Thomas Frank insisted that he stays aligned with the Tottenham hierarchy regardless of a poor run of outcomes and off-field issues arising in latest weeks.
Spurs had been overwhelmed 3-2 by Bournemouth within the Premier League on Wednesday, with Antoine Semenyo’s Ninety fifth-minute winner compounding Frank’s males to one more defeat.
It was a outcome that leaves Spurs 14th within the desk, whereas each Micky van de Ven and Joao Palhinha had been concerned in post-match altercations on the Vitality Stadium at full-time.
As well as, membership captain Cristian Romero took to social media to vent his frustration, showing to take a swipe at Spurs chiefs for spreading “lies” earlier than enhancing the submit.
Certainly, because the begin of final season, solely Wolves (36) have suffered extra Premier League defeats than Tottenham (30 – degree with West Ham and Southampton).
Frank, nevertheless, stated that whereas younger leaders like Romero are sure to make errors, he stays on board to enhance the present state of affairs on the pitch.
“I believe, particularly in soccer, crucial factor is to maintain the noise out. Then you possibly can see there’s this case with the submit from Cuti [Romero],” Frank informed reporters.
“There may very well be others the place it’s possibly not that constructive or lots of people talking.
“After we need to entice gamers, we have to inform our, as near attainable, unbiased story about this incredible, lovely membership and why it is best to come to the membership.
“I’m fairly certain that intelligent gamers and brokers can look via if there’s a bit of little bit of noise.
“I believe it’s essential to emphasize that although there’s noise, the membership could be very aligned. Johan [Lange], Vinai [Venkatesham], and I are very aligned.
“Possession could be very aligned. We all know it’s a tricky spell that we have to get via.”
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Frank additionally confirmed that Tottenham are working “very, very, very onerous” to attempt to enhance their squad after being dealt a number of damage blows all through the season.
The Spurs boss described Dejan Kulusevski’s damage as “sophisticated” and added that Rodrigo Bentancur has a hamstring damage that’s worse than first feared.
Maybe the largest blow is the one sustained by Mohammed Kudus, who is ready to overlook the subsequent three months with an damage that he suffered towards Sunderland, with the information coming simply days after Brennan Johnson was bought to Crystal Palace.
“Lucas Bergvall is being assessed [on Thursday]. We’ll know extra later with him,” Frank stated.
“Similar with Rodrigo Bentancur. Rodri has a hamstring damage – it seems like an even bigger one, sadly. We don’t know the time-frame. That we are going to know later.
“Mohammed Kudus, sadly, is an even bigger one to the tendon within the quad. That’s one the place we count on him again after the March worldwide break.”
Tottenham have received simply one in all their final six Premier League video games, however have an opportunity to show away from the competitors this weekend within the FA Cup third spherical.
Frank’s workforce welcome high-flying Aston Villa to Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday, with the Dane hoping a constructive outcome generally is a basis to construct on.
“We’d like to be larger up the desk. We’re working onerous,” Frank added.
“However the vital factor is to take a look at the sport on Saturday. It’s a good alternative as that is a crucial competitors for the membership.
“It is a robust spell that we are going to get via.”