{"id":159539,"date":"2025-11-02T23:32:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/159539\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T23:32:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T23:32:13","slug":"damning-squad-verdict-of-frank-reveals-one-huge-concern-as-spurs-chiefs-sent-desperate-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/159539\/","title":{"rendered":"Damning squad verdict of Frank reveals one huge concern as Spurs chiefs sent &#8216;desperate&#8217; demand"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s players are already \u2018bored\u2019 with head coach Thomas Frank, while club chiefs have been sent a transfer demand.<\/p>\n<p>Former Brentford boss <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/thomas-frank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Frank<\/strong> <\/a>replaced Ange Postecoglou at Spurs ahead of this season and he\u2019s had a mixed start at the Premier League club.<\/p>\n<p>Frank has made <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tottenham-hotspur\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Spurs<\/strong> <\/a>far more solid and their results in the Premier League have drastically improved, but they have had a really poor couple of days.<\/p>\n<p>In midweek, Spurs crashed out of the Carabao Cup by losing 2-0 to Newcastle United, while they suffered a 1-0 loss against London rivals Chelsea on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham were fortunate to only lose 1-0 against Chelsea, who were far the better side and could have easily scored a few more goals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/spurs-flop-dropped-ultimate-humiliation-xavi-simons-chelsea\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Simons gets Sancho\u2019d in \u2018ultimate humiliation\u2019 as Spurs cannot \u2018let it all work out\u2019 for Eze rival<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After the match, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-frank-blanked-van-der-ven-spence-chelsea-angry-death-stare\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">there was an awkward exchange between Frank and two of his players<\/a>,<\/strong> with it seeming that the pressure is building on the head coach.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/premier-league\/table\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Spurs are currently fourth in the Premier League table<\/strong><\/a>, but Frank may be fighting a losing battle at the north London outfit as he reportedly does not have the backing of his players.<\/p>\n<p>A report from <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/indykaila\/status\/1985010715636170921\" target=\"_blank\">a respected account on X with a \u2018team of five elite reporters\u2019 claims<\/a> the squad is \u2018bored\u2019 with Frank, while they are \u2018desperate\u2019 for January signings.<\/p>\n<p>They tweeted: Exclusive: According to close source to Spurs players: \u2018\ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc1b\ud835\udc28\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc30\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21 \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc2c. \ud835\udc13\ud835\udc21\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc28 \ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc31\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc22\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc26\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2d. \ud835\udc16\ud835\udc1e \ud835\udc1d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2c\ud835\udc29\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc25\ud835\udc32 \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc1d \ud835\udc27\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc30 \ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc2d\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc1c\ud835\udc24\ud835\udc1e\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc2c \ud835\udc22\ud835\udc27 \ud835\udc09\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc27\ud835\udc2e\ud835\udc1a\ud835\udc2b\ud835\udc32\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE SPURS COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-man-utd-liverpool-arsenal-spurs-big-eight-stars-most-likely-transfer-january\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">One per club: Big Eight stars most likely to leave in January, including Kovacic, Jesus and Richarlison<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/tottenham-star-decides-say-yes-sensational-transfer-january-deal-two-key-details\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham star decides to \u2018say yes\u2019 to \u2018sensational\u2019 transfer as January deal hinges on two \u2018key\u2019 details<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/ranking-20-biggest-premier-league-summer-transfers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Ranking the 20 biggest PL summer transfers from Liverpool dud to Spurs ace via other Liverpool flops<\/a><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Djed Spence and Micky van de Ven were the p;ayers who appeared to snub Frank and Alan Shearer has since commented on this exchange, with Spurs an \u201cembarrassment\u201d against Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey [Tottenham] were an embarrassment. They have been booed off the pitch,\u201d Shearer said on BBC\u2019s Match of the Day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get they want to go out, they want to get off the pitch and they want to get in the dressing room and then say their sorries [apologies] later on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get it and understand it. As much as Thomas Frank likes to go around and thank fans and clap them, I get the players\u2019 point-of-view that they\u2019ve been absolutely awful and they want to get off the pitch as quick as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Premier League centre-back Ashley Williams added:\u00a0\u201cI don\u2019t think it\u2019s\u2026 [a big issue]. Just play better, that\u2019s the main thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019ve played badly in a derby. You want to get back in the dressing room. They\u2019re frustrated. That\u2019s nothing to do or anything personal against the manager, or the fans. They just want to get inside.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s players are already \u2018bored\u2019 with head coach Thomas Frank, while club chiefs have&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":159540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,6,794,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,795,3612,7,8,3613],"class_list":{"0":"post-159539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-eire","11":"tag-featured-news","12":"tag-featurednews","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-home-page","15":"tag-ie","16":"tag-ireland","17":"tag-latest-news","18":"tag-latestnews","19":"tag-main-news","20":"tag-mainnews","21":"tag-news","22":"tag-premier-league","23":"tag-thomas-frank","24":"tag-top-stories","25":"tag-topstories","26":"tag-tottenham-hotspur"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/115482718544899215","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/159540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}