Venkatesham then gave an interesting insight into how Frank was appointed, the level of which we rarely are party to publicly from the club. There are high hopes for the clever Dane to move to the next level from the impressive work he did at Brentford.
"We ran a really, really thorough process at speed. We defined 10 characteristics that we think are important to be a successful manager at Tottenham Hotspur," he said. "We analysed in real detail through our technical staff led by Johan [Lange], more than 30 candidates.
"We had a shortlist, we spent a lot of time with the shortlist, and Thomas was absolutely the number one candidate. I could not be more excited to have him join the club. I agree with everything that Daniel said around his characteristics. Personally, one of the things I’m really excited about is he’s an outstanding developer of young players. I really look forward to seeing what he can do with the squad that we have here."