His mission is clear: sharpen the edge of this Tottenham side, trim the fat, and build a cohesive unit capable of navigating Champions League rigours

We’ve already told Thomas Frank five players he should build his Tottenham team around, but our brazen impertinence doesn’t stop there. No, internet law requires us to follow that unrequested advice with its mirror image: five players he should hard-heartedly discard. So here are they.

Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo believes his former head coach Thomas Frank will do a good job at Tottenham.Frank left the Bees to join Spurs last week after seven years in charge of the west London