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  • Igor Tudor leaves role as Tottenham interim head coach - read more here

  • Tudor departs by mutual consent after 44 days & seven games in charge

  • Spurs say they "send our support" to Tudor after recent death of father

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  1. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:44 BST

    Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge

    It starts to get a bit trickier with the last two of our quiz answers.

    Shout out to Cookie, Sean, Ian Sansby, Ralph Corrish, Miles, Stephen Pearson, Keith Pearson and Craig for getting this one.

    It's Les Reed at Charlton Athletic.

    Got to be honest I've not seen a single person get the last one.

  2. Not many top coaches would jump at this job right nowpublished at 17:41 BST

    Brad Friedel
    Ex-Tottenham goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

    The most important thing is staying in the league. The long-term solution and building of the club can't really take place until you know whether you're doing it from the Championship or the Premier League.

    There's not many really top-quality, real long-term visionary coaches who would jump into this job right now without a break clause in their contract if they're relegated in the summer.

    But then is that actually good for the club to have to bring in and release another manager after seven games?

  3. Injuries to key players undermine succession of Tottenham managerspublished at 17:38 BST

    Dejan Kulusevski and James MaddisonImage source, Getty Images

    The one constant at Tottenham under managers Ange Postecoglou, Thomas Frank and Igor Tudor has been a lengthy injury list.

    All three managers have struggled to put out a settled side, often missing key members of their squad for long periods.

    Those issues seem to have escalated to new levels under Tudor, who was missing 13 players through injury before their recent trip to Liverpool, ironically when Spurs earned the only Premier League point of his short tenure.

    Defensively, the team has often lacked a solid base, with the key central pairing of captain Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven missing matches due to suspension as well as injury.

    A perceived lack of discipline has not helped, but it is in attack that the club has really felt a drain on their resources this season.

    Creative talents such as James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Mohamed Kudus and Wilson Odobert are all currently unavailable, with only Maddison and Kudus potentially returning before the end of the campaign.

  4. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:35 BST

    Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge

    Well done to those of you who got another one of our four Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge.

    We were looking for...Sam Allardye at Leeds United.

    Nigel Howarth, Jack, Chris Marshall, Joshua Levey and Christopher Leaver you all got that one - well done!

  5. Sorry stats of Spurs' sobering seasonpublished at 17:31 BST

    Tottenham Hotspur

    Tottenham have won just 30 points from 31 Premier League games this season - their joint-lowest, along with 1914-15, at this stage of a league campaign.

    They are now winless in their past 13 league matches (D5 L8), since their 1-0 victory over Crystal Palace on 28 December.

    It is the club's second longest winless league run since 1912 - the record stands at 16 games, set in the 1934-35 season.

    The single point Spurs collected in the five league games under Igor Tudor was the fewest in the Premier League during that time.

    Tottenham are also bottom of the form table since mid-December.

  6. How does Igor Tudor's record compare to other Tottenham managers?published at 17:28 BST

    When it comes to overall win rate in all competitions, Igor Tudor is bottom of the pile for all Tottenham managers since 2014 at just 14.3%.

    While seven games is not a long period of time for a manager to settle in and build momentum, Ryan Mason was in charge for one spell of seven and one spell of six games, and achieved win percentages of 57.1% and 33.3% respectively.

    Mauricio Pottechino had the best win rate of recent long-term managers, at 54.3%.

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  7. The stats behind Tudor's short reignpublished at 17:25 BST

    Igor Tudor had been out of work since being sacked by Juventus in October 2025, following an eight-match winless run.

    He departs Tottenham as one of only six managers to take charge of at least five Premier League games and fail to record a win.

    Among the reasons given for Tudor's appointment was to introduce more attacking football, following criticism of their style of play under Frank.

    Spurs did average slightly more shots per game under Tudor (11.6) than Frank (11.1), but they regressed in other metrics including goals scored (0.8, down from 1.4), expected goals (1.0, down from 1.1), and touches in the opposition box (21.0, down from 24.3).

    Tudor's Tottenham had the third lowest xG across Premier League teams during his tenure - and only three teams managed fewer big chances.

    Defensively, they faced the fifth most shots, fourth most shots on target and conceded the second most xG.

    Only Burnley and Newcastle faced more big chances (17) than Spurs (16), while only Burnley (167) allowed more touches in their own box (161).

  8. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:20 BST

    Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge

    I'll reveal the first of the managers from our earlier quiz question...

    The answer is...Ange Postecoglou at Nottingham Forest.

    Postecoglou lasted 39 days at the club earlier this season.

    Well done to Ben, Dell Price, Andy Evans, Olivia, Jamie and Paul for getting this one.

    Three more to get.

  9. 'When you are fighting for your life, everybody has to be at it'published at 17:16 BST

    Former Liverpool defender Danny Murphy believes Tottenham's mentality was one of their most worrying traits on display during Igor Tudor's final game in charge.

