Insider shares worrying Tottenham update as players may already be turning on Thomas Frank
There could be trouble brewing at Tottenham behind the scenes..
Tottenham’s disappointing defeat to Chelsea has cast a shadow over Thomas Frank’s tenure, with growing unrest reportedly surfacing behind the scenes.
Spurs fell to a 1–0 defeat at home to Chelsea, their fifth straight defeat against their London rivals.
The result, secured by a single Joao Pedro goal, felt more bruising than the scoreline suggests, leaving Spurs fans frustrated and the club’s season at a critical juncture.
The full-time whistle was met by ‘boos’ from the home crowd.
Tottenham players and Thomas Frank not seeing eye to eye?
The dressing room tension was felt at the final whistle, visibly spilling out onto the pitch.
In a move that will further fuel speculation of internal unrest, key defenders Micky van de Ven and Djed Spence marched straight down the tunnel, snubbing Thomas Frank.
While Frank attempted to downplay the incident as a ‘small issue’, the actions of the two players, particularly the highly-rated Van de Ven, speak volumes about the growing frustration with the team’s direction.
And now, a reliable transfer insider has shared a rather worrying update he received from his sources close to the Tottenham players, hinting that the players could be turning against their manager.
The update on X stated: “We are bored with the tactics. There is no excitement. We desperately need new attackers in January.”
Spurs registered a worrying low of just 0.05 expected goals (xG) against Chelsea, their worst recorded tally in a Premier League match since the metric was introduced.
This statistic appears to validate the internal complaint that the current system is stifling creativity and offensive flair.
Thomas Frank has brought defensive discipline and stability to the Tottenham side
While Spurs may not be playing the exciting football that they perhaps played under Ange Postecolgou, Thomas Frank’s tactics have made them a lot more defensively disciplined.
They have conceded the third least amount of goals (8), with only Sunderland (7) and Arsenal (3) conceding less goals than them.
In terms of attack, while they are not playing the exciting fast paced attacking football that Spurs players were used to playing under Ange, they have still scored joint-third most goals in the league (17), with only Chelsea, Liverpool, Arsenal (18) and Manchester City (20) scoring more than them.
The xGA has improved from 1.7 under Ange to less than 1 under Frank, showing improved control and better defence.
However, the significant reduction in open-play creativity and a lower underlying xG suggests that the defensive stability has come at the cost of the attacking thrill and sustained pressure that Postecoglou championed, a factor that appears to be leading to the current player discontent.