Frank wants to bring as many as five assistants from Brentford to Spurs

Out of Ange Postecoglou’s assistant coaching staff, only top assistant Matt Wells and goalkeeping coach Rob Burch remain. But as Thomas Frank gets set to join Tottenham Hotspur, his assistants will look very familiar to him.

According to journalist Sam Tabuteau who covers Brentford locally, Frank is looking into bringing as many as five of his backroom staff to Tottenham next season, including his top assistant and goalkeeping coach.

Understand Frank ideally wants Justin Cochrane, Claus Norgaard, Keith Andrews and Manu Sotelo to join him at Tottenham. He also wants Brentford’s fitness coach – Tom Perryman has been with the club since 2014, so would presume it’s him Frank is after.

— Sam Tabuteau (@tabuteauS) June 10, 2025

Claus Norgaard is an assistant who has been with Frank for a number of years, dating back to when he was head coach at Brøndby in Denmark. Justin Cochrane is a former youth academy coach at Spurs who had roles with a number of Tottenham’s U-squads, all the way up to the U-23s. He left the club to join Frank in 2018 when he took over Brentford.

Keith Andrews’ appointment might excite some Spurs fans as he’s a dedicated set piece coach, something that has been perceived as a club weakness under Ange Postecoglou. Manu Setolo is Frank’s goalkeeping coach, which would seem to seal the fate of current Spurs GK assistant Rob Burch.

A notable exception to Frank’s backroom staff is Kevin O’Connor, a former Brentford player and club legend who, I would assume, will be staying at the club.

This doesn’t preclude the possibility of Matt Wells staying on — he is, by all accounts, a talented assistant and would provide some continuity for the returning Spurs players should Frank opt to keep him on. Long time Tottenham assistant Ryan Mason, of course, left the club this summer for his first head coaching appointment at West Bromwich Albion.

The tweet doesn’t make it sound as though his assistants are a done deal, but if Fabrizio Romano is correct about the appointment being imminent, it implies whatever negotiations concerning Frank’s staff have already been resolved. We’ll find out soon enough, I guess.