{"id":182597,"date":"2024-05-15T11:48:56","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/"},"modified":"2024-05-15T11:48:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T11:48:56","slug":"thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted he is \u201cflattered\u201d by interest from Manchester United, but stressed his desire to continue with his current side for the foreseeable future.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Frank was recently named as the\u00a0latest candidate to replace Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who finds himself under immense pressure as United continue to struggle. The 50-year-old Bees boss, meanwhile, is feeling positive after steering his side away from a relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>After the links to United emerged, Frank was contacted by Danish outlet\u00a0<em>Bold<\/em>, and the Brentford boss made it clear he is not thinking about leaving.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am really happy where I am,\u201d he stressed. \u201cIt is close to being the perfect club to be in. I can see myself being here for many more years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am close to the owner, to the sports director, to everyone around the club. Brentford is a club where I really feel at home.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/01hxvqd60hat6kwzabxn.jpg\" alt=\"Erik ten Hag\" title=\"Erik ten Hag\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Ten Hag\u2019s future remains unknown at Man Utd \/ Justin Setterfield\/GettyImages<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n<p>\u201cImmediately I think it is flattering and a recognition in relation to what I do. And I am glad that others are noticing the work we are doing at Brentford. Having said that, what goes on at the club is not a one-man show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to comment on all the rumours that have been about me. You shouldn\u2019t believe everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Ten Hag\u2019s future still remains undecided at Old Trafford, it seems certain that Frank will not be jumping into his boots any time soon. The Bees look set to end the season in 16th place, but have one more game to play against Newcastle United on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United\u00a0also have to face the Magpies before the end of the season and will host Eddie Howe\u2019s side on Wednesday, before travelling to Brighton &amp; Hove Albion for their final game on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted he is \u201cflattered\u201d by interest from Manchester United, but stressed his desire to continue with his current side for the foreseeable future. Frank was recently named as the\u00a0latest candidate to replace Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who finds himself under immense pressure as United continue to struggle. The 50-year-old Bees [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":182598,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted he is \u201cflattered\u201d by interest from Manchester United, but stressed his desire to continue with his current side for the foreseeable future. Frank was recently named as the\u00a0latest candidate to replace Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who finds himself under immense pressure as United continue to struggle. The 50-year-old Bees [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"608\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":325,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/image-806.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/image-806.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/image-806.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/image-806.png\",\"width\":1080,\"height\":608},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/05\\\/15\\\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"Brentford boss Thomas Frank has admitted he is \u201cflattered\u201d by interest from Manchester United, but stressed his desire to continue with his current side for the foreseeable future. Frank was recently named as the\u00a0latest candidate to replace Dutchman Erik ten Hag, who finds himself under immense pressure as United continue to struggle. The 50-year-old Bees [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1080,"height":608,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013","datePublished":"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/"},"wordCount":325,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png","articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/","name":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013 - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png","datePublished":"2024-05-15T11:48:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/image-806.png","width":1080,"height":608},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/15\/thomas-frank-speaks-out-after-being-named-strong-contender-for-man-utd-job\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thomas Frank speaks out after being named \u2018strong contender\u2019 for Man Utd job \u2013"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=182597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182598"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=182597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=182597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=182597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}