Four managers Spurs can appoint immediately if Thomas Frank axed | Football | Sport

Thomas Frank is in increasing danger after a draw away at relegation-battling Burnley continued Tottenham‘s dire run of form in the Premier League. Despite beating Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League in midweek, Spurs have won just one of their last eight league games and two of their last 14. Cristian Romero rescued a late draw for Tottenham with a 90th-minute equaliser. But the away team had initially taken the lead through Micky van de Ven at Turf Moor before goals from Axel Tuanzebe and Lyle Foster turned the game in Burnley’s favour. Romero was pictured shaking his head at full-time after another league match without a win. Spurs’ recent run leaves Danish coach Frank in trouble despite his side’s form in Europe, which gives them a chance of a top-eight finish. So who could the 14th-placed north Londoners appoint to immediately replace Frank if he loses his job in the near future? Express Sport takes a look…

Surely the dream candidate, Alonso would take a bit of convincing given it appears a return to Liverpool is possible in the coming months with Arne Slot’s future uncertain. The Spaniard only left Real Madrid eight days ago but departed with a 70 per cent win percentage, with his axe owing largely to political problems.

The man who brought Leverkusen their first ever Bundesliga title, in an unbeaten campaign too, would still be a huge coup for Spurs despite how things soured at the Bernabeu. Could a intensely detailed tactician who is seen as a ‘project’ manager be enticed by the project of overhauling a sorry Spurs side?

There’s plenty of talent already available at the club and they have the pull and finances to recruit more players who would suit Alonso. But still the shadow of Liverpool looms large.

It would be a massively surprising appointment to go back, but the Greek coach is available after being sacked by Nottingham Forest in October after just 39 days in charge.

Spurs axed Postecoglou a mere fortnight after winning the Europa League final but they lost 22 of their 38 Premier League matches last season and finished 17th. That makes a return unlikely. Yet the Australian later promised fans “season three is better than season two” and never got to prove that.

Could the 59-year-old return to turn things around? Crucially, he’d make Spurs more fun to watch again. But they would also risk losing plenty more league matches given his high-risk style of play.

Spurs have had a few former Chelsea managers previously, so why not Maresca? The Italian is being tipped for the Manchester City position should Pep Guardiola leave this summer after doing a very respectable job at Stamford Bridge.

Like Alonso, Maresca only left his last job earlier this month and the reasons behind his departure were largely political. Whether Spurs can tempt Maresca to give up on the idea of potentially coaching City later this year remains to be seen.

But the 45-year-old is without doubt one of the best coaches available right now. The issue though is that he will want plenty of power given what went wrong at Chelsea, so that could prove a sticking point with the Spurs hierarchy.

Motta has been without a job since last March when he was sacked by Juventus but before that he did brilliantly at Bologna, taking them to the Champions League, and also avoided relegation with Spezia against the odds. He remains a coach of great promise.

The former Italy midfielder employs a progressive style of play that would enamour him with Spurs fans given their Frank frustrations. The Juve job perhaps came too early but right now Tottenham‘s expectations are low and it is a project that might suit Motta, allowing him punch above his weight once more.