Thomas Frank ‘relaxed’ as Tottenham prepare familiar backroom structure

Vinai Venkatesham shares Thomas Frank’s opinion on Paratici and Lange being appointed as co-sporting directors

After being appointed as a co-sporting director of Tottenham, Paratici said he’s “delighted” to return to a club that he loves. He will now work hand-in-hand with Lange to oversee transfers, and the man who might be impacted most is the head coach, Thomas Frank.

Thomas Frank is no alien to working with Paratici and Lange, having done so since arriving at the north London club in the summer. Now, Spurs CEO Vinai Venkatesham has shed light on what the Danish tactician thinks about the latest structural change at the club. He has now revealed that the 51-year-old has worked in a similar structure at Brentford before and is fully backing the duo sharing responsibilities as co-sporting directors.

When asked what the Tottenham boss thinks about the appointments, Venkatesham told the club’s official channel:

“I have talked about this with Thomas a lot and he is completely relaxed about it and very happy with where we are going.

“He has actually explained to me that this structure of working with two people is something that he is actually very familiar with. He tells me he had a very similar structure at Brentford.

“He has a very good relationship with both Johan and Fabio. I just had breakfast with him just now, and he is really looking forward to getting going. He has his press conference on Friday, so you will hear from him about it directly then.”

Frank should enjoy working with the Paratici-Lange duo

As Venkatesham mentioned, Frank worked with dual sporting directors at his former club Brentford and would enjoy a similar structure here at Tottenham. This would also give the Danish tactician confidence and a sense of stability that the Lilywhites are doing so much behind the scenes and making the structural changes to help the club become a successful force once again.

Paratici’s work at Tottenham has been great, as evidenced by the signings he made in the past. Players such as Cristian Romero, Dejan Kulusevski, Rodrigo Bentancur, Djed Spence, Pedro Porro, Destiny Udogie, Pape Sarr and others have been brought to N17 by the reputed Italian official, and interestingly, all of them have played key roles behind Tottenham’s strong start to the season under Frank. The Tottenham gaffer and the fans will hope the Paratici-Lange pair click and complement each other very well in enhancing the club’s recruitment strategy in the next few years.