Tottenham eye ‘this’ former Ligue 1 manager as replacement for Igor Tudor.
Tottenham Hotspur appear to have reached breaking point, with reports suggesting Igor Tudor stands set to see himself dismissed during the international break following yet another damaging defeat. A 3-0 loss at home to fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest has not just deepened the crisis, it may well have sealed the manager’s fate.
There are bad results, and then there are results like this. Losing at home is one thing, but being comfortably swept aside by a side you are supposed to be competing with for survival is quite another. Forest, who arrived in North London with their own problems, made Spurs look worryingly short of both quality and fight.
Igor Jesus opened the scoring late in the first half, and from there it only unravelled further. Morgan Gibbs-White added a second before Taiwo Awoniyi completed the job after the break. Watching Gibbs-White stroll through their midfield to score will not have helped the mood inside the stadium, considering he sat on Spurs’ transfer radar for the longest time.
To dare is Tudor?
According to reports from Football365, club figures see the international break as the ideal moment to act. It gives them a window to reset and bring in a new voice. Maybe an attempt to salvage the two minutes that are left of the season. Tudor’s position, already under pressure, now looks untenable.
Attention has quickly turned to potential replacements, with Adi Hutter emerging as a serious contender. The Austrian is currently out of work, which makes him an appealing short-term option for a club that needs immediate change rather than a long negotiation process. His past success, including league titles and strong spells in Germany, suggests he has the experience to steady a struggling side, even if his recent stint at Monaco ended poorly.
Other names continue to circulate, including Mauricio Pochettino and Roberto De Zerbi, though those feel more like summer ambitions than realistic immediate fixes. Convincing a top-level manager to walk into a relegation battle at this stage of the season is no easy sell.
For now, the priority is survival. Tottenham need clarity, organisation, and above all, results. Whether a managerial change can provide that remains to be seen, but sticking with the current trajectory is no longer an option. More than the coaches, this has to be about the players feeling the heat too. Let’s see what the break holds. COYS.