Thomas Frank has labelled Ange Postecoglou a Tottenham legend whereas talking in his first interview since being appointed as his successor on the membership.
Postecoglou was sacked by Tottenham regardless of main the membership to their first trophy in 17 years after lifting the Europa League in Might.
The previous Brentford boss has since been confirmed as his alternative and is now keen to construct on the “foundation” created by Postecoglou, because the Dane prepares for his first style of Champions League soccer on account of the triumph in opposition to Manchester United in Bilbao.
In his first interview with Spurs’ in-house media crew, Frank thanked his predecessor for his work on the membership and insisted he’ll “forever be a legend in Tottenham”.
“I think Ange has done something special. He’ll forever be a legend in Tottenham,” Frank stated.
“It is necessary to grasp all of us stand on the shoulders of others. I am getting into on the muse Ange constructed, and his teaching workers, and I am very humble about that. I am going to do my highest to proceed the nice work he put in.
“The feeling, the excitement, the joy and the happiness in the fans’ faces, the pictures were ‘wow’. Hopefully, we can create more of those moments. That will be the ultimate dream: to do that and build on that.”
Regardless of ending the interview with a nod to the previous, Frank’s focus is firmly on the longer term.
The 51-year-old spent seven years at Brentford and was usually linked with vacant Premier League roles, similar to Manchester United and Aston Villa, all through his time there, however has now gone into element relating to why the job at Tottenham was so engaging.
Thomas Frank spent seven years at Brentford earlier than becoming a member of Tottenham
Frank added: “It’s a good squad. It’s an exciting, massive club with massive potential. So, it’s just super, super exciting.
“I had excellent conversations and conferences with [Daniel Levy, Vinai Venkatesham, and Johan Lange] the place we mentioned all the things in depth – particulars concerning the membership construction, processes – and naturally I got here with my views on issues, how I noticed it, my concepts, and the best way I need to do issues and the way I attempt to construct a crew and a membership.
“There’ll be ups and downs – right now, it’s a fairytale. Everyone’s happy, the sun is shining, it’s fantastic.
“We have not performed one recreation but. Hopefully, we’ll win lots. We’ll work very arduous each single day to verify we create as many magic moments for the followers and put them collectively and on the finish of the season, we’ll have had an excellent season.”
Frank’s first aggressive video games in cost
Tottenham’s Premier League season opener in opposition to Burnley comes simply three days after Spurs’ UEFA Tremendous Cup match in opposition to Paris-Saint-Germain.
The sport in Udine, Italy, on August 13 is Frank’s first aggressive recreation in cost because the Europa League winners tackle Champions League holders PSG.
The Dane then faces a frightening first away recreation as Spurs go to Manchester Metropolis the next weekend on August 23.
After a house fixture in opposition to Bournemouth on August 30, the following recreation shall be Frank’s first London derby in cost as Tottenham go to West Ham on September 13.
