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LOTS OF GAS IN THOMAS TANK ENGINE
Irish Sunday Mirror
|June 22, 2025
Great Dane: Spurs in for pre-season shock under Frank
TOTTENHAM'S players are going to have a ball in pre-season - once they have navigated Thomas Frank's time trial.
That is the message from former West Brom defender Martin Albrechtsen (below), who played for Frank at Brondby, and insists pre-season training under his fellow Dane was a far cry from what he experienced in the Premier League.
The aim of Frank's maximal aerobic 1km speed test, previously implemented by his coaches at Brentford, is to run 10 lengths of the pitch in around three minutes and 15 seconds.
Ex-Denmark international Albrechtsen explained: "I've had a taste of both worlds, the totally crazy pre-season regimes and also managers that think differently.
"With Thomas, his coaches and physios organise the sessions but he's mindful of the bigger picture.
This story is from the June 22, 2025 edition of Irish Sunday Mirror.
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