Thomas Frank gives death stare to interviewer and West Ham favourite can’t help but laugh

Thomas Frank had a face like thunder when questioned on his future as Tottenham head coach.

Spurs find themselves staring down the barrel of a relegation battle after losing 2-1 to Newcastle United on Tuesday night.

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The north Londoners sit 16th and just five points clear of the bottom three with 12 games remaining.

There was a chorus of boos from Spurs fans at the full-time whistle as their season took another blow with an 11th league defeat.

Frank, who succeeded Ange Postecoglou in the summer, is now under increased pressure at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.

Speaking to TNT Sports after the match, the reporter addressed his uncertain future ahead of the north London derby on February 22.

“If you could give one message, I suppose, to the Spurs supporters who would like somebody different in your position come Arsenal, what would it be?” he asked.

“That’s a fair question,” Frank replied with a slight grin. “I would just say what I do is work very hard, make sure we do everything we can to put a competitive team out there that’s ready to fight.”

However, Frank appeared to stare down the interviewer at the end of their exchange and they then shared an awkward handshake.

Reacting to the tension, former West Ham striker Michail Antonio was left in stitches with the Dane’s facial expression.

“It’s a man under pressure, but I just feel like it was the questioning, to me,” he said. “I felt like Dan was proper prodding him there and I could see it, inside he was boiling up.

“He didn’t want to answer the question, he just wanted to get off, and it was just constant questions about him and his job.

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“The look in his face was like… basically, if I could swear right now, is what he was basically saying to him.

“Tottenham are in a bad place. If West Ham won today, they would be three points behind Tottenham…

“So it could easily be a relegation scrap for them because at the end of the day, West Ham are performing, West Ham are doing well.”

Antonio then saw footage of the fans booing, and added: “The fans are not happy, and the fans haven’t been happy for a while.”

O’Hara: Frank has to go now

After watching his beloved Spurs lose once again, former midfielder Jamie O’Hara insisted it’s time up for Frank.

“Spurs? Shambles,” he said on The Sports Bar. “Thomas Frank has got to go now!

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“Not tomorrow, not the next day, now, get him out of this football club! We are going down with him in charge!”

O’Hara added: “Thomas Frank has got to leave this football club, get him out of Spurs!

“He is useless, he is Christian Gross [ex-Spurs manager] in disguise. He’s one of the worst managers we’ve ever had. This team is shocking, it is so bad.

“Honestly, duds, all over the park, duds everywhere. Recruitment, shocking. Thomas Frank, shocking. Board, shocking. Football, shocking. Everything about is an absolute shambles.”