Tottenham Hotspur sacks Thomas Frank after eight months in charge

Tottenham Hotspur have sacked Thomas Frank just eight months after appointing him.

The decision was made after Frank watched his side slip to their 11th league defeat of the season in Tuesday’s 2-1 defeat at home to Newcastle.

Spurs are 16th in the Premier League and just five points above the relegation zone after a dreadful run of form.

The North London side are winless in their past eight Premier League games – their longest run without a victory since October 2008.

They have won just two of their past 17 league matches and picked up only 12 points in that time.

Frank took over as head coach in June after Ange Postecoglou was sacked and signed a deal until 2028, but proved unable to notably improve the club’s league form despite strong results in European competition.

Despite a Premier League record of seven wins, eight draws and 11 defeats this season, the Dane led Spurs to automatic qualification for the last 16 of the Champions League by finishing fourth in the group stage.

Frank exits having won just 13 of his 38 games in charge, with the loss to Newcastle giving him the worst Premier League win percentage of any Spurs manager in the Premier League era with just 26.9 per cent.

The 52-year-old’s departure means Spurs are searching for their sixth permanent manager in seven years since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019.

Frank’s successor will take over a side that is out of both domestic cup competitions, but remains in the Champions League knockout stages after the Dane guided them to a fourth-place finish in the table.