The Tottenham Hotspur boss has been speaking about the upcoming transfer window and whether the north London club will be busy or not
Thomas Frank has made it clear Tottenham will be active in the January transfer window and wants new signings as soon as possible.
Spurs have been promised further financial backing from owners, the Lewis family, to compete against the Premier League’s big boys and Frank is expected to look at new arrivals in at least a couple of positions in his team. The Dane must bolster his squad for a schedule that will include the Premier League, FA Cup and a likely spot in the Champions League knockout rounds if they can get one more point from their remaining two league phase games.
“We will definitely be in the market. No doubt about that. We want them as early as possible….like every other time and let’s see if we can have them before January 31,” said the 52-year-old with a grin.
Frank had a couple of days off this week but admitted he could not help but spend some time thinking about the upcoming transfer window as he plots Spurs’ plan with sporting directors Johan Lange and Fabio Paratici.
“More or less after the window shut in September we had the first formal meeting and it’s an ongoing process that I also get to know the squad and players. One thing is the daily interaction and I have seen a lot of games live, watched them back and you see all the small good habits and bad habits from the players,” he said. “So, that knowledge gets us closer and closer to knowing what we want.”
Spurs travel to Nottingham Forest on Sunday and will come up against Morgan Gibbs-White, who Frank has wanted since the midfielder’s Wolves days. Tottenham looked to have secured his signing in the summer only for Forest to scupper the deal after complaints to the Premier League about a confidential release clause the north London side believed they had activated.
With a further higher bid rebuffed, the England international inked a new contract with Forest and Tottenham would eventually sign Xavi Simons in a £52million deal from RB Leipzig.
“Not about that specific situation, just in general every position we have, we have more players on the [transfer] list for right-back, centre-back, number six, goalkeeper, right winger, whatever and it is never straight forward in terms of signing players. That is the one thing for sure,” said Frank.
Tottenham’s striker problems look to be easing with Dominic Solanke back on the grass following an ankle problem that has dogged him since the summer, despite Frank originally labelling it as minor four months ago.
“Sometimes its not so easy and straight forward, maybe it’s a minor setback, maybe it’s been a little bit slower,” said Frank. “It’s more positive now and I’m looking forward to him on the training pitch and involved in the squad.
“I would love to have Dom out there. To have a quality player like him in the squad, that would just help even more for competition, rotation, everything in the team. The good thing is I’m in no doubt he’ll be out there.”