{"id":54284,"date":"2025-11-12T17:54:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=54284"},"modified":"2025-11-12T17:54:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T17:54:05","slug":"thomas-frank-could-tempt-a-great-player-to-join-spurs-im-sure-talks-are-already-happening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=54284","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank could tempt a \u201cgreat player\u201d to join Spurs \u2014 \u201cI\u2019m sure talks are already happening.\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Frank is being urged to make a key attacking signing in January to revive Tottenham\u2019s form in front of goal.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs\u2019 2-2 draw with Manchester United leaves them fifth in the Premier League heading into the international break, but their 1-0 loss to Chelsea the previous week sparked anger among fans over the lack of attacking creativity \u2014 the team produced an expected goals total of just 0.11.<\/p>\n<p>With Dominic Solanke sidelined and Richarlison struggling for form, Frank is expected to strengthen his forward line in the upcoming window. One name being strongly linked is Ivan Toney, who is currently playing in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to Sky Sports on 11 November, former Spurs winger David Bentley said Toney should reunite with Frank at Tottenham, having thrived under him at Brentford.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a great player \u2014 scoring goals in the Premier League isn\u2019t easy, but the way he did it, his composure on the ball, and his overall play make him top class,\u201d Bentley said. \u201cTottenham under Thomas Frank would be perfect for him. They worked so well together at Brentford, and I\u2019m sure that\u2019s where he should go.<\/p>\n<p>During his time under Frank at Brentford, Toney made 141 appearances, scoring 72 goals and providing 23 assists in all competitions.<\/p>\n<p>Bentley added, \u201cSpurs are short of reliable centre-forwards right now \u2014 Solanke\u2019s injured and Richarlison hasn\u2019t hit the level required. A January loan move for Toney would be ideal. If he wants to get back into the England squad, it\u2019s not about money; it\u2019s about playing regularly and showing his quality. Tottenham would be the perfect place for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, Football Insider reports that Spurs can only pursue Toney if either Solanke or Richarlison leave the club. Richarlison has been linked with a return to former side Everton, who are also looking for a proven striker and could rival Tottenham for Toney\u2019s signature in January.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thomas Frank is being urged to make a key attacking signing in January to revive Tottenham\u2019s form in front of goal. Spurs\u2019 2-2 draw with Manchester United leaves them fifth in the Premier League heading into the international break, but their 1-0 loss to Chelsea the previous week sparked anger among fans over the lack &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":54018,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Thomas-Frank-annoyed-750x422-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54284"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54285,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54284\/revisions\/54285"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/54018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}