Igor Tudor no longer has the full support of his Tottenham Hotspur players and there is a growing feeling his sacking has now become inevitable.
Incidents including the likes of Antonin Kinsky and Djed Spence in the defeat to Atletico Madrid highlighted the manager’s issues, and raised further questions about his role.
Given Spurs’ precarious league position and almost unavoidable Champions League elimination, the boss needs his players on side if he is to turn things around.
However, as I revealed on the latest edition of Football Insider’s Transfer Insider podcast, there may now be no way back for Tudor as the players are not happy.
Tottenham could be forced to replace Tudor sooner than they had expected following his arrival on an interim basis, but desperate times call for desperate measures.
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Tottenham step up plans to sack Igor Tudor
Football Insider revealed on 13 March that Tottenham are accelerating plans to sack Tudor in the wake of their Champions League defeat against Atletico Madrid.
They had originally planned to give the boss longer to turn around a miserable set of results, but a “calamitous” defeat has only piled on the pressure.
With the players now unhappy behind the scenes and publicly, there is a growing feeling Tudor does not have long left in his role as Spurs manager.
Speaking on the Transfer Insider podcast, I explained: “You wouldn’t think [he would have long left] with everything that’s going on there.
“The calamitous 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid in mid-week in the Champions League was another blow to them.
“Then the whole situation of dropping [Guglielmo] Vicario for Antonin Kinski and then obviously replacing Kinski after just 17 minutes which was bizarre to see.
“It seems like he hasn’t made too many friends within the playing squad at Tottenham. His style of management and man-management hasn’t gone down well.
“He’s losing the dressing room already and once you do that, there’s no way back really.”
Who could be in line to replace Tudor at Tottenham?
West Ham drew 1-1 with Man City on 14 March, meaning they have closed the gap at the bottom, and Spurs are now outside the relegation zone only on goal difference.
As a result, Football Insider revealed Tottenham could turn to a former manager in a desperate attempt to rescue their Premier League status.
Harry Redknapp and Glenn Hoddle are among the surprise contenders after having put themselves forward, although it would be a surprise if either was brought in.
The two former Spurs bosses, now aged 68 and 79 respectively, are surprise contenders to the role as Spurs scramble for survival.
The last time either Redknapp or Hoddle managed in the Premier League 2015, when the former was in charge of QPR, while the latter has been out of management since 2006.
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