Tottenham Hotspur have a crucial clash with Borussia Dortmund in the Champions League on Tuesday night and reports suggest Thomas Frank will remain in the dugout for that one.
However, the former Brentford boss remains under immense pressure after a 2-1 defeat at home to Premier League strugglers West Ham United at the weekend made it just one win in eight matches across all competitions for his side.
More and more fans are turning against him now that a brief bright start to the campaign has completely given way to another underwhelming domestic season for the north Londoners.
Should Spurs suffer yet another home defeat this midweek, Frank could be out the door. Recently sacked by Real Madrid, Xabi Alonso is among the frontrunners — but is he the favourite?
Next Tottenham Manager Betting Odds
| Manager | Odds |
|---|---|
| Xabi Alonso | 3/1 |
| Xavi Hernandez | 3/1 |
| Oliver Glasner | 4/1 |
| Mauricio Pochettino | 4/1 |
| Ruben Amorim | 6/1 |
| Enzo Maresca | 8/1 |
All odds listed above are with BetVictor.
Who will be the next Tottenham manager?
Both Xabi Alonso and Xavi Hernandez are given a 25% chance of becoming the next Spurs manager according to the latest odds, while Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner and Mauricio Pochettino have a 20% chance at 4/1.
Xavi has been out of work since leaving Barcelona in the summer of 2024, while Xabi Alonso left Real Madrid earlier this month having only been appointed at the Bernabeu last summer.
Glasner has aired his frustration with Palace’s hierarchy amid Marc Guehi’s sale to Man City and there are even suggestions he could walk sooner than the end of the season, despite the Eagles’ UEFA Europa Conference League involvement.
Pochettino is set to lead the United States into the 2026 FIFA World Cup, which they are hosting. After that, it's a tale of recently deposed Premier League managers, with Ruben Amorim (6/1) and Enzo Maresca (8/1) both in contention to make a rapid return.
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Thomas Frank’s Tottenham record
Thomas Frank enjoyed a reasonably good start to life at Spurs, headlined by a 2-0 victory at the Etihad Stadium against Manchester City but things have fallen off a cliff since then. Despite finishing 17th in the Premier League last season while winning the UEFA Europa League, many supporters have declared Frank to be worse than Ange Postecoglou.
His overall record as Spurs boss is as follows:
| Games | 32 |
| Won | 11 |
| Drawn | 9 |
| Lost | 12 |
Xabi Alonso’s managerial record
Xabi Alonso began his managerial career by helping Real Sociedad B gain promotion to the second-tier before being poached by Bayer Leverkusen. In his first full season with the Germans, he led them to an unbeaten double-winning campaign with the Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal, as well as to the final of the UEFA Europa League.
His second season saw Leverkusen naturally regress somewhat but remain strong ahead of a move to Spain, where he began extremely well in terms of results with Madrid.
Early winter performances and results, as well as supposed discontent within the squad made his departure seemingly inevitable, eventually confirmed a day after losing the Supercopa de Espana to Barcelona in Saudi Arabia.
His overall record as a manager is as follows:
| Club | Time | Games | Win | Drawn | Loss | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Sociedad B | June 2019 - May 2022 | 98 | 40 | 23 | 35 | 40.82% |
| Bayer Leverkusen | October 2022 - May 2025 | 140 | 88 | 33 | 19 | 62.86% |
| Real Madrid | June 2025 - January 2026 | 34 | 24 | 4 | 6 | 70.59% |
What is Xavi doing now?
Since 2024, the 45-year-old Xavi Hernandez has been without a job, albeit he has often been linked with Man United. More pragmatic than expected as a graduate of La Masia, whether or not he wants to jump back in with Spurs remains to be seen.
As a player, he won it all with both Barcelona and Spain, before finished his playing career in 2019 with Al Sadd and going on to coach the Qatari outfit as soon as he hung up his boots.
After winning the league title in 2021 in the Arab state, Xavi returned to Camp Nou and led Barcelona to the 2022/23 La Liga title before departing in May 2024.
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