Tottenham urged to hire one manager who can save ‘even Timo Werner’ as Postecoglou replacement

Despite what his filletting of Timo Werner may have you believing, Tottenham Hotspur manager Ange Postecoglou is not usually the type to dig out his own players in public.

Straight-talking and blunter than an old butcher’s knife he may be, but Postecoglou tends to stay clear of the sort of headline-making controversy more usually associated with his Tottenham predecessors Antonio Conte and Jose Mourinho.

But as the under-fire Australian lambasted Timo Werner following Spurs’ 1-1 Europa League draw at Rangers on Thursday night – the RB Leipzig loanee’s first-half display simply not ‘acceptable’, he said – this gave the impression of a manager coming towards the end of his tether.

TBR reported, after last week’s 1-0 loss at AFC Bournemouth, that Daniel Levy was not planning to sack Ange Postecoglou.

But should Spurs slip up against Southampton on Sunday, should the relationship between manager and supporters become even more strained following a run of one win in eight games, Levy may be forced to make a decision he’d much rather have avoided.

Could the solution to Tottenham’s problems, meanwhile, lie just under Levy’s nose? Well, 16 miles away, to be precise.

Tottenham urged to raid Brentford for Thomas Frank if Ange Postecoglou goes

Jan Molby, the Liverpool legend and former Denmark international, feels that not only does Thomas Frank have the tactical chops to take on such a role, this Spurs squad is also perfectly-suited to a man who has established Brentford in the Premier League.

“I have no more doubts, he is the right man for Tottenham,” Molby tells Viaplay of his compatriot. “The squad they have fits Thomas Frank, 100 per cent. Look at the players and the way Thomas Frank plays. I think it’s perfect.”

Frank may be more of a tactical chameleon than a philosophist wedded to one style of play – he has no problem adapting depending on the players available.