The head coach of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, Thomas Frank, has openly questioned Manchester United Football Club’s recent decision to part ways with Rúben Amorim, warning that repeated changes in leadership roles can severely undermine a club’s long-term ambitions.
Thomas Frank, who manages Tottenham Hotspur, one of the most historic football clubs based in North London, United Kingdom, made his remarks while reacting to the dismissal of Amorim, the Portuguese football manager formerly in charge of Manchester United, one of England’s most globally recognized football institutions.
Okay News reports that Frank emphasized that sustainable success in modern football is rarely achieved through constant reshuffling of key decision-makers, particularly head coaches and sporting directors, whose roles are critical to strategic continuity.
Speaking on the matter, Frank stressed that football clubs aiming for lasting success must prioritize stability at the top, noting that frequent changes often disrupt long-term planning and player development.
According to football transfer expert Fabrizio Romano in a post shared on the social media platform X on Tuesday, Frank was quoted as saying: “It’s very difficult to achieve sustainable success if you change key personnel. That includes the coach and the sporting director.”
Frank further highlighted that Europe’s most consistent and successful elite football clubs have all benefited from long-standing alignment between ownership structures, executive leadership, and the technical direction provided by their head coaches.
Using prominent examples, he pointed to Liverpool Football Club, Manchester City Football Club, and Arsenal Football Club, all based in England, as models of organizational harmony where strategic decisions are unified across all levels.
“The best clubs are aligned — ownership, leadership and the coach,” Frank added.
The decision to dismiss Amorim has once again reignited widespread debate around Manchester United’s broader footballing strategy, with critics arguing that the club’s history of frequent managerial changes may have slowed progress rather than accelerated a return to sustained success.
Many observers believe that Frank’s comments reflect a growing concern within European football that stability, rather than rapid turnover, remains the foundation of elite performance.
