Tottenham Parts Ways With Coach Igor Tudor After Just 7 Games

London: He left coach Igor Tudor by mutual agreement on Sunday after just seven games in charge as Tottenham battled to stay in the Premier League.

Tudor lost five of those games, knocking Spurs out of the Champions League and sitting just one point above the relegation zone in the Premier League.

The 47-year-old did not appear before the media following last weekend’s damaging 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest after learning his father had died just after the match ended.

“We can confirm that it has been mutually agreed that head coach Igor Tudor will leave the club with immediate effect,” Tottenham said in a statement. he said.

“We also acknowledge the pain Igor has recently experienced and send our support to him and his family at this difficult time.

“An update on the new coach will be provided in due course.”

Tottenham will be out for another two weeks when they travel to Sunderland.

The former Juventus boss was appointed following the sacking of Thomas Frank in February.

But the Croatian was powerless to stop Tottenham’s slide towards the relegation door for the first time since 1977.

The London club have been ravaged by injuries this season, have not won a Premier League game since the end of December and are out of all cup competitions.

Spurs ended a 17-year trophy drought by winning the Europa League final last year under Ange Postecoglou, but the Australian was sacked after finishing 17th in the Premier League.

Frank arrived at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with an impressive performance as the club started the season with just one defeat in their first seven league matches.

But they lost their way and club bosses sacked Frank after a run of just two wins in 17 league games.

Burnley and Wolves’ fates are almost assured, while Spurs are fighting for survival alongside West Ham, Forest and Leeds, who are currently in the relegation zone.

Relegation to the second-tier Championship would be a shattering event in English football.

Playing in a sparkling new stadium that seats more than 60,000 fans, Spurs are one of the Premier League’s so-called “Big Six” and were ranked ninth in Deloitte’s latest Money League survey of world football’s richest clubs.

Just a few years ago, they were Champions League regulars under former manager Mauricio Pochettino and reached the final in 2019, but their decline was swift.

Spurs have seven games left to redeem themselves after the international break.