TOTTENHAM BOSS THOMAS FRANK PRAISES FIRED PREDECESSOR: ANGE POSTECOGLOU IS A "LEGEND"
Tottenham boss Thomas Frank says Ange Postecoglou, despite his quick firing at Forest, will definitely return to the Premier League due to his talent.
Thomas Frank believes Ange Postecoglou, his Tottenham predecessor, will be back in the Premier League at some point, despite his tough time at Nottingham Forest.
Today, Spurs are playing at the City Ground. It almost seemed like Frank would be facing Postecoglou, but Forest's owner, Evangelos Marinakis, fired the Australian after just 39 days. He didn't win any of his eight games there.
Instead of Postecoglou, Frank's friend Sean Dyche will be managing the home team, which means a different kind of challenge for Frank.
I don’t know him that well, but I hope Ange comes back. "He loves coaching and being in the game, so I always want good coaches to return," said the Tottenham boss.
People will remember Postecoglou at Spurs as the one who ended the club's long trophy drought. They won the Europa League title in Bilbao in May, beating Ruben Amorim's Manchester United.
But he got fired a few weeks after that because Tottenham finished 17th in the Premier League. He focused on the European games, picking his best players for those and using weaker teams for the domestic matches. Before getting sacked, Postecoglou guided Spurs to fifth place in his first season, even after Harry Kane was sold to Bayern Munich right before the season started.
Ange did a great job as Spurs manager in many ways, said Frank. They had a really good first season in the Premier League and won their first trophy in ages, which is a big success.
He also did that at Celtic and other places. There are many reasons why things go well or badly. It’s not really my place to talk about those details.
The Tottenham boss said that not playing against his predecessor means he and his players won’t have to answer as many questions about what happened before and after Postecoglou left.
Yes, it's probably easier that way, the 52-year-old admitted with a smile. All I can say is Ange is a legend and always will be. He won a huge trophy and played a big role in that. We all learn from others. I’m building on what Ange has done.
Frank is good friends with Dyche, who he's facing this afternoon. They often talk about their thoughts on the game and how it should be played.
We talk about a lot of stuff—styles, players, culture, teams, everything. That's part of it, Frank said. Every style has its good and bad points. There's no question about that.
Sean has been very successful in the Premier League for many years. He got great results at Burnley and did a great job at Everton. I’m sure he’ll make Nottingham Forest successful, for sure.
AWONIYI DOUBLE LEAVES NOTTINGHAM FOREST ON THE VERGE OF PREMIER LEAGUE SAFETY
Nottingham Forest moved closer to safety with a 3-1 win over Chelsea, while West Ham fell into the relegation zone after Spurs won.
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Nottingham Forest came out of the weekend looking pretty safe after pulling off an impressive 3-1 win at Chelsea. They’re almost clear of the relegation mess. Tottenham’s big away win at Aston Villa shook things up too, and now West Ham are back in the bottom three, running out of time faster than ever.
Forest have stepped up just when they needed to, leaving West Ham and Tottenham behind with a string of solid performances. Honestly, no one saw this coming, especially since Vitor Pereira shuffled his lineup with eight changes, fresh off a Europa League win against Aston Villa.
Even so, Forest were ahead within 90 seconds, thanks to Taiwo Awoniyi’s quick strike. By the 15th minute, Igor Jesus calmly buried a penalty after Malo Gusto’s reckless foul in the box. Chelsea had a chance to get back in it, but Cole Palmer wasted a penalty right before the break after a scary head collision involving Jesse Derry.
Awoniyi doubled down and scored again early in the second half, pushing Forest six points ahead of West Ham with just three games left.
West Ham’s weekend started badly; they looked flat and lost to Brentford. Things got worse Sunday night when Tottenham pulled off their first back-to-back Premier League wins since August 2025, beating a heavily rotated Aston Villa side 2-1.
Forest is now out of West Ham’s reach, or almost. Tottenham’s still close enough for Nuno Espirito Santo’s team to worry, but with three tough games coming up, Spurs could stay up even without another win, unless West Ham digs deep and pulls off something unexpected before their home finale against Leeds.
Right now, Forest can practically taste safety. Spurs finally see a way out after weeks of struggle. As for West Ham, they’re left hoping for a miracle, a last-minute twist to dodge the drop.
CESC FABREGAS CONFIRMS INTEREST IN PREMIER LEAGUE RETURN AMID CHELSEA'S MANAGER SEARCH
As Chelsea searches for a new manager, Cesc Fabregas breaks his silence on his future at Como and his Premier League ambitions.
Cesc Fabregas recalls exactly how a conversation with Jose Mourinho prompted him to join Chelsea, despite having the opportunity to return to Arsenal.
After winning six trophies in just three seasons, the Spanish World Cup winner left Barcelona for the second time in 2014. That summer, Fabregas made a move back to the Premier League, signing with Chelsea for about €33 million.
He already knew English football well. Fabregas had arrived at Arsenal as a 16-year-old from Barcelona in 2003 and made 212 Premier League appearances for them. When he decided to leave Barcelona, Manchester City also wanted him, but Chelsea convinced him, mostly thanks to Mourinho.
Talking with talkSPORT’s Rory Jennings on YouTube, Fabregas laid out how it all happened. “Honestly, when I made up my mind to leave Barcelona, my first thought was just to go back to Arsenal. They had this buyback clause; they had two weeks to use it after I told them I was leaving. They knew about it but didn’t take it. That surprised me a little, but in the end, I had to think about my career. I was 27, at the peak of my career, and I wanted to continue performing and winning trophies. City and Chelsea were both options.
“But when Mourinho spoke to me, that was it. He showed me his plans for the team and told me about Diego Costa, Courtois, and Filipe Luis and how, with those guys, we’d win the league. He was right, by the way. We won both the Premier League and the Carling Cup.”
Fabregas wasted no time winning over Chelsea fans. On his debut at Burnley, he set up two goals, including a stunning assist for Andre Schurrle. He finished his first season at Chelsea with five goals and 24 assists, along with Premier League and League Cup medals.
Things dipped the next season. Fabregas got just 15 goal contributions, and Chelsea slipped all the way to tenth. But when Antonio Conte took charge in 2016-17, they bounced back, and Fabregas picked up another league title.
He added an FA Cup win in 2018, his second, after his earlier one with Arsenal, and left for Monaco a few months later. His last Chelsea match came in the FA Cup against Nottingham Forest. When he got subbed off, he couldn’t hold back tears.
Chelsea supporters still sing about him; that “Oh, Fabregas is magic...” chant sticks around. And with his name in the conversation for a possible return, maybe they haven’t seen the last of him yet.
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