Igor Tudor has agreed to turn into Tottenham interim head coach till the tip of the season.
Tudor is predicted to be in place to take Spurs coaching firstly of the week along with his first sport in cost the north London derby towards Arsenal subsequent Sunday, reside on Sky Sports activities.
The Croatian’s precedence shall be conserving Spurs within the Premier League after Thomas Frank was sacked with the membership sixteenth within the desk and simply 5 factors above the relegation zone.
There’s a verbal settlement for Tudor to take over till the tip of the season and solely the ultimate contractual particulars should be sorted. He’ll fly again to his homeland from London earlier than beginning work.
Spurs will look to call a everlasting successor to Frank in the summertime after the Dane was sacked on Wednesday following Tuesday’s house defeat to Newcastle.
Tudor will take over a Spurs facet who’ve gained simply two of their final 17 league video games and discover themselves in a relegation battle.
The 47-year-old has been out of labor since October after being sacked by Juve, having additionally beforehand managed Lazio, Marseille, Galatasaray and Udinese.
Why Spurs have chosen Tudor…
Spurs want to appoint an skilled head coach who has a monitor document of going into golf equipment and making a right away affect, and Tudor suits that invoice.
He was appointed at Juventus and Lazio in March of every of the final two seasons and stabilised ends in the quick time period.
At Juventus, he inherited a staff from Thiago Motta that sat fifth in Serie A, outdoors the Champions League locations, after back-to-back defeats that capped a disastrous February through which the membership had been knocked out of the Champions League and the Coppa Italia.
Tudor guided Juve to fourth in Serie A and sealed Champions League qualification after shedding simply one in every of his 11 video games in cost. This earned the Croatian a two-year contract, though Juventus sacked him simply 4 months later after outcomes deteriorated.
At Lazio, Tudor took over from Marizio Sarri in March 2024 on an 18-month contract. The previous Chelsea boss had resigned after a fifth defeat in six video games with Lazio in ninth.
Tudor gained 5 of his 9 video games as Lazio boss, shedding simply as soon as, to safe a seventh-placed end and Europa League qualification. He resigned on the finish of the season after three months in cost.
Tottenham’s subsequent six video games
February 22: Arsenal (h), Premier League – kick-off 4.30pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
March 1: Fulham (a), Premier League – kick-off 2pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
March 5: Crystal Palace (h), Premier League – kick-off 8pm
March 15: Liverpool (a), Premier League – kick-off 4.30pm, reside on Sky Sports activities
March 17/18: Champions League final 16, first leg (opponent TBC)
March 22: Nott’m Forest (h), Premier League, kick-off 2.15pm, reside on Sky Sports activities