Frank, alongside Marco Silva and Andoni Iraola, have been the leading contenders to replace Postecoglou. Since securing promotion to the top flight with Brentford, the Danish coach has impressed with his adaptability and a second top-half finish in four years.
However, Frank appeared to confirm that he would be staying at Brentford next season. TalkSPORT host and passionate Bees fan Natalie Sawyer shared a text exchange she had with the manager after their final game of the season, a 1-1 draw at Wolves.
She explained: "All I'm going to say is, I exchanged a little message with Thomas yesterday and this is what he said. I said, 'Well done on the season', because it has been a good season. He said, 'Enjoy the summer and soon we go again.'"
Frank also added a bee emoji at the end of his message, hinting that he aims to take Brentford to new heights once again, which would see the 51-year-old spurn any potential approach from Spurs.
Should he move across London, Frank would have an ally already at the club in technical director Johan Lange. The two Danes worked together in their early coaching careers at Lyngby, in Copenhagen.
Football.london claim that Lange is advocating for Frank’s appointment, having remained a strong admirer of his work, and would put his former colleague forward again if Postecoglou departs.
Former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson, prior to the Europa League final, claimed that Frank would be the ideal candidate to take over for next season. Backing the Brentford boss, he told Tottenham News: “My personal preference would be Thomas Frank. I think he’s an excellent manager. I’ve met him maybe once or twice. Every time I’ve met him, I’ve been extremely impressed with him, the way that he is, everything you hear about him, the way that he handles himself with players, with families, his man management skills.
“He just seems a genuine type of character who deserves a step up to the next level. That’s no disrespect to Brentford, because they are at the next level at the moment to Tottenham. But on the size of football clubs, Tottenham are a much bigger football club. And for him to come into somewhere like Tottenham, it may need somebody like that who can manage the whole club. And I think that’s what he can do. He’s good at that.
“He’s not just the manager of the football team. He manages the whole club. He manages the people, the staff, and the expectations in a similar way to what [Mauricio] Pochettino did. So, for me, Thomas Frank would be the one that I’d like to see there.”
But the Aussie is getting fed up with constant talk of his future. After Sunday’s 4-1 defeat to Brighton, he said: "I'll be honest, I've been finding it really weird talking about my future when we've done something unprecedented.
"I've had to answer the questions because no one else at the club is kind of in the position to do so, I guess. But I can't answer that question about me and my future, and part of me is kind of thinking, well, why have I been asked that question? But it is what it is.
"And I've got no doubt, though, that this could be a real sort of defining moment for this club because wherever I've been, I've kind of made an impact where I've brought success to a club that hasn't had for a while, and you just have to look at those clubs' trajectory even after I've left, they're still competing for things.”