Igor Tudor sack latest: Tottenham ‘have no choice’ amid ‘poisonous’ claim – expert
Tottenham Hotspur should sack manager Igor Tudor if the fanbase has already turned against the interim boss.
That is according to ex-Everton, Aston Villa, and Aberdeen chief executive Keith Wyness, speaking exclusively to Football Insider, who believes it is “crucial” that the supporters back the team for the remainder of the season.
Tudor has lost all four of his opening games in charge of the north London club, with some fans walking out before half-time during the defeat against Crystal Palace.
Spurs could be looking for a third manager of the season after sacking Thomas Frank in February after just eight months in charge.
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Tottenham must ‘consider’ Igor Tudor sack
Everton’s former chief Keith Wyness – who served as CEO at Goodison Park between 2004 and 2009 and now runs a football consultancy advising elite clubs – believes sacking Tudor could be a “catalyst” for Spurs to climb away from the Premier League relegation zone.
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Speaking on the new edition of Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast, Wyness thinks Spurs is a “poisonous” place to be right now.
He told Football Insider‘s Inside Track podcast: “Well, given that I thought they should have stuck with Thomas Frank and avoided even more instability, I would say that probably now they’ve picked Tudor, they have to try their best and stick with it.
“But the way that I’m seeing the club right now in free fall, people are feeling the pressure. And when you feel that pressure, I know it’s often tempting to do knee-jerk reactions and be seen to be trying to do everything you possibly can.
“The new manager bounce, again, if it hasn’t happened with Tudor, could it happen again with somebody coming back with a tie to the club in some way and rally everybody? I think it would take the fans to come together. It may help them if they get behind somebody new.
“As I say, to me that’s crucial having the fans backing the team, and maybe a change from Tudor could actually be the catalyst to do that. So that’s one thing that you have to consider, because it’s poisonous just now and that big new stadium is really not a happy place to be. But potentially a new manager change could do that.”
Tudor has three games to keep Spurs job
Sources told Football Insider that Tudor could be sacked by Spurs during the March international break if results do not improve.
The international window is seen as an ideal moment for the club to change managers, if they need to, although they would still ideally want to appoint their next permanent manager in the summer.
Spurs have three games before the next international break, including two Premier League fixtures against Liverpool and Nottingham Forest.
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