Tottenham are reportedly eyeing up a former Nottingham Forest boss to jump in and replace Igor Tudor as interim, and it's actually not the heavily-linked Sean Dyche.
Igor Tudor reportedly poised to leave Spurs imminently
The clock is ticking at Tottenham.
Three weeks until their next Premier League game, a trip to Sunderland on April 12, and the club is expected to head there under a different manager than the one who trudged off the touchline in Sunday's 3-0 home capitulation to Nottingham Forest.
Indeed, as per multiple reports, Tudor is apparently set to leave this week, so that much appears to be settled.
Internally, the defeat to Vitor Pereira's side had already been designated as the line in the sand — a result that would trigger a change.
The line was crossed emphatically, with goals from Igor Jesus, Morgan Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi sending the home supporters heading for the exits long before the end.
Attention has now shifted sharply to who takes over after Tudor most likely seals his N17 departure in the coming days.
Roberto De Zerbi has apparently made clear he will not step in mid-season, while some reports suggest that Spurs legend Robbie Keane would take the job regardless of what division Tottenham are in, but wants a permanent appointment.
Mauricio Pochettino and De Zerbi have been the names at the top of the list for the summer — but it will likely only be if Spurs avoid relegation, which from 17th place and one point above West Ham is far from certain.
That leaves the very immediate question of who steadies the ship for the final seven games of the season.
And it is here that TEAMtalk reveals a name that will resonate deeply with supporters and evoke a very different era in the club's history.
Tottenham seriously considering Chris Hughton as interim manager
Indeed, according to their information, Chris Hughton is now being strongly considered by the Tottenham hierarchy as a 'surprise' interim appointment.
The 67-year-old has one of the most extensive and genuine connections to the club of any living football figure.
He joined Spurs as a 13-year-old in 1971, signed professional terms in 1979 and spent 13 years as a left-back, making 398 appearances and winning two FA Cups, a UEFA Cup and a League Cup.
Then, having retired as a player in 1993, he stayed on the coaching staff for a further 14 years, right up to 2007, working under 11 different managers.
Along the way, he had three separate stints as Spurs caretaker manager — so walking back through those doors would not be walking into the unknown.
As a manager in his own right, Hughton has a solid, if unspectacular, CV.
He took Newcastle up to the Premier League as Championship winners in 2010, guided Brighton to the top flight in 2017 and kept them there for two seasons.
His methods are rooted in defensive organisation and collective effort — exactly the kind of pragmatic, stabilising approach a club one point above the relegation zone might desperately need right now.
He has been without a club since being dismissed as Ghana head coach in January 2024, following their group-stage exit at the Africa Cup of Nations.
His last English club post was Nottingham Forest, where he was let go in 2021 after a difficult start to the Championship season.
The two-year-plus gap from management will raise eyebrows, and TEAMtalk acknowledges Hughton himself represents a shock option.
But in a crisis built on chaotic decision-making and short-term firefighting, the idea of a man who knows Tottenham inside out — and who carries none of the noise that comes with bigger names — has genuine logic behind it.