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Tottenham is closing in on the appointment of Thomas Frank as the club's new manager after parting ways with Ange Postecoglou last week.

Spurs took the decision to move forward without the Australian manager, despite the club winning its first piece of silverware since 2008 by beating Manchester United in the Europa League final last month.

Ultimately, Tottenham's league form cost Postecoglou his job, as the North London outfit finished in 17th position after losing 22 of its 38 Premier League games.

Spurs has identified Frank as the man to replace Postecoglou, and the Danish coach is somebody who Liverpool boss Arne Slot has a lot of respect for.

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After Frank described Liverpool as "the best team in the world" in January, Slot said: "His (Frank's) opinion means something to me because he has shown at Brentford how well he has done for so many years without spending crazy amounts of money."

Frank's exact quote about Liverpool was: “We just played City and Arsenal and now Liverpool, in a short amount of time.

It’s the best team in the Premier League and the world.

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I also hope, hope, hope that he wins a trophy.

“I’m completely a fan of his team for the Europa League because people always talk about trophies and that it’s so important
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