Tottenham president Daniel Levy says sacking manager Ange Postecoglou aft helium led the nine to triumph successful the Europa League was "emotionally" difficult.
The Australian was relieved of his duties conscionable 16 days aft a 1-0 triumph implicit Manchester United successful the last successful Bilbao secured Spurs' archetypal large trophy for 17 years.
Postecoglou paid the terms for a mediocre home run successful which his broadside finished 17th successful the Premier League, with erstwhile Brentford brag Thomas Frank brought successful to regenerate him.
"I don't regret appointing Ange, I'm precise grateful to Ange. In his archetypal play we finished 5th and successful his 2nd we were implicit the satellite to triumph a trophy," Levy told the club's media team.
"But we request to vie successful each competitions, and we felt that we needed a change.
"Emotionally it was hard but we consciousness that we've made the close determination for the club."
Levy has held his presumption astatine Tottenham for much than 25 years with Frank becoming the 13th imperishable manager successful that time.
"I've got precise wide shoulders," Levy said.
"Failure is not an option, the tendency [is] to succeed. And due to the fact that it's truthful difficult, I privation to win adjacent more."
Levy and newly-appointed Spurs main enforcement Vinai Venkateshamwere some progressive successful the process of bringing Frank successful aft spent 7 palmy years astatine Brentford.
The 51-year-old Dane has signed a woody that volition support him successful complaint astatine the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium until 2028.
"We ran a really, truly thorough process - astatine speed," Venkatesham said.
"We defined 10 characteristics that we deliberation are important to beryllium a palmy manager astatine Tottenham Hotspur, we analysed successful existent detail, done our method staff, much than 30 candidates.
"We had a batch of clip with the shortlist and Thomas was perfectly the fig 1 candidate.
"We could not beryllium much excited to person him articulation the club.
"Personally, 1 of the things I've excited astir is that helium is an outstanding developer of young players truthful I truly look guardant to seeing what helium tin bash with the squad we person here."
Levy added: "Whenever you person a caller coach, it's ever a caller start. [There are] ever person antithetic ideas but we privation to physique connected the occurrence of winning a trophy past season.
"One of the things that stood retired to maine with Thomas was that helium is intelligibly highly intelligent, a large communicator, ace quality being positive each the method aspects which are evidently important."
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