Would Oliver Glasner be a smart appointment if Tottenham sack Thomas Frank?![\"Oliver](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/01kf5nmn0fxjj3k8t5kq.jpg\" "\\"Oliver")
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Glasner is a superb manager but not right for Tottenham. | Alex Livesey – Danehouse\/GettyImages<\/p>\n
Glasner’s body of work is undeniably impressive. He guided Eintracht Frankfurt to Europa League glory in 2022, having beaten Barcelona and West Ham United along the way. We’ve seen what he’s been able to achieve at Palace, not only overseeing their FA Cup success, but also leading the club to their highest-ever Premier League points tally. <\/p>\n
Some of the football they played during his first few months in charge was majestic, with Michael Olise working gloriously in unison with Eberechi Eze and Jean-Philippe Mateta. Despite losing Olise, Glasner was able to adapt and adjust, and his replacement, Isma\u00efla Sarr, slotted in seamlessly to the Austrian’s front three, despite boasting a wildy different profile to the departed Frenchman. <\/p>\n
He’s a brilliant coach, but there’s a ceiling on what Glasner can achieve at the highest level. While he wasn’t helped by a poor summer window, that’s been evident this season. Palace have been a tremendous counter-attacking unit under him and are tough outs for the Premier League’s best, but trouble arises when teams are adept at blocking space and don’t allow them to run amok in transition. <\/p>\n
Glasner may well believe that he’s worthy of a shot at the big time after two successful spells, but Tottenham should let Manchester United make the mistake of appointing him. <\/p>\n
He’s a master at ensuring middling clubs (you might argue that’s exactly what Spurs are right now, mind) punch above their weight, but, similar to Frank, the 51-year-old will undoubtedly find himself at odds with the so-called “Tottenham Way”, with the eventual demise of Antonio Conte, despite a healthy Premier League position, proving that this fanbase demands more than mere efficiency. <\/p>\n
I just don’t regard Glasner as a discernible upgrade on Frank. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"16 January, 2026, may come to be known as “Black Friday” in south London, and not because of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421059,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-421058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421058\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}