Spurs Scramble for Frank's Successor: A Dozen Candidates in the Frame as Rose Emerges as Bookies' Pick

Thomas Frank has departed Tottenham Hotspur—but who steps into the breach at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium?

The bookmakers at Oddschecker have compiled a list of a dozen potential successors, each carrying their own mixture of promise, peril, and bewilderment.

The Long Shots

Harry Redknapp's name circulates, though the logic of appointing a man whose remit would be little more than telling the squad they're "triffic top, top footballers" rather stretches credibility. Ryan Mason, meanwhile, knows the club inside out and currently sits without employment following his West Brom departure. His Spurs DNA might yet prove irresistible, even if his Championship record suggests otherwise. Marco Silva rounds out this tier—Spurs have ventured into the mid-table Premier League before with ruinous consequences, and Silva's future surely belongs with Fulham, not White Hart Lane.

The Familiar Faces

Ange Postecoglou's early promise has long since evaporated, making a resurrection unlikely despite occasional nostalgia for those opening ten games. Oliver Glasner presents a more tantalising prospect, almost certainly departing Crystal Palace by season's end if not sooner. The appeal lies partly in imagining him storming away from Selhurst Park in exasperation before landing at a club equally mired in misery.

The Waiting Game

Edin Terzic has been at leisure since departing Borussia Dortmund in summer 2024, his only senior managerial posting—which ought to have yielded a Champions League crown. Whether he'd accept a few months' graft keeping Spurs aloft before surrendering to a permanent appointment remains the question.

Mauricio Pochettino's return would undoubtedly lift the mood, yet the obstacles loom large: it would probably end badly, and his availability remains locked until after the World Cup at the earliest. A mid-tournament departure would be magnificent theatre, but belongs firmly in the realm of fantasy.

The Interim Brigade

John Heitinga, recently installed as Frank's assistant, could find himself thrust into the dugout as caretaker—the betting market pays out after ten games, presenting a genuine possibility. Yet nobody's suggesting this represents Plan A; if it did, it would've happened already.

Robbie Keane has demonstrated ambition abroad, managing in Israel and Hungary with reasonable success, and possesses impeccable club credentials. Whether he possesses the mettle for Tottenham's current predicament remains debatable.

The Available Managers

Roberto De Zerbi has drifted from early favourite to third choice since departing Marseille, though he remains among the Premier League's finest available talents and arguably a natural fit.

Igor Tudor emerged as a candidate given Spurs' apparent preference for an interim appointment before summer deliberations commence. Fresh from his Juventus sacking in October, he technically qualifies as a free agent—though his habit of departing posts after mere months, and his resignation from Marseille citing "tiredness," hardly inspire confidence for even a brief stint.

The Shock Favourite

Marco Rose, formerly of RB Leipzig, has materialised from nowhere to become the bookies' frontrunner. Nine days before the North London Derby, with no discernible contingency plan apparently in place when Frank departed, Tottenham find themselves in precisely this position. It's the sort of chaotic managerial carousel that suggests nobody at the club had genuinely thought matters through.