If Tottenham's players were shocked enough by Daniel Levy sacking the manager that brought a first trophy for 17 years, they have another thing coming when they pitch up to training for next season. Levy could barely have chosen a bigger stylistic change in the dugout.
‘The best managers adapt,’ said new Spurs manager Thomas Frank earlier this year. That's very much not: ‘It's just who we are, mate.’
In plumping for Flexible Frank, Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has switched one of the Premier League’s most unshakably principled managers in Ange Postecoglou for one of the most adaptable.