Former boss Ange Postecoglou has hit out at Tottenham Hotspur following their decision to sack Thomas Frank, with Spurs \u201cnot a big club\u201d.<\/p>\n
Postecoglou has made a well-timed appearance on The Overlap, which followed the announcement of Frank<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s exit from the north London club.<\/p>\n The former Celtic and Nottingham Forest boss exited Spurs<\/strong> <\/a>at the end of last season, with their dire Premier League form deemed unacceptable despite their Europa League triumph.<\/p>\n Frank was appointed to steady the ship, but they were arguably even worse during his tenure. He departed with them only five points clear of the Premier League relegation zone.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Now, Postecoglou has spoken on why he thinks Spurs are \u201cnot a big club\u201d, revealing four signings he wants to make.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is curious in terms of understanding what are they trying to build. They have an unbelievable stadium and training facilities, but when you look at their expenditure and wages structure, they are not a big club,\u201d Postecoglou said on The Overlap.<\/p>\n READ:\u00a0Who will be next Tottenham manager now Thomas Frank is sacked? \u2018Arry and Ange back in top 10<\/a> \u201cI saw that because when we tried to sign players, we were not in the market for those players. There are certain players\u2026 at the end of my first year when we finished fifth, we had to sign Premier League ready players to go from fifth to challenging.<\/p>\n \u201cBut we didn\u2019t qualify for the Champions League so we ended up signing Dominic Solanke, who I really liked, and three teenagers.<\/p>\n \u201cI was looking at Pedro Neto, Bryan Mbeumo, Antoine Semenyo, Marc Guehi\u2026 because that is what other clubs would do in that moment. Three teenagers aren\u2019t going to get you there.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen you walk into Tottenham, you see \u2018To Dare Is To Do\u2019 everywhere. But their actions are almost the antithesis of that. To actually win, you have got to take some risks at some point.<\/p>\n \u201cI felt that Tottenham, as a club, say they\u2019re one of the big boys. And the reality is I don\u2019t think they are in terms of my experience. When Arsenal need players, they will spend \u00a3100million on Declan Rice. I don\u2019t see Tottenham doing that. When was the last time Tottenham signed someone and you went, \u2018Wow\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n MORE SPURS COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong> Postecoglou has also offered his thoughts on Frank\u2019s exit, with the former Brentford boss not the \u201conly issue at the club\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s tough. You know he can\u2019t be the only issue at the club. It\u2019s a curious club, Tottenham. It\u2019s made a major pivot at the end of last year. Not just with me, but with Daniel leaving as well. And you have created this environment of uncertainty. For what reason?\u201d Postecoglou added.<\/p>\n \u201cThomas is walking in\u2026 what\u2019s his objective? What\u2019s the club\u2019s objective? At the start of the year they said they wanted to compete on all front, well the club hasn\u2019t competed on all fronts for a very long time.<\/p>\n \u201cAlso the most influential person at the club for the last 20 years is also going, so if you\u2019re going to do such a major pivot, you\u2019ve got to understand that there is going to be some instability there. Did Thomas know he was walking into that? It\u2019s a curious club.<\/p>\n \u201cYou look at the list [of managers] and there isn\u2019t really a common thread of what they\u2019re trying to do. Tottenham\u2019s DNA is they do like their team to play a certain way.<\/p>\n \u201cWith Mauricio [Pochettino] they were going down that path. At the same time, people have been too dismissive of Harry Kane\u2019s influence in that period. Even him leaving, you can\u2019t plug that hole.<\/p>\n \u201cThey have gone from Mauricio\u2026 then they wanted winners, went for Jose, got to a cup final and sacked him. Then it was Antonio. Then I come in and they want the football. Even though my DNA is that I win as well. 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