{"id":432048,"date":"2026-02-18T09:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432048\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T09:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T09:45:11","slug":"keith-wyness-reveals-unrest-in-the-dressing-room-which-led-to-thomas-frank-sacking-at-tottenham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/432048\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith Wyness reveals &#8216;unrest in the dressing room&#8217; which led to Thomas Frank sacking at Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Thomas-Frank-2-1140x641.jpg\" class=\"attachment-single-feature size-single-feature wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" layout=\"fill\"  style=\"object-position: 50% 20%\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" \/>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/20210903_163509-150x150.jpg\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" alt=\"Ciaran Morrison\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>   <\/p>\n<p> Wed 18 February 2026 6:45, UK <\/p>\n<p>Tottenham\u2019s hierarchy should take responsibility for Thomas Frank\u2019s tenure at the club following his sacking.<\/p>\n<p>That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to\u00a0Football Insider, who believes \u201cissues at Spurs go above the manager.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frank was dismissed after eight months in charge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/tottenham\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs<\/a>, with the north London club just five points above the relegation zone.<\/p>\n<p>Spurs\u2019 eight-game winless run in the Premier League contributed to Frank\u2019s sacking, with the fanbase having turned against the manager.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"755\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/imago1067133076-1024x755.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Frank looking serious whilst clapping for Tottenham\" class=\"wp-image-766655\" \/>Credit: ImagoThomas Frank \u2018needed time and proper support\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Everton\u2019s former chief\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/author\/keithwyness\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Keith Wyness<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs \u2013 believes there is \u201cweak leadership\u201d at the top of Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the new edition of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/7Atmejn4fSX2w7S8NBVKdv?si=89bd84059df14189\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Insider\u2018s Inside Track podcast<\/a>, Wyness revealed the \u201cunrest\u201d which led to Frank\u2019s sacking.<\/p>\n<p>MORE FOOTBALL INSIDER STORIES<\/p>\n<p>He told\u00a0Football Insider\u2018s Inside Track podcast: \u201cWell, I have been a supporter of Thomas Frank, and I\u2019ve always believed that at Spurs the issues go above the manager. And it may be that the weak leadership at the top not showing even more support for Thomas Frank has allowed the unrest in the dressing room, which is\u00a0reportedly the\u00a0reason behind why\u00a0he\u2019s\u00a0gone. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that the Lewis family have got to really start getting a stronger hand on things and showing some proper support for the manager.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing wrong with Thomas Frank in terms of the\u00a0manager, as far as I can see. He just needed some time and some proper support.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"773\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/imago1071490694-1024x773.jpg\" alt=\"Vivienne Lewis smiling alongside Vinai Venkatesham\" class=\"wp-image-799767\" \/>Credit: ImagoIgor Tudor faces competition for permanent Tottenham stay<\/p>\n<p>Spurs acted quickly to replace Frank with Igor Tudor on an interim basis until the end of the season, with the former Juventus boss set to begin his tenure against rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tag\/arsenal\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The appointment could be considered a risk as Tudor has never managed in the Premier League before, and with Spurs in the midst of a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>Whilst Tudor could put himself in a position to become the next Spurs manager on a permanent basis, the likes of Michael Carrick and Roberto De Zerbi could also be considered for the job in the summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed 18 February 2026 6:45, UK Tottenham\u2019s hierarchy should take responsibility for Thomas Frank\u2019s tenure at the club&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":432049,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,143467,101,843,109,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-432048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-gb","tag-keith-wyness","tag-sports","tag-thomas-frank","tag-tottenham","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=432048"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/432048\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/432049"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=432048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=432048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=432048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}