Tottenham have sacked their coach Thomas Frank after a disappointing half season. The English staff is at present sitting in 14th place within the Premier League standings solely 5 factors above the relegation zone and with solely two wins of their final 17 video games performed within the home league. Regardless of a constructive Champions League spell, the place Spurs ended up within the prime eight and superior to the Spherical of 16 of the event, the membership determined to sack the supervisor who was appointed in the summertime 2025 to switch Ange Postecoglou. Final season Tottenham ended up within the seventeenth place within the Premier League, however on the similar time managed to win the UEFA Europa League, beating Manchester United within the ultimate, and regardless of the summer time signings and the managerial change issues have not improved.
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On Wednesday, Tottenham introduced the departure of their head coach.
“The Membership has taken the choice to make a change within the Males’s Head Coach place and Thomas Frank will go away right this moment. Thomas was appointed in June 2025, and we now have been decided to present him the time and help wanted to construct for the longer term collectively. Nevertheless, outcomes and performances have led the Board to conclude {that a} change at this level within the season is important. All through his time on the Membership, Thomas has carried out himself with unwavering dedication, giving all the pieces in his efforts to maneuver the Membership ahead. We want to thank him for his contribution and want him each success sooner or later.”
What’s gone mistaken this season?
It has been a difficult season for Frank and Tottenham because the Danish supervisor was appointed after an intense 12 months which ended with the European trophy. Nevertheless, the numbers converse for themselves when taking a look at what went below his administration within the Premier League. After 26 Premier League video games, Tottenham solely received seven, drew eight and misplaced 11 matches with 36 objectives scored and 37 conceded. A adverse one aim distinction may not be so regarding by itself, but when we take a look at their anticipated objectives numbers, issues are much more worrying because it seems Tottenham are at present over performing with 27.5xG and solely 98 pictures on the right track in whole (lower than 4 per sport) and 1.4 objectives conceded per sport (eleventh staff within the Premier League). As you’ll be able to see under Spurs have principally struggled regardless of operating good in comparison with what they could anticipate.
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Their numbers within the UEFA Champions League league part usually are not considerably completely different. They scored 17 objectives in eight matches from 13.9 anticipated objectives (xG) and recorded 9 assists from 9.6 anticipated assists (xA). This means they carried out barely higher exterior their home competitions, although the distinction is minimal, and it additionally displays the various high quality of opposition confronted. Tottenham misplaced solely as soon as within the league part, a 5–3 away defeat to PSG. They secured wins in opposition to Villarreal, Copenhagen, Slavia Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt, whereas drawing with Bodø/Glimt and AS Monaco. If we take a better take a look at the Champions League fixtures, they’ve all the time over carried out their anticipated objectives, even of their loss, after they scored three objectives in opposition to PSG (1.7xG) and after they scored two in opposition to Eintracht Frankfurt within the newest win of their league part marketing campaign (1.2 xG).
If issues did not work out for Frank this season, it has additionally to do with what occurred off the pitch at Tottenham. The Danish supervisor, who beforehand coached Brentford from 2018 to 2025, is the most recent departure for an English facet in upheaval. This difficult season has already been marked by two huge adjustments as each former chairman Daniel Levy and head of soccer Fabio Paratici left the staff.