    Spurs matched Nottingham Forest for the majority of the first half but fell apart once the visitors got their noses in front.

    Having a man in the dugout that can restore a bit of confidence and belief to the side, therefore, could be the biggest key to their survival bid.

    You can watch the full breakdown from last weekend's Match of the Day below.

    Media caption,

    'Capitulation' - How 'fragile' Tottenham put Tudor under pressure

  10. 'Tudor episode reflects badly on Spurs board'published at 17:10 BST

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Igor Tudor was a left-field gamble that went wrong from the start.

    His unique selling point, in an appointment that smacked of panic from Tottenham's hierarchy, was that he had a chequered coaching career but a record of having the sort of instant impact the club required.

    This never materialised. He became the first man in charge of Spurs to lose his first four matches, starting with that heavy 4-1 home defeat by Arsenal.

    Tudor's brusque, plain speaking style got no more out of the Spurs squad than Thomas Frank's more empathetic approach. It never made any connection with the Spurs players, while a welter of tactical shifts hinted that he was struggling to work out how to get the best out of the shambles he had inherited.

    The low point came in the Champions League last 16 first leg at Atletico Madrid where he gambled on selecting Antonin Kinsky in goal ahead of first-choice Guglielmo Vicario, only to remove the young Czech after just 17 minutes following two catastrophic errors that left Spurs 3-0 down in an eventual 5-2 defeat.

    Tudor was also criticised for the manner in which he ignored Kinsky when he went off, comfort being left to his colleagues on the pitch, as well as Conor Gallagher and Dominic Solanke, who followed him down the tunnel to console him.

    Improvement could be detected in the deserved draw at Liverpool before an honourable win in the Champions League exit to Atletico – but normal dismal service was resumed in last Sunday's highly-damaging 3-0 home defeat by fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest.

    In Tudor's defence, he took over a shell-shocked and struggling squad decimated by injuries and stripped of confidence. There is no guarantee anyone else would have done markedly better.

    In this emergency situation, Spurs had to act, but the whole episode reflects more badly on those at the top of the club than it does on Tudor.

  11. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:07 BST

    Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in charge

    Surely Nathan Jones’ tenure at Southampton was less than 50 days?

    Chris, Farnborough

    Frank de Boer at Crystal Palace

    Jake, Kent

    Steve Coppell is one surely?

    Tony, Manchester

    Good guesses but incorrect I'm afraid.

    Nathan Jones - 95 days

    Frank de Boer - 77 days

    Steve Coppell's tenure at Manchester City lasted just 33 days but they were in the Championship at the time. We're after Premier League bosses.

  12. Spurs 'perilously close' to Championship footballpublished at 17:04 BST

    Pat Nevin
    Former Everton and Chelsea winger

    Tottenham Hotspur stadiumImage source, Getty Images

    The real drama this weekend was in north west London as Manchester City won the Carabao Cup final to quash any hopes of an Arsenal quadruple.

    ‌From Wembley to Tottenham might only be about 12 miles, but right now it might as well be 12 light years away for Spurs.

    The lack of fight needed to stay in the Premier League was all too apparent in the 3-0 defeat by Nottingham Forest.

    ‌It has been a long time since a true giant of the English game has been relegated, but even the most die-hard Lilywhite knows this is a possibility edging towards a probability right now.

    ‌None of Liverpool,Everton, Manchester City, Manchester United,Chelsea nor Arsenal have gone down this century, but Spurs are perilously close and dropping at a sickening rate.

    ‌Their penultimate game is at Chelsea and there is the frightening prospect that their bitter rivals could drive in the last nail in their coffin.

    If that happens, it would be the most horrendous relegation in living memory.

  13. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 17:00 BST

    Use the 'Get Involved' button to have your say

    No surprise - the surprise was being appointed in the first place.

    Nigel, Wirral

    He had to go, but the clowns running Spurs have waited FAR too long. New boss should’ve been in getting a feel for the place and meeting some players for the past week!

    Ben, Stroud

    Feel a bit for Tudor. Inherited a poisoned chalice and is going through a personal bereavement. Ultimately the wrong decision by Spurs to bring him in. The fact that Harry Redknapp and Tim Sherwood are both seen as legitimate options show how far Spurs have fallen.

    Matt, Birmingham

  14. The relegation battlepublished at 16:55 BST

    Seven matches between now and the end of the season for Tottenham to save themselves.

    Here's how their run-in compares to others facing the drop.

    Spurs don't have the easiest run but then again is any run easy?

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  15. Spurs' relegation chances rise to 26.51%published at 16:52 BST

    Tottenham Hotspur

    Despite Tottenham suffering a 15th defeat of a torrid Premier League campaign, statisticians Opta still only give the north London side a 26.51% chance of suffering relegation from the top flight for the first time since 1977.

