Tottenham coach Thomas Frank spotted drinking from Arsenal cup
Frank has had a difficult start to life at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and his team suffered a last-minute loss to Bournemouth on Wednesday.
Tottenham Hotspur head coach Thomas Frank has found himself under pressure in recent months and things got worse for him on Wednesday evening.
Spurs suffered a 3-2 loss to Bournemouth, conceding a 95th-minute Antoine Semenyo goal to fall to defeat. Tottenham are now 14th in the Premier League table and in the postgame press conference, Frank was forced to answer questions about his choice of drinkware.
Ahead of Wednesday’s game, Frank was pictured drinking from a disposable coffee cup with the the badge of Spurs’ North London rivals, Arsenal, on the side. Quizzed on the strange image, Frank was robust in his response.
He said: “It’s fair to say that not winning every single football match, it would be absolutely stupid of me to take a cup with Arsenal on it. Anyone thinking I’ve done that or the staff has done it...”
“They’ve been in the changing room from the game before us [on Saturday, when Arsenal hosted Bournemouth]. It’s normal to say ‘Give me a cup of espresso’ before every game,” Frank explained.
“I think it’s a little bit sad in football that I need to be asked a question like that. We are definitely going in the wrong direction if we are worrying about me having a cup of another club. Of course I wouldn’t do that. That would be really stupid.”
For Spurs fans, the team’s form and lack of attacking verve will be of much greater concern than Frank’s pregame drinking vessel. But the bizarre image of a Tottenham manager drinking from an Arsenal-branded cup will do nothing to lift the mood around the club.
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