Tottenham Hotspur manager Thomas Frank has hailed Mauricio Pochettino for the impression he left on him after he equalled his start after 13 matches. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, Pochettino is undoubtedly a Spurs legend, and it definitely feels good to mirror what the Argentine did during his first few games as Tottenham manager.
Frank added that the U.S coach deserves a lot of praise for the good foundation he built for future Tottenham coaches.
His words, “Yeah, it’s not only that example but I think it’s a good example because of course Pochettino is a legend here.
What he built, what he was part of achieving, I think it is definitely a spell I looked at when I was not here and of course I was very aware of when I got offered the job. I always looked at that and thought, ‘wow, what he built, what they built together there was quite unique and quite impressive.’
I think any success in football history is more or less from clubs and teams that had the same head coach or manager for a long spell.
That is of course not about me but also includes the key staff members, so they have continuity in key staff members that can be sports directors, CEO, that can be assistant coaches and of course the manager or head coach.
That is almost a non-negotiable and then of course it is up to me to make sure we have enough progress along the way, but we all know it will be a little bit up and down.
Then hopefully it will continue being a little bit better and sometimes unfortunately it will go a little bit like this [down].
There are so many things but step by step we will get stronger. That I am not in doubt of. I am relatively happy with where we are, I would say relatively happy. I always want more, but I just know there is more to come.
In the Premier League, you need physicality so you need to have a certain level of physicality in the team because if you don’t have that, you don’t have no chance.
If you look at the three big boys right now, look at Liverpool, Arsenal and [Manchester] City, they all have unbelievable physicality.
And then I need to set up a structure that makes sure we play free-flowing football as much as possible.”
WOW.
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