Thomas Frank: Tottenham manager 'in it for the long term'

Being Tottenham Hotspur manager has not precocious aligned with occupation security, but caller brag Thomas Frank is undaunted by caller past and says helium is successful it "for the agelong term".

Speaking successful his archetypal quality league since joining successful June, Frank joked that, having ne'er been sacked, helium took the Spurs occupation to "get a small spot much hazard successful his regular life".

While Frank's code was light-hearted, determination is nary doubting the demands of the relation person proved hard successful the past 4 years.

Spurs person had 4 managers since June 2021, with Nuno Espirito Santo lasting conscionable 4 months, Antonio Conte 16 months and Ange Postecoglou - contempt ending the club's 17-year hold for a large trophy by winning the Europa League - 2 years.

"Coming to a large club, determination are pressures," said the Dane. "I similar the ambitions and everything I bash - each determination I've made - is for the agelong term. It's not astir surviving 18 months, it's for the agelong run."

The 51-year-old said it was "extremely positive" for the nine to person lifted the Europa League past play and, portion helium wants to bring much trophies, his main ambition is to guarantee Spurs are capable to vie connected each fronts.

"[Winning the Europa League] gave them that fantastic trophy that this nine deserved and needed," helium said.

"My purpose is to adhd to that. The archetypal purpose is that we request to beryllium capable to vie successful each 4 tournaments and bash it consistently."

Frank was speaking earlier Tottenham's archetypal pre-season crippled against League One broadside Reading astatine 15:00 BST connected Saturday.

Frank had been the Premier League's 2nd longest-serving manager, leaving Brentford successful June having managed them successful the apical formation since winning promotion successful 2021.

He said it was a pugnacious determination to permission the westbound London side, but managing Tottenham was an accidental helium could not refuse.

"In a mode it was precise hard and successful a mode it was precise easy," said Frank.

"It was precise hard due to the fact that I'm a idiosyncratic that goes 'all in' successful each relationship: work, friends, marriage, immoderate it is. When you spell each successful and enactment astatine a shot club, you get attached. I truly loved my clip there.

"I besides felt possibly it was clip to situation myself and get different opportunity. When a nine of Tottenham's magnitude are knocking connected your door, I couldn't crook it down."

Two contiguous questions for Frank to code astatine Spurs are the futures of skipper Son Heung-min - who has involvement from Saudi Arabia - and Cristian Romero, who has been linked with a determination this summer.

Frank, however, would not beryllium drawn into a remark connected what lies up for the brace and simply said Son and Romero are some "very important" for the club.

"Two apical players, Sonny has been present 10 years and yet got his well-deserved trophy successful the summer. So important for the squad and the club," helium said.

"Romero, World Cup winner, Europa League winner, Copa America winner, precise important for america arsenic well. Both person trained good and some volition play connected Saturday. I'm precise happy."

Frank was besides tight-lipped implicit Tottenham's attack for Morgan Gibbs-White, that has led to Nottingham Forest considering ineligible enactment over whether a confidentiality statement successful the £60m merchandise clause successful his declaration had been breached.

Frank said helium volition "not talk astir players who are not mine".

It was much a lawsuit of what Frank didn't accidental erstwhile it came to the futures of skipper Son and vice-captain Romero than what helium did say.

Both players were heroes of Spurs' euphoric Europa League triumph past season, but their futures are unclear heading into the caller season.

Son, who has a twelvemonth near connected his deal, has been heavy linked with a determination to Saudi Arabia, portion BBC Sport has learned a fig of MLS sides person registered an involvement successful the South Korea guardant with a presumption to a imaginable January move.

Romero has been a semipermanent people for Atletico Madrid and his present seemingly yearly flirtation with the Spanish broadside is again successful afloat swing.

Neither look apt to permission earlier the club's pre-season circuit of south-east Asia - peculiarly Son, who volition beryllium cardinal to the club's commercialized operations fixed his precocious illustration presumption successful the region.

But asked whether helium was banking connected the duo for adjacent season, Frank fell abbreviated of providing a definitive answer.