Frank was supposed to have built on that triumph, the club’s first trophy since 2008, and turn them into top-four challengers once again. But they have won only seven league games, albeit hampered by a long injury list.
Ange Postecoglou and Thomas Frank before a Tottenham-Brentford clash in 2024.Credit: Getty Images
Their current eight-game winless run in the Premier League is their longest since Juande Ramos was sacked in 2008 amid a nine-game winless run.
Despite Tottenham’s domestic woes, they have performed impressively in the Champions League, finishing fourth in the 36-team table to qualify easily for the last 16.
The signs were that Frank was still being backed by the club’s hierarchy with midfielder Conor Gallagher being signed in January from LaLiga side Atletico Madrid and former Liverpool assistant coach John Heitinga joining as his assistant.
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But with no end to the club’s poor form in sight, Frank becomes yet another Spurs project on the scrap heap.
Spurs will have to dust themselves down quickly as they play a derby against North London rivals, and league leaders, Arsenal on February 22.
Lose that and the club could find themselves battling to avoid relegation for the first time since the 1976-77 season when they finished bottom.
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