Thomas Frank will begin an audit of his Tottenham Hotspur squad after taking over from Ange Postecoglou – with his first job to get his new side Champions League ready. Frank has known Tottenham’s technical director Johan Lange for two decades and the pair will work closely together to make sense of a group that finished 17th in the Premier League last season while also ending a 17-year wait for a trophy.

Tel will hope to play a significant role under new manager Thomas Frank, who has now arrived at the club along with several of his backroom staff from Brentford. Frank could be followed to Spurs by Bryan Mbeumo, with the north London club emerging as contenders to sign the 25-year-old.

Brentford evolved massively over four Premier League seasons under the Dane. This adaptability will be important to him now at Tottenham

Mathys Tel is expected to make a permanent switch to Tottenham, as negotiations between Bayern and the London club have reportedly advanced.

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Tottenham have appointed Thomas Frank as their new head coach; Dane has plenty of areas to look at, including winning the players over after Ange Postecoglous sacking, sorting the futures of Heung-Min Son and Cristian Romero,

You could argue it is risky to make a move like Thomas Frank has made to Tottenham when you are comfortable somewhere. It is similar to David Moyes when he was at Everton the first time. At some point as a manager,