Thomas Frank sacked: Did Spurs wait too long to remove their head coach - and could it cost them Premier League survival?
11 February 2026, 22:36 | Updated: 12 February 2026, 06:38
Vinai Venkatesham didn't want to do it, but he had to.
The mood and atmosphere inside the stadium in Tottenham's defeat to Newcastle left the Spurs chief executive with no choice but to go to the Lewis family and suggest the parting of the ways.
On Tuesday night, Venkatesham and Johan Lange put forward their opinion to the Lewis family, that they wanted to give Frank time to turn it around, but the atmosphere against Newcastle was the final straw. There were even big concern from the Spurs chiefs at half-time of the game.
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