Tottenham instructed to replace Thomas Frank with Jurgen Klopp as ex-Spurs owner speaks out

Tottenham Hotspur boss Thomas Frank is under pressure after Sunday's dismal 3-0 defeat at relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest left them 11th in the Premier League table

Former Tottenham Hotspur part-owner Alan Sugar has called on the club to replace Thomas Frank with ex-Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp.

Spurs' head coach is under pressure after Sunday's 3-0 defeat at Nottingham Forest continued Frank's underwhelming start to life in north London. The Dane arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium from Brentford in the summer, but supporters have not been happy with their team's style of play and poor home form.

Tottenahm have won just twice in the league at home this term and sit 11th in the top-flight table after Ibrahim Sangare and a brace from Callum Hudson-Odoi sealed all three points away at the City Ground. There is now increasing pressure on Frank, whose side sits six points off the top four, which will guarantee automatic Champions League qualification for next season.

And Sugar, who was Spurs chairman for a decade between 1991 and 2001, has called on the club to look towards a change in the dugout. The 78-year-old has called on Tottenham to bring in Klopp as Frank's replacement.

He said: "With the massive fortune of the Lewis family, it would be a win-win situation if they hired Jurgen Klopp in January.

"Loads of money for players and a great manager. Who agrees?"

Sugar may be left disappointed, however, if he wants to see Klopp take the top job at Spurs. The German left Liverpool at the end of the 2023/24 season after nearly nine years - citing a lack of energy for the demanding job.

The former Dortmund and Mainz boss has since made it clear that he has no intention of returning to management. He also insists that coaching a different English club to Liverpool is off the table - even if he were to change his mind about becoming a manager again.

"I said I will never coach a different team in England. So that means if [he returns] it's Liverpool," Klopp told the Diary of a CEO podcast.

"So yeah, theoretically it's possible. I love what I do right now, I don't miss coaching. I don't. I mean I do coach, just different, not players. And I don't miss it.

"I don't miss standing in the rain two-and-a-half, three hours. I don't miss going to a press conference three times a week, having 10-12 interviews a week. I don't miss that.

"I don't miss being in the dressing room in the sense that I don't have it often enough. I coached 1,080 something games. So, I was in the dressing room very, very often.

"I'm 58, that's from your perspective, old from the other side, it's not that old. That means I could make the decision in a few years. I don't know. [If] I had to make the decision today, I won't coach again, but thank God I don't have to do that. I can just see what the future brings."