Tottenham Hotspur could make a move for an "expert" former manager if Igor Tudor is sacked.
Tudor under pressure after terrible start
Tudor has made a terrible start to life as interim Tottenham manager, losing his opening three games, which means his side are now just one point above the Premier League relegation zone, with nine games left to play.
Bringing in a manager with no experience in English football was always going to be a gamble, and Jamie O'Hara has already called for Spurs to take drastic action by getting rid of the former Juventus boss, saying: "I’d sack the manager. International break coming up, you’ve got a guy to come in and do a job. He needed to get quick results, he’s done that in the past.
"But if you look at the end of most of his managerial reigns, he’s terrible. Falls out with everyone and they get rid of him. But he’s lost three on the bounce, and the performances have got worse. His tactics are terrible. He’s miles off it, he’s shown no evidence he can get results, all he’s done is come in and moan about the problems there are at Tottenham."
Tudor is already under pressure, and Sean Dyche has now emerged as a leading candidate to replace the Croatian, but the ex-Nottingham Forest boss is not the only option on the shortlist.
According to a report from Sports Boom, Tottenham could also make a move for former manager Harry Redknapp, who has been out of work since leaving Birmingham City way back in 2017.
Tudor has been given two more matches to save his job, with Spurs set to travel to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday, before taking on Liverpool at Anfield on Saturday.
Should the 47-year-old get the sack, Redknapp is in the frame to replace him, and the 79-year-old has already made it clear he would be willing to take the job.
Appointing Redknapp would be gamble for Tottenham
Bringing in the Englishman would be a gamble for Tottenham, given that he has been out of management for nearly nine years, but there probably isn't a great deal of top-quality options available, with relegation becoming a realistic possibility.
Described as an "expert" manager by Luka Modric, the veteran manager is vastly experienced in England, unlike Tudor, who was a strange appointment from the start.
Gary Lineker has suggested it could make sense for Tottenham to re-appoint the vastly experienced coach, saying: "Honestly, I don't think it would be a bad idea to bring someone like Harry Redknapp in. Not someone like [him], but Harry Redknapp.
"I know it sounds a bit mad and he's been out of the game for a while, but you know what he's like, that big personality, lifting everybody in a moment of crisis. A little bit like Martin O'Neill's done on a couple of occasions at Celtic and lifted them."
Should Tottenham fall to another defeat at Liverpool, they will be in serious danger, and hiring Redknapp as an interim manager would make a lot of sense.