Tottenham poach another member of staff from Brentford and fans will be overjoyed

Tottenham Hotspur have successfully poached yet another member of staff from Brentford, which makes it a total of five people who have followed Thomas Frank from the West London club to Hotspur Way.

Initially, Spurs confirmed that Justin Cochrane, Chris Haslam and Joe Newton had arrived alongside Frank from Brentford, and set-piece specialist Andreas Georgson had joined from Manchester United.

Subsequently, Tottenham Hotspur also poached Tom Perryman from the West London club, who will now serve as the Lilywhites’ strength and conditioning coach.

They have been joined by some familiar faces, with Spurs confirming that Cameron Campbell, Matt Wells, Stuart Lewis and Dean Brill have been added to Frank’s staff.

Tottenham will have a new head of medical department

The Athletic’s Jay Harris has now revealed that Nick Stubbings will also leave the Bees to join as the new head of the Tottenham medical department.

Stubbings joined as a Physiotherapist at Brentford in 2018 before being promoted to the role of Medical Director of Physiotherapy in 2022, a position which he has held for the last three years.

He now becomes the fifth member of staff to follow Frank to North London following Cochrane, Haslam, Newton and Perryman.

Why changes in the medical department at Tottenham were inevitable

It was well-publicised that Tottenham had multiple reviews of their medical department over the last two years, given the injury crises that Spurs were hit with.

There was also a big issue with players returning before they were fully fit and picking up recurring injuries, and infamously, Cristian Romero even credited the Argentina physios rather than Spurs medics for his rehabilitation.

A chance in the medical department thus seemed inevitable and Frank was always going to bring in the people he trusts.

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