Gareth Southgate seems less than pleased as Tottenham parted ways with Thomas Frank on Wednesday morning.
The 2-1 loss against Newcastle proved to be the Dane’s last game in charge of Spurs, and his brief stint at the North London outfit came to an end.
He joined Tottenham in the summer after an impressive spell at Brentford, but failed to deal with the added expectations of managing a Big Six club.
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Gareth Southgate shares personal equation with Thomas Frank
Southgate revealed that he knew Johan Lange and Vinai Venkatesham from their previous roles.
He believes that there is no chance they would have wanted to sack Frank at 7 pm on Tuesday night, half an hour before the Newcastle game.
However, after watching the match and seeing Spurs lose, the former England head coach admitted that he feared the worst for Frank.
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Southgate also stated that he knew him well from his time at Brentford and called him a good person and a good manager.
He took to LinkedIn to write: “I was invited to sit in Tottenham’s Boardroom many times over the last 10 years and separately got to know Vinai and Johan Lange in their previous roles.
“There’s no way at 7pm last night they will have wanted to part company with Thomas Frank.
“I got to know Thomas extremely well during his time at Brentford. He’s unquestionably a good man and a good manager.
“Watching the match last night and having lived a life on the pitch, in the dugout and in the boardroom, I sadly knew what was coming today.”
Why Frank was never going to succeed at Tottenham
Tottenham achieved success by hiring a manager from a lesser club, scaling up and taking the team to the next level when they hired Mauricio Pochettino.
He helped Southampton punch above their weight and did the same with the Lilywhites, too.
They expected Frank to do the same thing, but did not consider the fact that his playing philosophy was never going to work at Spurs.
He preferred playing a defensive brand of football and thrived only when his side were the underdogs.
Brentford have been a team that have played direct football and relied on set pieces, and he thought the same thing would work at Spurs.
Hopefully, the hierarchy take the appointment of the next manager way more seriously than they did while hiring
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