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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
David Hytner

Thomas Frank hints it may be goodbye to Tottenham for Son Heung-min

Thomas Frank at his official presentation as the new Tottenham manager on Friday.
Thomas Frank was typically friendly, if a little nervous, at his official presentation as the new Tottenham manager on Friday. Photograph: Chloe Knott/Tottenham Hotspur FC/Shutterstock

Thomas Frank has said he is yet to decide whether to keep Son Heung-min as his captain at Tottenham and the new manager did not offer any guarantees that the club’s marquee player would stay beyond the closure of the summer transfer window.

Frank addressed a host of subjects at his official presentation on Friday before his first Spurs game – the friendly at Reading on Saturday – taking in his targets, how he intends to play and the desire to guard against the level of injuries that undermined his predecessor, Ange Postecoglou. He revealed that Dejan Kulusevski, who underwent knee surgery on 14 May, would not be available for the start of the season.

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