Tottenham Not Close To Spending £100m On One Player Like Arsenal, Says Frank

Thomas Frank has said Tottenham are not adjacent to emulating Arsenal by spending £100m connected 1 player.

Spurs person knowledgeable a play of alteration aft September’s removal of Daniel Levy arsenic chair and nan determination by nan Lewis family, who ain nan club, to put a caller activity squad successful place. Plans to grow nan business are intended to lead to much sporting success, but it remains to beryllium seen whether they tin return nan adjacent measurement and situation Arsenal for nan Premier League title.

Arsenal, apical going into Sunday’s northbound London derby, showed their intent erstwhile they bought Declan Rice from West Ham for £105m successful 2023. Spurs’ grounds bargain is nan £60m Richarlison successful 2022.

Frank is unsure whether his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou, was correct to foretell past twelvemonth that Spurs will ne'er walk £100m connected 1 player. “In nan adjacent 50 years?” he said. “Then yes.

“To build, you request a operation of clip and doing nan processes. Depending connected wherever nan squad travel from, of course. But to enactment up location is still very difficult. So clip and ­process, and, past of course, investment.

“If you want occurrence successful football, you request to put successful players. Hopefully do it cleverly and we want to do it smart truthful we don’t put excessively overmuch connected nan incorrect players. But you request to invest, £100m, I don’t know. Let’s see. I don’t deliberation we are adjacent to spending £100m, put it that way.”

Frank considered whether Spurs, who are fifth, would request to walk heavy to drawback Arsenal. “I’m a large believer that we request to create nan players we have,” he said. “If you tin create players, not each of them should costs £60m, £70m, £80m, £90m, immoderate nan amount. I don’t deliberation anybody has done that. ­Liverpool didn’t do that to get to nan top. Even [Manchester] City hasn’t done that.

“You request to beryllium bully astatine processing nan players, which I judge we are. You besides request to put successful nan correct imaginable of a player. Declan Rice is simply a bully example. How aged was he erstwhile he joined Arsenal? Twenty-four aliases 25? That’s important. Nobody achieves nan apical without investing.”

Spurs received £100m from nan Lewis family past month, pinch further backing poised to travel that will supply Frank pinch much spending power. He is optimistic he will beryllium backed by nan board.

“They decidedly said they are each successful for nan club, that they want to beryllium present for nan agelong word and they want to person success,” he said. “I’m assured they will backmost america to do everything we tin to build a successful club.”