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Thomas Frank is Tottenham Hotspur’s chosen one, it seems.

Frank looks increasingly likely to take over from Ange Postecoglou, with Tottenham willing to pay £10m to take him off Brentford’s hands.

The Dane has done a fine job in west London, guiding Brentford into the Premier League in 2021 and comfortably keeping them there, while generally playing an exciting brand of football.

Frank has also helped shape the careers of several players, with Bryan Mbeumo, Ivan Toney, David Raya and Ollie Watkins, among others, establishing themselves in the top flight and becoming full internationals.

If the 51-year-old takes charge of Spurs, he will inherit an exciting young squad that showed both its best and worst faces last season, winning the Europa League but finishing 17th in the Premier League.

Here are the potential winners and losers from Frank’s arrival.

Brennan Johnson

Brentford launched a club-record £35m bid for Brennan Johnson when he was at Nottingham Forest, but missed out with Tottenham eventually paying £47.5m for him on deadline day of the 2023 summer transfer window.

Johnson was a favourite of Postecoglou’s and justified the Australian’s faith by top-scoring last season with 18 goals, including the winner in the Europa League final that immortalised him in the club’s history.

The winger hasn’t been universally popular among fans, though, facing criticism for offering too little besides goals (yes, really). Frank is clearly a fan of Johnson’s talents, though, and the Welshman should remain a key figure.

Archie Gray

Archie Gray has a bright future ahead of him in north London (Photo: Getty)

Copy and paste. Brentford offered Leeds United £35m for Archie Gray last summer, only for Spurs to swoop in and buy him for £30m, with the £10m-rated Joe Rodon sent to Elland Road in exchange.

Brentford fans booed Grey for his snub during Tottenham’s 2-0 win at the Gtech in February, but Frank praised him (and admittedly, virtually every other Spurs player) after the game. “Maybe Gray and [Ben] Davies played their best defensive game of the season.”

A point of contention among Spurs fans with Postecoglou during the second half of last season was his limited use of Grey after more experienced players returned from injury. Perhaps Frank would find a more regular spot for him in his favoured midfield role.

Pedro Porro

There can be no higher praise for an attacking Premier League full-back than being compared to Real Madrid’s newest galactico Trent Alexander-Arnold, the competition’s leading assist provider (with 64) from defence by the age of 26.

That is precisely what Frank did after Brentford’s 2-0 defeat to Spurs in February. “Porro is fantastic at right-back, he has got Trent-ish offensive qualities,” he said of the Spain international.

Mathys Tel

Tel had a mixed spell on loan at Tottenham (Photo: Getty)

This one comes with a caveat: Tottenham haven’t exercised their option to buy Mathys Tel from Bayern Munich, presumably holding fire until appointing a new manager.

The 20-year-old didn’t particularly set the world alight during his half-season loan from Bayern Munich, scoring three goals (one from open play) and assisting one more in 20 appearances in all competitions.

But Frank has worked wonders with promising but raw, wide forwards at Brentford, transforming Watkins and Yoane Wissa into lethal 20-goal-a-season strikers. Could he repeat the trick with the Frenchman?

Radu Dragusin

Frank is more tactically flexible than Postecoglou and used seven different formations, according to Whoscored, last season. While Brentford generally played with a back four in 2024-25, they alternated more freely between a three and a four in their first three top-flight campaigns.

Any switch to a defensive three would surely benefit Radu Dragusin (and possibly Kevin Danso). Dragusin is less accomplished on the ball than Cristian Romero or Micky van de Ven, but is quick and aggressive and could be an ideal sweeper between the two.

Losers

Richarlison

At 28, Richarlison’s room for development is less than Johnson, Tel, Wilson Odobert and Mikey Moore. And as a striker, Richarlison isn’t really a target man in the Toney (or Dominic Solanke) mould and lacks the subtlety of Wissa.

The Brazilian has endured an injury-ravaged spell in north London and bar a purple patch midway through 2023-24, has been an inconsistent scorer.

An unsung hero of the win in Bilbao, Richarlison could still have a part to play, but would he be happy with a squad role at this stage in his career?

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Yves Bissouma

Brentford’s central midfield last season contained an all-action general (Christian Norgaard), an energetic off-the-ball runner (Yehor Yarmoliuk), and a silky playmaker (Mikkel Damsgaard).

If Frank uses a similar template at Spurs, it is tricky to see where Bissouma fits in. The Malian is a strong tackler and dribbler, but has struggled as a defensive pivot and performed better when given a license to surge forward.

Capable of brilliance in one-off games, Bissouma has struggled for consistency in a Spurs shirt and has been linked with a move to Jose Mourinho’s Fenerbahce.

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