Tottenham have begun the new Premier League campaign with intrigue surrounding what Thomas Frank can deliver in his first season at the helm. If the first few games are anything to go off, Spurs are in for a treat this season. The summer window has been mixed for Spurs, with some smart additions made but also a feeling that not every area of the squad has been addressed.
00:00Tottenham have begun the new Premier League campaign with intrigues surrounding what Thomas Frank can deliver in his first season at the helm.
00:10If the first few games are anything to go off, Spurs are in for a treat this season.
00:16The summer window has been mixed for Spurs with some smart additions made, but also a feeling that not every area of the squad has been addressed.
00:25Questions remain over whether the depth is sufficient to sustain a push for the top four, especially with the added demands of European football.
00:35Frank's challenges will be to blend his energetic, adaptable philosophy with a squadster adapting to recent managerial changes.
00:44Expectations are high, but patience may be needed as the team adjusts to new ideas and a potentially transitional season.
00:51For more perspective on Tottenham's situation, we spoke to James Trenbath of London World, who explained while there's excitement about what Frank could bring long term,
01:03the likes of competing in the top flight and the Champions League make the future a challenging one.
01:09So, James, in terms of Spurs and the sort of summer window, the way it's turning out to look, we've mentioned a few times the sort of positions on the pitch that Thomas Frank's going to want to improve.
01:23And Spurs fans want to see some maybe, you know, fresh faces, fresh bit of life injected into those positions.
01:30The number six role particularly is quite a big one in terms of going into the new season.
01:35And, you know, under Antiposso Coglu, those sort of rotating sixes or sometimes two at a time, you know, so much football, so much high energy football and back and forth that they had to play under him.
01:46And it's sort of got the very best of them, especially in the Premier League with that poor form last season.
01:51Who would you like to see come into the number six role?
01:54Is there any sort of links, rumours that hopefully Spurs are looking at in terms of possibly coming to fruition and going into this new season with a new manager, a new era?
02:04And, you know, obviously back into the Champions League as well.
02:06So the demand is definitely going to be there for Spurs players coming in.
02:09Yeah, 100 percent. And it's certainly a position that Spurs need to look to address in the summer, as we've spoken about previously.
02:17You know, we've got Archie Gray, who Thomas Frank tried to sign at Brentford, ironically, who will be a candidate for that position.
02:24But obviously he's very young, he's very raw, still sort of playing his trade and learning that Premier League.
02:29Gio Polina, former Fulham midfielder now at Bayern Munich, not really played too much there.
02:35But, you know, a real good ball-winning midfielder, robust Premier League player, certainly made a big difference in the Premier League when he was with Fulham.
02:42And he'd be an excellent addition to Spurs, really had some steel and some grit to that holding role in front of the back four.
02:49Yeah, you obviously mentioned the experience quota that they need to go for this summer.
02:54How important is it that they do get some experienced heads through the door, especially for that Champions League campaign?
03:00You know, you want players who, yes, are young, you want to get the right balance of young and experienced players throughout the side.
03:06But, you know, it cost them massively going in with quite an inexperienced side last season, especially in the Premier League.
03:12But, you know, the Champions League is a bit of a different ball game.
03:16You know, you can't really go incredibly far with a younger side.
03:20It's been very few and far between that teams have done that.
03:23Maybe Ajax, obviously, that Spurs beat those seasons ago.
03:27That was a very young side.
03:28But, you know, in terms of experience in the Champions League, it's sort of invaluable when you are going to sort of rejoin the Europeans elite.
03:37Yeah, really important.
03:38We've spoken before, haven't we, about the need for Spurs to get some experienced heads in and never more so than for this season.
03:45You know, they've obviously all got the European Europa League win under the belt,
03:49which will be, you know, invaluable in terms of that experience and bringing on some of the emerging talents.
03:53But, you know, the average age of the squad now is so young.
03:56You know, you look through the spine of the team, there's only really some that's over the age of 30, I think, if I'm not mistaken.
04:03One or two nudging towards that bracket.
04:05Obviously, Madison's getting towards 30, Bissouma, Benton Kerr as well.
04:10But, you know, in terms of that experience quota, we really do need to bolster it.
04:14And dovetailing that with, you know, the likes of Bergval, you know, Destinia Dogey, Pedro Porra, Mickey van der Venne, you know, some real exciting talent.
04:24You know, if we could get a spine of the team that has just that little bit more experience, you know, it's going to be crucial for that Champions League run.
04:30We need some real experience.
04:32And I'll say, you know, the likes of Jaapolini, Douglas Luiz could be really two good additions and really make a huge difference
04:39and bring valuable international and European experience as well.
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