The hunt for a new manager is underway at Tottenham, with Brentford manager Thomas Frank poised to take over in the Spurs dugout ahead of the new season.

Despite winning the Europa League and securing Champions League qualification, Ange Postecoglou was sacked by Spurs earlier this month, but it seems that the Lilywhites are acting quickly, with Frank set to become the new head coach at Spurs sooner rather than later. The Dane has spent seven years at Brentford, helping them to Premier League promotion in 2021, where they have improved year on year.

But now, Frank seems destined for a move away from the Gtech Community Stadium, with the manager vacancy at Spurs calling his name. So, if Spurs were to appoint Thomas Frank as their new manager this summer, what could happen? Let's take a look.

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Tottenham's 2025/26 season simulated with Thomas Frank

To set up this simulation, we used Football Manager 2024 to make Frank the new Spurs manager before simulating the 2025/26 season. Frank's first order of business was sorting out his squad, with the Danish manager signing five players in the summer transfer window.

Frank signed Brentford attacking duo Bryan Mbeumo and Kevin Schade, with the two following their former manager to north London. Brighton's Carlos Baleba signed to strengthen the midfield, Southampton defender Taylor Harwood-Bellis joined after his side's relegation, and on deadline day, Eberechi Eze signed from Crystal Palace, with Frank targeting Premier League-proven players.

Eze was the standout player for Spurs out of all the new arrivals, with the Englishman the second-best player in Spurs' squad from the 2025/26 campaign.

Dejan Kulusevski was one of the best in Europe, with the Swede scoring 20 goals across all competitions while also being nominated for Premier League player of the season. Eze managed 18 goal contributions with an average rating of 7.26 per game, while Dominic Solanke was the club's top scorer, grabbing 24 goals in total.

At the end of the 2025/26 season, Football Manager 2024 put together an overall best Spurs XI, based on performances, statistics, and other metrics. This is what it looked like:

Full Spurs best XI: (4-3-3): Vicario; Porro, Romero, Van de Ven, Udogie; Baleba, Maddison, Kulusevski; Mbeumo, Solanke, Eze.

New signings Baleba, Mbeumo and Eze all made Spurs' best XI, while Schade and Harwood-Bellis were rotated throughout the season. Mbeumo played every single game for Spurs across all competitions, with Brennan Johnson being sent on loan to Crystal Palace in the January transfer window.

In the Premier League, Spurs were much better under Frank, with the Dane losing just two of his first 15 league games in charge. A poor run saw the Lilywhites lose five games in eight after the new year, but they rediscovered their form towards the end of the season to pick up a top-five finish.

22 wins, seven draws and nine defeats saw Frank's side end the campaign with 73 points as they claimed a place in the Champions League for the following season. Their point tally was just three points away from doubling Spurs' points from the 2024/25 season.

Spurs impressed in the Champions League as they finished in the top eight of the League Phase to automatically qualify for the Round of 16. A 3-2 aggregate win over Juventus saw them advance to the quarter-finals, but that's where the journey ended as they lost 5-3 on aggregate to Paris Saint-Germain.

A poor FA Cup campaign saw Spurs knocked out in the fourth round after a 2-0 defeat to Newcastle United, and they came close to a trophy in the Carabao Cup as they made it to the final, but a 1-0 loss to Liverpool saw them go trophyless in Frank's first season.