    However, their chances of going down are now rated far higher than 16th-placed Nottingham Forest (8.45%) and Leeds United (6.93%) in 15th.

    Third-bottom West Ham, who are just one point behind Tottenham with seven matches of the Premier League season remaining, are being given a 58.22% of being relegated.

    Basement club Wolves have a 99.93% chance of going down and second-bottom Burnley 99.92%.

    Bottom of Premier League graphicImage source, BBC Sport
  16. Any other takers?published at 16:51 BST

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Sean Dyche's name has inevitably been linked after a good body of work fighting against the odds at Burnley and Everton, where he kept both teams up when relegation beckoned.

    Do Spurs see Dyche as the sort of personality to handle Spurs, especially as his last job ended when he was sacked by Nottingham Forest after only 114 days in charge?

    Austrian coach Adi Hutter is a rank outsider, although he did win admirers in the Premier League with his work at clubs such as Eintracht Frankfurt.

    Hutter is on the market after being sacked by Monaco in October, but he really would be a wild card.

  17. get involved

    Get Involvedpublished at 16:48 BST

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    It's the right decision to let Tudor go, it was never the right appointment. We have a great opportunity to get the right manager now to get some points on the board and away from relegation.

    Mike, Wiltshire

    There are seven games left. On-form Spurs would expect points from most and comfortable. Trouble is, our form has never been worse. Just need some simple football and some belief

    Ed, Wales

    After the way Spurs have treated Frank and now Tudor I hope they go down and this leads to changes in the boardroom. Spurs have been on the decline for a long time and throwing a succession of managers under the bus completely misses the point.

    Chris, Hampshire

  18. Should Spurs make big move now?published at 16:43 BST

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Roberto de ZerbiImage source, Getty Images

    Mauricio Pochettino would top a fan poll as the permanent successor to Thomas Frank – the Argentine still a much-loved figure after taking Spurs to the 2019 Champions League Final.

    There is every indication he would jump at a return to north London after he was sacked by former chairman Daniel Levy only five months after losing to Liverpool in Madrid.

    Spurs fans pin the blame on Levy for failing to back the coach and many would welcome Pochettino back with open arms.

    Any notion of a Pochettino return, however, must wait until after the World Cup, as he is entrusted with coaching the United States at a home showpiece.

    If Spurs are to seek an immediate full-time appointment, this leaves Roberto de Zerbi as frontrunner. The talented but combustible Italian established a fine reputation at Brighton and is available having left Marseille by mutual consent in February.

    De Zerbi is also believed to be amenable to the idea.

    The question is whether he would want to take the job immediately, with that prospect of relegation hanging over Spurs, or would be prefer to wait until the end of the season to see what division they are in?

    If Spurs are in the Premier League they would be hugely attractive proposition to De Zerbi, but he may well have other options in the summer having been heavily linked with Manchester United.

    De Zerbi may prefer to bide his time and sit tight as opposed to taking on a salvage operation.

  19. Quiz: Name the Premier League managers to last fewer than 50 days in chargepublished at 16:40 BST

    While we're discussing next steps for Spurs, I've got a little quiz question for you.

    Igor Tudor is just the fifth manager to last fewer than 50 days in charge of a Premier League club.

    Can name the other four?

    Here's a clue, one of them is this season.

    Send in your responses via the Get Involved button at the side of the page.

  20. Send for former Spurs firefighter?published at 16:36 BST

    Phil McNulty
    BBC Sport chief football writer

    Harry Redknapp speaks on the phoneImage source, Getty Images

    Who can realistically step in for what is now a firefighting job?

    Former manager Harry Redknapp has indicated his willingness to return, but is now 79 and has not worked in management since being sacked by Birmingham City in May 2017. He was sacked by Spurs 14 years ago and calling for him would surely smack of desperation.

    Redknapp has said Spurs "know where I am." It would be a sign of their plight should they go to find him.

    Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle has also suggested he would be interested, but once again this would be a dip into the distant past.

    Hoddle, now a respected television pundit, is 68, but was sacked as Spurs manager in September 2003. The last post the former England manager occupied was with Wolverhampton Wanderers, leaving in July 2006.

    Ryan Mason, sacked by West Bromwich Albion in January, is a well-respected and popular figure having twice served as Spurs' caretaker manager following the sackings of Jose Mourinho and Antonio Conte, but his reputation took a hit during an unrewarding spell at The Hawthorns.

    After that disappointment, would Spurs turn to him? Would he even want to walk into such an ominous situation?

    Tim Sherwood, the former player who left Spurs in May 2014 after a six-month spell as permanent head coach, has made it clear he fancies the job, saying: "I would keep them in the Premier League. I believe that someone with common sense keeps them in the Premier League."

    Robbie Keane, currently at Ferencvaros in Hungary, falls into the category of the younger up-and-coming manager, but would the former Spurs captain leave a full-time job for a new post that might only extend to seven games.