As I've said for months, the problem here is not what Frank says or knows about Cuti's future at Spurs; the problem is we're having this conversation because the football is wholly unambitious, the results poor, and the signal to any world-class player is 'no dreams to pursue here.'
The ultimate damage of the decision to appoint Frank and structure our football around mid-table 'pragmatism' will be the loss of our best players, unless we pivot to something more ambitious and befitting ambitious players like Romero.
The reason these players stuck with Ange last season through a similar kind of injury crisis and poor results is that (1) that Ange both articulated and demonstrated the capacity for real ambition at the top of the game and (2) the football was engaging and fun for players.
Feb 6, 2026 08:56The reason it was engaging and fun for players was not just 'attacking,' it's because it was structured around Tottenham Hotspur and our players as the *protagonist* of every football match, not as reactive subordinates waiting to pounce on the mistakes of opponents assumed superior.
I repeat, you can't tell a world-class player with a World Cup trophy in their cabinet, with your words and actions both, that they are not good enough to control football matches. No one at the top of the game wants that, which is why top players gravitate to the most ambitious clubs.
Spurs have the resources to be one of the most ambitious clubs, even if we do occasionally lose players to Real Madrid, etc. We can keep top players if we treat them like top players in a club that wants to be at the top. We lose whatever we have of that capacity by ceding control on the pitch. /end
