 293 times, Pochettino said: “I would like one day to come back. Not because of my ego, it’s because I would like one day to win with Tottenham.”

The South American’s high-energy, attack-focused style bore such dividends during his heyday in N17. Take the 2016/17 season, for example. Spurs finished 2nd in the Premier League with 86 points. With 86 goals scored and just 27 conceded at the other end, they were the top scorers and boasted the steeliest defence besides.

Tottenham have had any number of problems in Frank’s system, but at the heart of it, they ship too many goals and don’t create enough.

It goes without saying, then, that he would prove an upgrade on Frank, whose principles simply didn’t align with the way Tottenham want to play.

Here is a tactician who knows how to get a tune out of his attacking players. At Tottenham, he created one of the Premier League’s slickest frontlines, and it was the Argentine who oversaw the rise of Cole Palmer at Chelsea, the England star’s maiden campaign at Stamford Bridge his best by a long shot.

Poch would clearly prove an upgrade on Frank. For starters, he understands what Spurs fans want. To Dare Is To Do, after all.

In this, he could be exactly what this club is crying out for, and while they will have to wait until next season, Pochettino might just be worth waiting for.

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