Tottenham stance on sacking interim manager Igor Tudor revealed after woeful defeat | Football

Tottenham have no immediate plans to sack interim manager Igor Tudor, despite Thursday night’s catastrophic defeat against Crystal Palace.

Spurs sacked Thomas Frank last month and installed Tudor as their interim boss amid fears they were getting sucked into a relegation scrap.

Those concerns have been vindicated with the north London club now just a solitary point outside the drop zone following the 3-1 loss against Palace.

With Nottingham Forest and WestHam gaining ground in midweek the situation has developed into a full-blown crisis, especially given the new manager bounce Spurs were hoping to gain from Tudor’s arrival has failed to materialise.

Despite the desperate plight and calls for an immediate change in the dugout, Tudor appears likely to remain in his position for now ahead of next week’s daunting trip to Anfield, according to talkSPORT.

The former Juventus and Lazio manager will need to see an immediate improvement if he is to remain in a job, let alone save Spurs from the drop.

Asked if he expected the Spurs hierarchy to let him carry on following Thursday’s latest disaster, Tudor responded: ‘I don’t think in that direction. I have my job to do and that’s all.

‘Of course I understand the fans. It’s a normal thing that happens in football. They are disappointed. They wanted more. We are aware of that.

‘We also wanted to give more. Unfortunately this is the moment that we pay everything. One red card change everything

‘I will tell you now maybe it will sound strange, but I believe more after this game than I believed before. I saw something.

‘I need to choose the right guys because the boat is going in the direction that I want to go and needs to go and who is in the boat can stay. Otherwise they can bow down, or how do you say that, leave the boat.

‘So, when the other players will come back and choosing the right (players), I’m sure we will have a good team and the victories will come back. It’s not easy to accept the moment where we are now but it is how it is.’

Despite his confidence, the Telegraph reports that Spurs are considering a second change of management in the space of a matter of weeks.

The likes of Harry Redknapp and Tim Sherwood, who both enjoyed spells at the helm a decade ago, have been mooted and the decision will ultimately fall with under-fire chief executive Vinai Venkatesham.

Asked if he would return to Tottenham if they approached him, Redknapp said: ‘Of course I would have to, wouldn’t I? But it’s not going to happen.

‘No, I can’t see that happening. I think I’ll be at Cheltenham on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.

‘Wednesday I’ve got a runner, Taurus Bay, he runs in the first race on Wednesday. He’s got a chance, a 20/1 shot, it’s an open race but he’s got a shot.’

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