Tottenham have moved on from Thomas Frank and are in standby mode until the end of the season when Spurs can find their next permanent boss to take them forward into the club's next era.
To usher the London side through the rest of the 2025/26 season is Igor Tudor, who joins after short spells in charge of Italian clubs Lazio and Juventus.
The 47-year-old enjoyed a 13-year career as a defender, making 110 appearances for Juve, sandwiched between five total seasons at Hajduk Split, separated between the start and finish of his playing days. He made 55 appearances for the Croatia national team before hanging up his boots in 2008.
Since 2012, Tudor has had a moderately successful spell as a manager, largely as a recovery specialist, and Spurs fans hope he can guide the club to Premier League safety as well as a deeper run in the Champions League, making the most of the remainder of this season before a permanent boss is hired.
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Igor Tudor record as manager
Igor Tudor has never made it two full years at any of his career appointments, and only made it past one year in charge once — his first career managerial appointment with Hajduk Split.
Overall, Tudor has won 156 of his 341 games in charge, for a win percentage slightly below half.
The most odd time of his managerial career came while in charge of Udinense, when he was appointed in late April of 2018 to save the club from relegation out of Serie A, which he accomplished successfully. Tudor decided not to extend his contract and stay on, only to join them the following March once again, finishing the 2018/19 season. This time he decided to stay, but was sacked later that November after starting the 2019/20 season poorly.
TeamFrom/ToW-D-LWin %Hajduk SplitApr. 29, 2013 - Feb. 4, 201535-21-2244.9%PAOKJun. 18, 2015 - Mar. 9, 201617-17-1137.8%KarabuksporJun. 18, 2016 - Feb. 15, 20178-3-1038.1%GalatasarayFeb. 15, 2017 - Dec. 18, 201719-4-1155.9%UdinenseApr. 24, 2018 - Jun. 7, 20182-1-150%UdinenseMar. 20, 2019 - Nov. 1, 20199-4-940.1%Hajduk SplitJan. 2, 2020 - Aug. 21, 20209-1-850%Hellas VeronaSep. 14, 2021 - May 28, 202214-11-1138.9%MarseilleJul. 4, 2022 - Jun. 1, 202327-8-1356.3%LazioMar. 18, 2024 - Jun. 6, 20246-3-254.6%JuventusMar. 23, 2025 - Oct. 27, 202510-8-641.7%TOTAL156-81-10445.8%
Why was Igor Tudor sacked by Juventus?
Igor Tudor had finally worked up to his dream job, coaching the club he played for the most in his career: Italian giants Juventus.
Appointed on March of 2025 after the dismissal of another former Juve player Thiago Motta, Tudor helped guide the club back up the table and into a Champions League qualifying position, finishing that year fourth in the Serie A table.
Yet just like many of his previous stops, he did not begin the following season well. Despite winning their first three league matches of the campaign, Tudor's Juventus then ran off a string of five matches without victory in Serie A play, while also failing to win their first four Champions League games of the season.
He was sacked in late October, one day after falling 1-0 to Lazio to drop Juventus to seventh in the Serie A table through eight games.
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Igor Tudor tactics, style of play
Igor Tudor has been notably flexible when it comes to his tactical setup, which has allowed him to adapt to various situations as a recovery specialist manager.
However, he largely seems to favour a 3-4-2-1 formation, which we saw most recently at Juventus where he lined up with Federico Gatti, Renato Veiga, and Pierre Kalulu along the back line, while Lloyd Kelly also rotated in.
At Juve, Tudor arrived with fans miserable watching Thiago Motta's brutally slow possessional build-up, and he gave the supporters what they wanted with a much more rapid style of ball progression. While still using a double-pivot midfield, Tudor asked the two central possessional players to turn and send the ball forward, either through the air or along the ground, and either directly vertical or out wide.
There was also a notable pressing system for Tudor at Juventus, something which has all but disappeared in the Premier League. He instructed his players to push high up the field, largely in man-to-man situations, which indicates a lack of full commitment to a press but still one which can cause turnovers in certain moments.
A player who thrived under Tudor's leadership was Kenan Yildiz, who was an afterthought under Motta's abysmally slow tactics but found success under the shift in style. Maybe that means Mathys Tel might find more success now with the new Spurs boss?