Frank: Spurs have serious owners
Thomas Frank has dismissed suggestions Tottenham's owners are not "serious" and believes they should be judged after the summer transfer window.
The club's former co-sporting director Fabio Paratici was unveiled by Serie A outfit Fiorentina on Thursday and spoke of his pleasure at working for "serious" owners.
However, Frank leapt to the defence of majority shareholders ENIC - run by the Lewis family Trust - and pointed out it is a new era given key figure Daniel Levy only left his role as chairman in September.
Asked if Tottenham had serious owners, Frank smiled: "They have very, veryserious owners.
"I understand why you need to ask that but I can only laugh about that.
"Yes, very, very serious. I speak to them. I'm together with them, so I'm not in doubt.
"I think it's a little bit unfair to judge them on a January transfer window. That's the only window where they've been in charge. Is this correct?
"I also think it's fair to say that, that was different before that. That's everyone's assumption, isn't it? I think it's unfair to judge them after this window, I really, truly do.
"Judge them after the next window and the following window. I understand there is a lot of scrutiny about the club, that's fair, but let's be fair."
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"He did alright at Leeds last week, he held the line well and missed a chance that he took too long on. But that was his best game I saw him play, the other one that stands out is Burnley away. No disrespect to Leeds and Burnley, one is fifth-bottom, one is second-bottom. He needs more than that.
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"This lad does come up and show up. Hes not hiding away. But just get him into the game, feed him the ball and give him a little bit of confidence.
"If every professional footballer could do one thing, theyd bottle up their confidence. If you have confidence, its a completely different game. If hes not touching the ball, and the way the game is now with stats, stats, stats, you need to keep on giving him a couple of touches and feed him the ball.
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