{"id":13415,"date":"2026-01-18T09:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2026-01-18T09:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T09:50:08","slug":"thomas-frank-tottenham-hotspur-hierarchy-consider-managers-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=13415","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank: Tottenham Hotspur hierarchy consider manager&#8217;s future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> head coach Thomas Frank is under significant internal scrutiny with the club considering calling time on his seven-month reign.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Dane has endured an underwhelming start to life at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Tottenham<\/a> since his appointment last summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">BBC Sport understands at least one member of the club&#8217;s executive team has actively raised the option of ending Frank&#8217;s reign in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The club have so far backed Frank despite Spurs&#8217; struggles this season, but Saturday&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/live\/c9dvqwxd6jlt\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">home defeat by West Ham<\/a> means his position is now under threat as the club&#8217;s hierarchy weighs up whether they should move immediately or give Frank a chance to turn things round.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The defeat leaves Spurs 14th in the Premier League, having won just seven of their 22 games this season, and large sections of the supporters have already lost faith in the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/brentford\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Brentford<\/a> boss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c78v4vpgp15o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">taunted by his own fans<\/a> with chants of &#8220;you&#8217;re getting sacked in the morning&#8221; during the closing stages of the loss to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">West Ham<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Frank only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c15n8wv2yq8o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">joined the club in June<\/a> following the dismissal of Ange Postecoglou.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spurs have won just once in their past eight matches and are out of both domestic cup competitions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They are currently 11th in the Champions League and face Borussia Dortmund this week in a game that is crucial to their hopes of qualifying for the knockout stages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cgrdqer05exo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham head coach Thomas Fr&hellip; 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