Thomas Frank tells Tottenham to ‘back’ star as Kane alternative
Spurs are adapting to life with out the England captain after his £100m transfer to Bayern Munich on the eve of the brand new season, with Kane making his debut for Thomas Tuchel’s aspect in the German Super Cup defeat to RB Leipzig.
For Tottenham, the marketing campaign bought up and operating on Sunday with an entertaining 2-2 draw away to Brentford. Cristian Romero headed the guests in entrance and Emerson Royal fired house simply earlier than the break, with Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa scoring for the Bees in between these objectives.
As anticipated, Richarlison led the road for Spurs in Ange Postecoglou’s first aggressive match accountable for the membership, although the Brazilian was unable to have a major affect on the match.
Richarlison arrived in north London from Everton for £60m final summer season, however scored only one Premier League objective in 27 appearances throughout a irritating first season on the membership.
However, Brentford boss Frank believes the 26-year-old may have a much more profitable marketing campaign for Spurs ought to he be given an everyday run within the aspect main the road.
“It was England’s number nine, replaced by Brazil’s number nine,” Frank informed Sky Sports.
“He’s a very good player, Richarlison, and I back him to score a lot of goals this season.”
New Tottenham captain Heung-min Son could possibly be utilized in a central function up entrance as an alternative, doubtlessly with Manor Solomon then coming into the aspect out vast, however Postecoglou praised Richarlison’s efforts towards Brentford regardless of his lack of reward.
“I thought we could have been a little bit more direct to him and look for him a little bit more,” the Spurs boss mentioned.
“He was making some good runs and he was working hard. He had a couple of half-opportunities but I thought we could have created more for him.
“The key for us with Richy is to keep supporting him because he’s working awfully hard for the team in a defensive sense and when we get in that front third I thought we didn’t look enough for him today.
“I have got a lot of time for him. He’s a striker and he’s got a lot of great attributes and he will always work hard for the team and that’s a good starting point for me.”