Thomas Frank has made an interesting admission about what Tottenham Hotspur need from a leadership perspective without Heung-min Son.
Cristian Romero delivered a real captain’s performance at Newcastle, being flawless defensively and stepping up with two crucial goals to help Spurs salvage a point.
After the game, Thomas Frank lavished praise on Romero for inspiring his teammates to a well-deserved draw.
The Tottenham boss suggested that irrespective of the tactics or principles, it is sometimes about individuals stepping up in key moments as the Argentine did at St James’ Park.
Thomas Frank wants new Tottenham leaders to emerge
The Spurs boss has confessed that the Lilywhites lost a big leader when Son departed for LAFC in the summer.
However, he expects other senior members of his squad to step up and fill that vacuum.
When asked if Tottenham are missing Son’s quiet leadership, the Dane said (via The Standard): “Yeah, I don’t know. I would say he’s not here, so others need to step up.
“It’s like when you miss a player for whatever reason, because leadership qualities are part of Sonny, bringing people together, also part of Sonny, whatever.
“The level they had, others will step up, others will shine a little bit more, because some of the players that were there before took the shine, if that makes sense.”
Frank is delighted that Heung-min Son is returning to Spurs next week
Tottenham have confirmed that Son will be a guest for their home match against Slavia Prague next Tuesday, which is the first time the former Spurs captain will return to North London since his summer departure.
Frank is pleased the 33-year-old is returning to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to celebrate his superb career at N17.
When asked if it would be fitting if Spurs could pick up a rare home win with Son in attendance next Tuesday, the Tottenham boss said: “That would be nice. No doubt about that.
“I’m so pleased for Sonny that he comes back and then really hopefully gets the well-deserved celebration for everything he’s done for this club. He was a character who was really good at bringing people together at this club.”