Igor Tudor Tottenham News: Updated Sack Plan After Liverpool Draw
Igor Tudor earns Tottenham stay of execution after U-turn on sack plans
Tottenham Hotspur are prepared to stick with Igor Tudor at least for the immediate future in the wake of their result and performance against Liverpool.
Tudor led his side to a 1-1 draw at Anfield thanks to a late equaliser from Richarlison which saw him finally earn his first point as Spurs manager.
The result proved to be all the more important after both West Ham and Nottingham Forest picked up points, while the performance showed more encouraging signs.
Former Spurs scout Mick Brown told Football Insider that the hierarchy has seen enough to suggest Tudor can turn around the disastrous start to his tenure.
That is despite Tottenham putting plans in place to sack Tudor if they had fallen to a defeat against Liverpool, with their Premier League status far from secure.
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Tottenham make U-turn on Igor Tudor sack plans
Football Insider revealed ahead of the Liverpool game that Tudor was losing the Tottenham dressing room amid reports of discontent among the players.
However, a battling performance to come back from going a goal behind at Anfield has suggested otherwise, and there is now renewed optimism at Spurs.
âThere were encouraging signs for Tottenham,â Brown told Football Insider.
âBefore the weekend started, if I asked you how you thought this game was going to go, youâd have said Liverpool would have a pretty easy win on their hands.
âSo itâs all credit to Tottenham that they turned up, worked hard, fought to get a result and eventually their efforts paid off, it was a big turnaround from them.
âAfter everything that was said and done in the week, I was surprised at how well they played.
âPeople thought this would be Tudorâs last game in charge, but heâs earned himself a little bit more time to try and turn things around there.
âNow he has to show that they werenât just up for it because it was a big game, Liverpool at Anfield, heâs got to get those performances out of his players every week.â
How long will Tudor be given as Spurs manager?
Football Insider exclusively revealed on 7 March that Tottenham will give Tudor four games to turn around their fortunes ahead of a crucial period of the season.
However, the result against Atletico Madrid led to suggestions that time may be cut short, and a defeat at Anfield was expected to spell the end of his tenure.
After battling to earn an impressive point, he will likely now be handed a stay of execution, although their upcoming clash against Nottingham Forest may be crucial.
Spurs will face the second leg of their Champions League tie with Atletico Madrid on 18 March, before Forest visit on 22 March, and the stakes are high.
Defeat against Forest would see Tottenham drop further towards the relegation zone, and potentially into the bottom three depending on West Hamâs result.
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