Spurs are set to find out their opponents in the Champions League round of 16 with the draw coming at the end of this week
Tottenham Hotspur's route in the Champions League is starting to clear ahead of Friday's draw for the round of 16.
New interim head coach Igor Tudor has plenty of experience in Europe as a player and as a manager, having also coached Juventus at the Club World Cup last summer, and now he will take charge of Spurs in their last-16 ties to be played next month.
The Croatian is hoping to make a quick impact in the Premier League after replacing Thomas Frank but will also be keen to also make a splash in the Champions League as he looks to put himself in the frame for the permanent job in N17 or catch the attention of other clubs in the summer.
Tottenham's top four finish in the big Champions League table meant they bypassed the play-off stage this month and have been watching on and waiting to see who will be their possible opponents in Friday's draw, which begins at 11am UK time. The north London side's high league phase finish also means they will play their first game away and the second at home at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in both the round of 16 and, if they progress, the quarter-finals.
The nature of the draw meant that Spurs would play one of four teams in the last 16 from initially Juventus, Galatasaray, Atletico Madrid and Club Brugge.
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Spurs fans first knew they would not be heading to Bruges as Atletico confirmed their place in the last-16 following Tuesday night's game in against Club Brugge.
Then the other play-off game concerning Tottenham, on Wednesday night in Turin, Galatasaray went in holding a big 5-2 lead in the tie against Juventus.
But the Italian's came back in a Champions League classic after 10-man Juve clawed back the first-leg deficit to take the game to extra-time. However, Victor Osimhen's effort before the interval during extra-time handed the Turkish giants the advantage before Baris Alper Yilmaz rubber-stamped their place in the next round.
Atletico and Galatasaray will face either Spurs or Liverpool in the last 16 when Friday's draw is made.
All three potential opponents contained narratives with Juventus being Tudor's old side and Atletico being Conor Gallagher's former team and he played for them in the league phase while the Madrid side's boss Diego Simeone has previously publicly declared his desire to sign Tottenham captain Cristian Romero.
Spurs also struggled in Istanbul against Galatasaray, another of Tudor's former clubs, last year in the Europa League, with Will Lankshear and Dominic Solanke scoring in a 3-2 defeat while the former was sent off.
The dates for the two last 16 away and home times will be on March 10-11 and 17-18.