Inside the evolution of Thomas Frank: How incoming Tottenham boss went from practising team talks in the mirror to turning Brentford into set-piece kings… plus the incredible story of how his own chairman turned against him in Denmark
When Morten Olsen was Denmark boss searching for young coaches with the energy and innovation to revolutionise his country's development strategy, he liked what he saw in Thomas Frank.
'He has a good nose,' as Olsen puts it. 'Very important in coaching. Always discussing things. Asking, "what do you think" and "what ideas do you have". He was very interesting and did a marvellous job.'
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