Thomas Frank’s Tottenham reign started with a 2-0 win in a preseason friendly at Reading before a crowd of more than 22,000.
Frank used 22 players who each had 45 minutes. It was goalless at half-time and Will Lankshear and Luka Vuskovic scored the goals, early in the second half, watched by chairman Daniel Levy in the front row of the directors’ box, sat next to technical director Johan Lange.
Here are five things we learned.
1) A shape of things to come
The first glimpse into Frank’s tactical plans came from the shape and he used a 4-2-3-1 formation in both halves, with fairly orthodox full-backs, two deep in midfielder and a number 10.