Spurs manager Frank enjoying ‘more than a friendly’ against Arsenal
New Tottenham supervisor Thomas Frank admitted Tuesday that a pre-season clash versus Arsenal in Hong Kong would be his first “excellent obstacle” since taking charge and warned it would be “more than a friendly”.
The strong rivals will lock horns on Thursday in the very first North London derby outside British shores.Advertisement “It’s a fantastic
difficulty,”the Dane informed press reporters at 50,000-seat Kai Tak Stadium in Hong Kong, which is sold out for the match.” Besides being our huge competitors, and the very first North
London derby outside the UK, they are also, today, among the best groups, I need to say regrettably, on the planet,” he said with a smile.
“Versus Arsenal it’s not just a friendly and we’ll do everything we can to win.”
Frank took over last month from Ange Postecoglou, who was sacked despite leading Tottenham to Europa League splendor and ending a 17-year prize drought.Tottenham have actually signed attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus from West Ham for $74 million, however have actually been warded off in efforts to record Morgan Gibbs-White from Nottingham Forest.Advertisement Frank said he and the club were “continuously discussing
transfers”however
“that is something I would like to keep private”. “In basic I more than happy with the team. We understand where we possibly want to enhance in general, “he said. “Mohammed has actually come in and shown his quality currently. However, of course, we are
looking.” -Physical fitness concerns -One of Tottenham’s problems last season, when they finished
17th in the Premier League, was a long injury list.One of the key players who missed large portions of the project was Micky van de Ven.But the Dutch
main defender is positive his injury problems are behind him after a very first undisturbed summer season with the Spurs.Advertisement”I have not had a pre-season at Tottenham before,”Van de Ven, who signed late in the transfer window in 2023 and then played
in the Euros in 2015, told AFP.”It’s more time to work on my body and to make my body prepare for the Premier League and for the Champions League and for all the other games that are showing up, “included the 24-year-old.” So I will state that’s a positive thing.”Frank stated he understood the fitness concerns last term and having a totally in shape team readily available would be essential.
“I believe it’s a big thing for any
club worldwide,”stated Frank.Advertisement”Schedule is essential. It is challenging since there are more games and the strength in the game is going up.”The good thing is we have a great and long preseason.
That means it’s
possible to press and pull the players.”We are extremely mindful how we wish to play, I want to train, and I believe that it needs to be total. We have made a couple of adjustments. Hopefully we’ll succeed there. “dh/sco