Claus Norgaard is an assistant who has been with Frank for a number of years, dating back to when he was head coach at Brøndby in Denmark. Justin Cochrane is a former youth academy coach at Spurs who had roles with a number of Tottenham’s U-squads, all the way up to the U-23s. He left the club to join Frank in 2018 when he took over Brentford.

Brentford defender Nathan Collins has said he hopes manager Thomas Frank remains in charge but the club will have a "plan" if the Dane departs. Tottenham have opened talks with Brentford for Frank to take over as Ange Postecoglou's successor after the Australian was sacked on Friday.