If reports are to be believed, there isn't a single Tottenham player that Thomas Frank isn't excited to start working with. So much so that I'm surprised the tabloids haven't suggested that the Dane is ready to convert Teemu Tainio into the Premier League's most dominant box-to-box midfielder.
While this Spurs team, so far pretty much unchanged from last year's squad, endured a historically bad domestic campaign that ultimately cost Ange Postecoglou his job, there's no denying the untapped potential within it.
There's hope that Frank, who worked wonders with so little at Brentford, will be able to extract all the juice.
New CEO Vinai Venkatesham cited his track record with harnessing the development of young starlets as one of the main reasons why Frank got the job, and Spurs have them in abundance.
Here are the three primary candidates for breakout campaigns under the new manager.
1. Antonin Kinsky
There have been a few murmurs regarding Guglielmo Vicario's future, with Milan lurking and the Spurs hierarchy supposedly happy to let him go. However, those reports have since been rubbished, and we should expect the Italian to remain as our number one entering 2025/26 unless he has a horrific pre-season.
Despite a down second season which was hampered by injury, Vicario should remain first-choice until usurped. However, I believe there's a good chance that Kinsky ends Frank's first season as the starter.
We all remember the Czech goalkeeper's debut against Liverpool, right? Talk about composure personified. Things went slightly downhill for Kinsky in the aftermath with errors against Aston Villa in the FA Cup and Arsenal in the Premier League, but there's no denying his talent. In that cup tie against the Villans, Kinsky recovered from his early mishap and helped keep us in the game with a string of outstanding saves.
Vicario may still be the superior shot-stopper, but Kinsky is the more dominant presence when claiming the high ball, and he's undoubtedly the better ball player. The 22-year-old is the archetypal modern-day goalkeeper, and Frank will love his ability to distribute long with pinpoint accuracy.
2. Archie Gray
It looked like Archie Gray would join Brentford last summer, but the deal collapsed at the 11th hour and allowed Tottenham to step in.
The former Leeds United starlet broke out in the Championship two seasons ago, and, for the most part, showed why Spurs were willing to fork out as much as £40m to sign him. Very rarely did Gray get a go in his favoured holding midfield position, with the bulk of his minutes last season arriving at full-back and centre-back.
His filling-in job alongside either Radu Dragusin or Ben Davies was admirable, given his lack of experience at the heart of defence. The former Championship Young Player of the Year would have learned plenty from a tough debut season that thrust him into distinctly challenging spots.
The only way is up for the teenager in N17, with Frank's previous admiration standing him in good stead. Expect the technically sound, intelligent and diligent England U21 international to get plenty of opportunities in a more familiar role next season.
3. Mathys Tel
Spurs' first major move of the summer was converting the six-month loan of Mathys Tel into a permanent signing.
The 20-year-old Frenchman scored three times in 20 appearances during the second half of last season, and some have questioned why the club have opted to sign Bayern Munich's youngest-ever goalscorer; the talent Bayern were so convinced by that they sent £25m Rennes way to acquire the 17-year-old in 2022.
Munich proved the wrong environment for Tel, who boasts self-assurance and, importantly, talent in abundance. His recent work for France U21s at the Euros, where he operated as a fluid centre-forward who drifted left, right, deep and in behind, manifested the very best of our exciting new addition.
There were glimpses during his loan spell here, but he was never performing a function designed to get the very best out of him. Under Frank, whose track record with forwards is off the charts, I have no doubts that Tel will explode.