BRENTFORD manager Thomas Frank has admitted that he is worried Rasmus Ankersen will make Saints more successful and added: “We will miss him.”
Thomas Frank said: “First and foremost Rasmus has done a fantastic job for us. I’ve known him for 15 years and I’ve loved to work with him in five years at Brentford so I will miss him. We will miss him. He did a top job in terms of being part of getting Brentford to be a Premier League club and being a well-established club in terms of recruiting and selling players. I don’t know too much about the Southampton thing to be fair. I would love it if he was here but he’s not. I’m confident that me, Phil Giles, Lee Dykes and Matthew (Benham) will find a way to do as well as we have done the whole time.”
Asked if he is worried that Ankersen’s involvement will make Saints, and a direct Premier League rival of the London outfit, stronger,
Thomas Frank responded: “Yeah. Because Rasmus is very intelligent and very good at his job in terms of building a club and making them better. He’s been a part of that at both Midtjylland and Brentford. But one thing I know in football you can’t do things overnight. I think Southampton are doing a good job but to do a big turnaround it will take time.”
