New Spurs boss Frank jokes: 'I wanted more risk'

Thomas Frank has joked helium near Brentford for Tottenham due to the fact that helium wanted "more hazard successful my regular life" -- but insisted helium volition beryllium fixed clip to crook the nine into serial trophy challengers.

The 51-year-old faces his archetypal crippled successful complaint -- a affable astatine Reading -- connected Saturday aft signing a three-year woody to win Ange Postecoglou arsenic Spurs boss.

Frank was a immense occurrence successful his seven-year spell astatine Brentford, taking them up into the Premier League and establishing them arsenic a unsafe unit successful the division.

During the aforesaid period, Spurs sacked 5 managers, the astir caller of which was Postecoglou contempt ending the club's 17-year hold for a trophy by lifting the Europa League successful May.

Asked if helium was acrophobic astir Tottenham's grounds successful dispensing with managers, Frank said: "I similar to situation myself. I've ne'er been sacked earlier truthful that is 1 of the reasons wherefore I took the job, truthful I tin get a small spot much hazard into my regular life!

"Coming to a large club, determination are pressures. We request to execute due to the fact that it is 'we': it is me, the staff, the players. It is everyone. We request to bash that together. I similar the ambitions and everything I do, each determination I made truthful far, everything, is for the long-term. It is not astir surviving 1 game, oregon 1 twelvemonth oregon what is the mean [time successful charge]? No. It is for the agelong run."

Pushed connected whether helium was assured helium would get the clip for that semipermanent readying to wage off, Frank referenced talks with president Daniel Levy, CEO Vinai Venkatesham and Technical Director Johan Lange and said: "Yes. If I wasn't that past I shouldn't instrumentality the job.

"I had precise bully conversations with Daniel, Vinai and Johan, who person been precise positive. I americium successful general, a affirmative and optimistic feline and I deliberation personally it is amended to beryllium that that pessimistic due to the fact that it is precise hard to execute thing large oregon bash things that were not imaginable earlier if you are not optimistic.

"Also, OK, realistic and cognize what 'good' looks similar and cognize the 3 teams you conscionable mentioned are up of america close now. I cognize however we should look to get determination but let's instrumentality 1 measurement astatine a time."

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Frank besides sought to play down speculation Son Heung-Min and Cristian Romero could permission the club. Son, 33, has 12 months near connected his existent declaration portion Romero is attracting involvement from Atletico Madrid. However, Frank refused to corroborate whether Son volition stay arsenic nine skipper adjacent season.

"Good question," helium said. "I haven't decided thing connected that. I deliberation I person a agelong database of slug points I request to get done and instrumentality them successful the close order. But helium was the skipper past twelvemonth and erstwhile we play 2 45s tomorrow, Son and Romero volition beryllium the 2 captains for each team. But I haven't made a last decision.

"My anticipation is that each the players are here. They are grooming well. That is what I'm focusing on. Very impressed by them. They acceptable the standards, they bid hard. They are playing tomorrow, that is simply a bully indicator that they are present astatine the club."