Micky van de Ven reveals Thomas Frank’s best quality at Tottenham Hotspur

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Micky van de Ven has spoken about the impact that Thomas Frank has had at Tottenham Hotspur and highlighted one of the Dane’s fantastic qualities.

Some in the media have suggested, in light of Tottenham’s recent struggles, that Thomas Frank has lost the Spurs dressing room.

However, the fight and the character the Lilywhites showed at Selhurst Park on Sunday was clear evidence that the players are still playing for the Tottenham boss.

Frank remains confident that he will turn things around at Spurs and get them challenging the best clubs in the Premier League, and one senior Tottenham man has now sung the Dane’s praises.

Micky van de Ven admits he has a good connection with Thomas Frank at Tottenham

Van de Ven has now revealed that he gets along very well with the former Brentford boss and admitted that the team needs time to adapt to his principles.

The 24-year-old singled out Frank’s kindness as his best quality, praising the Tottenham boss for the way he interacts with everyone at Hotspur Way.

When asked about life under the Danish coach, Van de Ven told Sky Sports: “You always need to adapt a bit. There’s a new gaffer coming in with his new style and his ideas. There are little switches you need to make and in pre-season, you know the tactics, training and even the bits in the training ground are going to be different.

“At the beginning, you need to get used to it a bit. I have a good connection with him. He helps me out on the pitch a lot and at times, he asks something from us from my side. Just like opinions on how I saw the match or the training session.

“He’s a really kind man to everyone in the training ground. When he talks about the chefs, the medical staff, everyone, he’s so kind and wants to make sure the environment is really good. He’s a really kind man, loves a joke as well.”

Van de Ven is proud of Spurs leadership role

One of Frank’s first big decisions at Tottenham was making Cristian Romero the captain, and soon after, he made his centre-back partner the vice-captain.

Van de Ven admitted that he is proud to be part of the leadership group at the North London club.

When asked about his new leadership role, the centre-back responded: “It’s not something day-to-day, being a part of Spurs’ leadership group, but sometimes when there are little problems or some things need to get solved, you get the leadership group together and talk about it.

“Thomas came in, and he wanted to see how every player worked in the pre-season and how everyone was in the squad, then he decided the leadership group, and I was part of it. It’s a really proud feeling being the first player to walk out of that tunnel sometimes.”