{"id":23626,"date":"2026-02-11T12:32:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T10:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/tottenham-hotspur-sack-manager-with-relegation-dog-fight-looming\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:34:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:34:23","slug":"tottenham-hotspur-sack-manager-with-relegation-dog-fight-looming","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tottenham-hotspur-sack-manager-with-relegation-dog-fight-looming\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham Hotspur sack Manager with relegation dog fight looming"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Pressure on Frank had been mounting and Tuesday&#8217;s 2-1 home defeat by Newcastle United left his team in 16th place with 29 points from 26 matches and looking over their shoulder at the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;Thomas was appointed in June 2025, and we have been determined to give him the time and support needed to build for the future together,&#8221; Spurs said in a statement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;However, results and performances have led the Board to conclude that a change at this point in the season is necessary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Frank, who joined Brentford in 2018 and established them as a top-flight club after gaining promotion, has struggled to replicate those methods at last season&#8217;s Europa League winners Tottenham. The writing looked to be on the wall for the 52-year-old after Tuesday&#8217;s defeat by Newcastle United, their 11th of the league campaign.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\"><a title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CDlaminiSD%40sabc.co.za%7C42f8c647b3f744e2a2c708de69693a16%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639064097825110187%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=32ribtI9i%2Bi%2BkenjWKZ19BneBU3YRY5euDMrM9%2BtNTo%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"x__x0000_i1025\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" border=\"0\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" data-imagetype=\"External\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23627,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[20],"class_list":["post-23626","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-sport","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager, Thomas Frank after eight months in charge, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, after a woeful run of results left the north London club hovering five points above the relegation zone","published_date":"2026-02-11 00:00:00","news_description":"Tottenham Hotspur have sacked manager, Thomas Frank after eight months in charge, the Premier League club said on Wednesday, after a woeful run of results left the north London club hovering five points above the relegation zone","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26533,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/23626\/revisions\/26533"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=23626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}