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Igor Tudor’s appointment at Tottenham proves clowns are nonetheless operating the circus

COMMENT: Spurs have discovered their successor to Thomas Frank – and he is not an inspiring choose in any respect.

Igor Tudor’s most up-to-date job was with Juventus (Picture: Getty)

It’s deja vu at Tottenham Hotspur. For the sixth time since 2019, the north London outfit are trying to find a brand new supervisor. It’s the second time since Could, with Spurs followers understandably pissed off.

Thomas Frank is the newest casualty who leaves the Dr Tottenham’s medical follow with out discovering a remedy. The Dane will go down because the membership’s worst-ever Premier League supervisor, no less than from a successful proportion perspective. Throughout his eight-month stint, Frank received simply 27 per cent of matches.

However, it could be unfair to position all the blame on Frank particularly. For starters, his two chief creators, James Maddison and Dejan Kulusevski have been unavailable all season, whereas summer time signing Mohammed Kudus additionally picked up a long-term harm in the direction of the again finish of 2025.

There’s a world the place this all works out fairly properly. Tudor is available in, drags Spurs away from a relegation scrap (the truth that’s the truth for Tottenham is alarming sufficient), whereas maintaining the supervisor’s seat heat for Mauricio Pochettino or Roberto De Zerbi in the summertime. The early indications are that this isn’t an interim appointment with a view to creating it everlasting, and given Tudor’s observe document at holding down a place, that’s most likely for the higher.

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