Former Tottenham and Brentford manager Thomas Frank is watching this year's World Cup like the ultimate talent scout. In an interview with BBC Sport, Frank describes how he catalogs players mentally—a personal database stored, as he puts it, in a hard disk in his head. He's sharing which rising names caught his eye and predicting who'll emerge as the tournament's breakout star. For managers constantly hunting their next signing, the World Cup is prime scouting territory, and Frank's insider perspective offers a rare look at how elite coaches evaluate world-class talent on football's biggest stage.

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