Tottenham Hotspur are considering sacking Igor Tudor before the weekend, talkSPORT understands.
Tudor’s future becomes even more precarious with Spurs collapsing to a 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night.
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The Croatian was drafted in as interim manager until the end of the season to replace Thomas Frank following the Dane’s sacking in February.
But the club’s hierarchy could already pull the plug on Tudor and look for a third manager of the season.
talkSPORT understands Spurs owners the Lewis family have been left disillusioned by Tudor’s impact, or lack of.
It’s understood the club will speak to the players to determine Tudor’s future at Spurs, with the interim boss losing all four of his matches in charge.
Tudor was inevitably asked about his future by journalists after the match and gave an unexpected response.
When the question of whether he deserved to remain in the job, Tudor gave a simple, but alarming, ‘no comment’ response.
The former Juventus boss is at risk of holding the shortest managerial reign in Premier League history.
Having been in the role for just 24 days as of Tuesday, Tudor could eclipse the unwanted record set by Sam Allardyce whose stint at Leeds in 2023 lasted just 30 days.
Spurs mauled by Madrid
Tudor was handed a first-half horror show from his side.
Spurs, who have now lost their last six, found themselves 3-0 down in the first 14 minutes following three errors from goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and Micky van de Ven.
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Kinsky was hooked off immediately after the third goal, a move which is said to have surprised the Spurs hierarchy.
The north London club now face an uphill battle to keep their European hopes alive ahead of next week’s second leg at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Winning the Champions League is the club’s only hope of European football next season with things looking dire domestically.
Spurs are in the middle of a relegation battle, the north Londoners lying just a point above the Premier League drop zone.
Tudor was brought in after Frank was axed just eight months into his contract, with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle proving to be the final straw for his bosses, who are thought to have decided the manager’s fate at half-time.
While many fans sang Mauricio Pochettino’s name, Tudor got the call, but the decision has not worked out and the board may take the extreme measures to get rid of him even when his contract was only due to last until the end of the season.
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Some Tottenham fans made their feelings clear once again ahead of the match when discovering Pochettino was on board their flight to Madrid.
Fans serenaded the ex-Spurs head coach with some even chanting for his return to the dugout.
Jamie O’Hara’s verdict
talkSPORT host and former Tottenham midfielder O’Hara was left seething after watching Spurs’ first-half display.
O’Hara, who was preparing to host the Sports Bar later in the evening, came on air at half time and with Spurs 4-1 down to provide a brutal assessment of the club’s dismal fortunes.
“I’m absolutely embarrassed to be a Spurs fan,” he said. “I’m embarrassed to be affiliated to this football club. It is nothing short of a disgrace. The manager is a fraud.
“The manager needs to go, sack him at half time. It’s a disgraceful performance from the players.
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“The tactics, unthinkable. To set up 3-4-3 against Atletico Madrid is embarrassing.We cannot play that formation.
“He said it’s about experimenting. You cannot experiment in Champions League playing 3-4-3 and to pick Kinski.
“Listen, everyone’s saying all of a sudden they’re feeling sorry for this guy… he’s a professional football player. He’s a professional goalie. It’s his job. He can’t kick the ball.
“It’s their job to look through to wear the right footing. Put some studs on, you’re falling over the ball. I’ve never seen anything like it.
“I honestly cannot believe I’m sat here watching this garbage. Van de Ven should’ve been sent off. He doesn’t want to be out there.”
O’ Hara continued: “They give us a sympathy vote VAR by not sending Van de Ven off. This could be 9-0 and to be honest I hope we get pumped because this manager has got to go and the only saving grace out of anything is that we get pumped tonight.
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“The Tottenham board might do something for once and actually sack this guy because he is absolutely shocking. I could do a better job at managing this football club.
“They can’t even pass a ball. They cannot string two passes together. This club is absolutely gone. The players are absolutely gone.
“They don’t want to be there. They don’t want to play. for this manager.
“It is nothing short of a disaster. We are going down. This club is finished right now, and this is an absolute embarrassment to even watch.”
