One of Leeds United's closest relegation rivals are considering a shock move for Sean Dyche, according to reports.
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Leeds United’s relegation rivals, Tottenham Hotspur, could be set to make a drastic move to appoint Sean Dyche as manager in a bid to avoid the drop.
Both sides are embroiled in the relegation battle at present, with Leeds 15th on 33 points and Spurs 17th on 30 points, just four and one clear of 18th, respectively.
However, where Leeds are still managing to scrape results even when playing poorly, the signs are much worse for Spurs, who have taken just four points from their last 13 Premier League games since their most recent win on 28th December.
Igor Tudor on the brink at Spurs
Spurs’ poor run cost Thomas Frank his job after just eight months and 38 games in charge, replaced surprisingly by Igor Tudor. However, things have only gotten worse under the Croatian, who has lost five of his seven games in charge across all competitions, and taken just one point from five Premier League outings.
As a result, Tudor’s job now appears to be in serious jeopardy as everyone associated with Spurs works under the anxiety of stumbling toward what would surely be the most shocking relegation in Premier League history, if not around Europe’s top leagues.
Now, according to the Telegraph, the Lilywhites are considering an ‘SOS call’ to Dyche in a bid to save their skins.
The report states that former Brighton boss Roberto De Zerbi is their current first choice, with the Italian out of work since leaving Marseille in February, but he is insisting he will only take the job at the end of the season when he knows whether or not Spurs will still be a top-flight club.
Spurs don’t play again until 12th April, when they travel to Sunderland, and if they fail to win and West Ham beat Leeds later that day, they would be in the bottom three.
A decision on Tudor’s future is expected to be made by Monday, though that situation has been complicated by the death of Igor’s father, Mario, and the funeral this week.
Tottenham eyeing up Sean Dyche
With all of the above in mind, Dyche now appears to be high up on Tottenham’s list as they desperately seek to avoid the drop.
The 54-year-old has a track record in this regard, having navigated Burnley through multiple relegation battles and even into European competition in 2018, while he helped Everton maintain their top-flight status despite player sales, and PSR-related points deductions and spending restrictions between January 2023 and January 2025.
Dyche has been without a job himself since 12th February, when he was sacked by Nottingham Forest after 25 games in charge - winning 10 and losing just nine. The Tricky Trees were 17th and three points above the relegation zone at the time of his departure, and while they’ve moved up one place, the gap between them and West Ham remains exactly the same.
The biggest hurdle for Spurs in convincing Dyche to come to North London would be his potential reluctance at signing a seven-game contract, with the Lilywhites unlikely to see him as a viable candidate to take the club forward beyond the end of this season.
Leeds are slated to travel to Spurs on Saturday, 9th May, in what could be a vital clash in the Premier League relegation battle.