Tottenham Hotspur have to be more proactive in their managerial search than they were during the first half of the 2025/26 season when Johan Lange and Vinai Venkatesham were not even looking at contingency plans for Thomas Frank, who ended up keeping the coaching job months longer than he should have.
Reading the tea leaves, Igor Tudor's days as Spurs manager appear to be numbered, and if Spurs want to make a desperate move or if there is some combination of understandable burnout on Tudor's part, then Tottenham need to find a new coach. And obviously, even if Tudor does manage Spurs until the end of the 2025/26 Premier League campaign, Tottenham still 100 percent need a new manager over the long term when the 2026/27 season starts.
For some reason, Tottenham's No. 1 target for the summer appears to be Roberto De Zerbi, but the former Marseille and Brighton coach is uninterested in being an emergency option for any club during the ongoing season. So if Spurs hire a new coach to replace Tudor now, they will have to look elsewhere, but even if we are just talking about summer hires, De Zerbi is not necessarily a favorite for most fans.
Tottenham are thinking about Marco Silva
Mauricio Pochettino is, but the list can't just be Poch and RDZ. Andoni Iraola, Oliver Glasner, and Marco Silva were the trio of mid table Premier League managers who had piqued Spurs interest alongside Thomas Frank during summer 2025 in the aftermath of Ange Postecoglou's sacking.
According to a report from Fabrizio Romano, as Tottenham Hotspur continue to ponder their options and view Roberto De Zerbi as a favorite, they have also circled back to Silva from Fulham. Per Romano, Spurs have "discussed internally" the possibility of hiring Silva as their next permanent manager.
In all honesty, while Marco Silva is hardly the most exciting name, he may have the best Premier League track record of these coaches. He has done very well for Fulham, as the club rank in the top half of the table and have been decent in the league ever since his appointment. And head to head, he has outclassed Tottenham badly on two occasions.
Silva is at least worth keeping in mind as a contingency plan to Pochettino, who is the real dream option for Spurs. He may be a better coaching hire than De Zerbi, given he is a less volatile personality than the ex Sassuolo man.