Thomas Frank believes Tottenham CEO Vinai Venkatesham's experiences with Mikel Arteta at Arsenal have benefited him in gaining patience from a club that has rarely shown much.

Premier League managers are dropping like flies right now, with Ruben Amorim and Enzo Maresca leaving Manchester United and Chelsea within days of each other, and some sections of the Spurs fanbase have called for their 13th-placed club to follow suit after an uninspiring start to life under Frank with two wins from their past 11 league games.

However, having been a club that has mostly gone through managers like hot dinners in the past under former chairman Daniel Levy, there is a new man at the top in Venkatesham. He was among the powerful figures at Arsenal who showed patience in Arteta through some slow early years and trusted the Spaniard needed the time to build something.

Six years on and the Gunners are six points clear at the top of the table and Frank believes...