STORM TROOPER

Tel-tale sign showing Mathys is unwanted

- BY JOHN CROSS

Pedro Porro and Dominic Solanke (far right) hit the right notes

THE lunch date at the Tottenham training ground probably felt more like the last supper.

Thomas Frank has been left in the bizarre scenario where he is taking charge of tonight's showdown with Borussia Dortmund but is unsure whether he will still have a job by the end of the week.

Frank admits he is in "stormy weather" but took a glimmer of hope from his lunch meeting with members of the club hierarchy at the training ground.

Spurs boss Frank met chief executive Vinai Venkatesham, sporting director Johan Lange and Nick Beucher, son-in-law of co-owner Vivienne Lewis, on the eve of a game which could decide his future if that has not been done already.

Frank admitted that no assurances were given but still saw it as a positive because normally when a manager is about to be fired, directors are nowhere to be seen.

He said: "I haven't heard any situation like that in football where they say, 'Hey, mate, if you win tomorrow, no problem. If you lose tomorrow, no problem.