Thomas Frank has acknowledged that success at Tottenham this season is about “constructing one thing sustainable and robust” as his facet prepares to journey to West Ham for a London derby on Saturday.
Spurs shall be decided to recuperate following their 1-0 defeat to Bournemouth of their final Premier League outing.
It has been fairly the eventful interval at Spurs, with Randal Kolo Muani becoming a member of on mortgage from Paris Saint-Germain on deadline day, earlier than it was introduced that long-serving chairman Daniel Levy can be leaving the membership final week.
Frank has loved a stable begin to his Tottenham tenure, as he appears to rebuild the membership following their lowest-ever Premier League end final time period.
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“Success this season is constructing one thing that’s sustainable and robust,” Frank mentioned.
“I would like us to persistently carry out at our highest degree every sport.
“If we will do this, we are going to win sufficient video games to get us into a spot the place we wish to be, in order that’s the intention.
“I’ve been within the Premier League for 4 years now, it’s so aggressive and relentless. Each staff, participant and supervisor is so good you need to be on it each time you step on the pitch.”
Like Spurs, West Ham are additionally in a interval of transition, having endured a tough begin to the marketing campaign wherein they conceded eight instances in simply two video games.
Nevertheless, Graham Potter’s facet responded with intent towards Nottingham Forest previous to the worldwide break, with the Hammers scoring three late objectives on the Metropolis Floor to file a formidable 3-0 win.
Deadline day noticed the Irons signal Brighton defender Igor Julio on a season-long mortgage, earlier than they introduced the arrival of Lukasz Fabianski on Wednesday, who rejoined the membership after leaving on the finish of final season.
“This can be a good shock for me, if I’m sincere, as a result of every part occurred so fast. I came upon about the entire scenario simply on the finish of final week,” Fabianski mentioned.
“So, for me, it was a giant shock, which I’m truly actually pleased about as effectively. So, I’m actually, actually, actually pleased to be again as a result of this Membership clearly means quite a bit for me and the individuals at this Membership as effectively. Seeing them once more, it felt good and exquisite.”
PLAYERS TO WATCH
West Ham – Jarrod Bowen
Bowen has been straight concerned in 9 Premier League objectives throughout his final 9 matches, scoring six instances and offering three assists.
Since making his first look beneath Potter in early February, solely Mohamed Salah (15) has extra mixed objectives and assists than Bowen, who has registered 9 objectives and 4 assists in that span.
Tottenham – Xavi Simons
Simons sealed his transfer from RB Leipzig in a deal price £51.8m throughout the latter phases of the switch window.
The Dutch worldwide handed in 36 purpose involvements (18 objectives and 18 assists) in 58 Bundesliga video games. With Spurs missing creativity towards Bournemouth, Simons might be the reply to get Tottenham ticking once more.
MATCH PREDICTION: TOTTENHAM WIN
West Ham have managed just one win of their final seven Premier League conferences with Tottenham (drawing three, dropping three), a 2-1 away victory in December 2023.
The final three league clashes between the perimeters on the London Stadium have all completed 1-1, with Spurs failing to win on any of their previous 5 visits (drawing three and dropping two) since a 3-2 triumph in November 2019.
After beating Man Metropolis 2-0, Frank is aiming to develop into simply the third Tottenham supervisor to win his first two away top-flight video games, following Ossie Ardiles (1993-94) and Tim Sherwood (2013-14).
In the meantime, West Ham, who averaged 3.4 pictures on course per sport of their first 20 league matches beneath Potter, registered eight of their 3-0 win over Forest — their highest whole in a single sport since his appointment.
OPTA WIN PROBABILITY
West Ham – 32.7%
Draw – 25.5%
Tottenham – 41.8%