Tottenham Hotspur have bitten the bullet and parted ways with Igor Tudor ahead of the final stretch of the Premier League season.
The Croatian boss had struggled after replacing Thomas Frank in February, and the 3-0 home defeat to relegation rivals Nottingham Forest before a family tragedy meant a parting of ways with the right call.
Nottingham Forest and West Ham United have both improved over the past few months, and Spurs' injury-hit team have lost every single game, bar one, since drawing at Manchester City at the start of February.
Tudor is not to blame for the mess that the 17th-place Lilywhites are in, but he's probably not the solution either, and with the March international break ongoing, ENIC Group are weighing up another managerial change ahead of the closing phase of the campaign.
The latest on Spurs' manager hunt
Tudor has left his post after only 44 days and seven matches in charge. Tottenham have not developed or hardened but actually regressed under the 47-year-old's management.
Any number of names have since surfaced. Roberto De Zerbi appears to be ENIC's top pick, though the controversial coach hasn't been too keen on taking the job before the summer.
Sean Dyche, unemployed since being sacked by Nottingham Forest, is another interesting option, though the relegation specialist is hardly going to inspire confidence in the fanbase or indeed the players, who have been totally shorn of confidence.
However, talkSPORT correspondent Alex Crook has revealed that Robbie Keane is also being considered, with the Ferencvaros manager in line to take over on an interim basis until the end of the term.
Keane, like Tudor, would take the reins on an interim basis without having any previous managerial experience in the Premier League. But the ex-Spurs striker knows the club well, and he was considered a frontrunner earlier this month, with talks having already been held regarding his availability.
However, there are more than a few differences which emphasise why this could be an excellent appointment for the Lilywhites.
Why Robbie Keane could be perfect for Spurs
Tottenham are threatened by relegation, and it goes without saying that they cannot fumble their next move.
Keane must be appointed. He's a manager on the up, with a front-footed, aggressive tactical approach that would align with the way in which the north Londoners and their fans want to play football. Furthermore, he is an interchangeable tactician and an adaptable manager, one that's actually played with a 3-5-2 at times, but also moved towards a 4-2-3-1 formation which would no doubt suit the particular strengths of this current crop.
Some believe that Keane should have been brought in as soon as Frank was sacked, but there's a sense that executives Johan Lange and Vinai Venkatesham failed to grasp the severity of the crisis down N17.
Dyche might know a thing or two about staving off the threat of relegation, but he's not the one. Keane could prove the difference-maker over these final weeks while potentially staking his claim for a long-term role as Tottenham's new project manager.
Players like Xavi Simons have been unable to find their feet in the Premier League this season, but much of Spurs' woes boils down to a crisis of confidence, as well as the undeniable ramifications of such massive injury-related losses.
In many ways, this final stretch of the season is on the players, who need to find some form and steer Spurs away from the danger zone.
Keane would arrive and command respect while nudging the players back into form through the implementation of a tactical style they could get behind. Conversely, Tudor's tactics were beyond questionable, and Dyche is as pragmatic as they come.
Time is running out, and each of Tottenham's remaining seven Premier League fixtures this season feels rather daunting. They cannot get this wrong, but by picking Keane, the Spurs superiors would surely rekindle the confidence and coherence that is proving the crux of this disastrous season.