Igor Tudor is set to leave Tottenham Hotspur by mutual consent, according to GiveMeSport. The Croatian’s brief spell in north London is drawing to a close after a disastrous run of Premier League results.
Igor Tudor set to leave Tottenham by mutual consent
The report cites TEAMtalk’s exclusive reporting by Graeme Bailey. It reveals that the club held weeks of internal discussions before finally reaching a decision. The hierarchy felt forced to act after Spurs fell to just one point above the relegation zone.
The club set a clear internal threshold before the home fixture against Nottingham Forest. They agreed that a defeat would trigger a managerial change. Forest crossed that line emphatically with a 3-0 win at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Assistant coach Bruno Saltor attended the post-match press conference because Tudor left the stadium immediately. He had received news that his father, Mario, had passed away.
Sources indicate that Tudor is ready to step away following his loss. Both parties have now agreed to part ways. CEO Vinai Venkatesham held the final say, and those discussions have now ended with a firm decision.
The club are looking at Adi Hutter and former Spurs defender Chris Hughton as interim options. Hughton has taken this role three times before. Hutter won the Bundesliga’s Coach of the Year twice while at Eintracht Frankfurt. He is a serious contender and is currently a free agent after Monaco sacked him in October.
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The Tudor situation exposes issues that go well beyond a few bad results. Tudor, 47, previously managed Croatia’s national team and built his name at Verona, Marseille, and Lazio. He arrived in February as a short-term firefighter.
He suffered four straight defeats against Arsenal, Fulham, Crystal Palace, and Atletico Madrid. A draw at Anfield and a Champions League win offered a glimmer of hope, but the Forest collapse killed that momentum.
The uncomfortable truth is that Tottenham have burned through multiple managers in a single season. Each appointment brings the same fragile hope and the same bleak results. Spurs have not gone down from the top flight in over 100 years, but they are staring at that exact prospect now.
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Appointing Hutter or Hughton for the final games feels like improvisation rather than a plan. These fixtures start with a visit to Sunderland on 12 April. Neither candidate shows massive ambition. Instead, they represent safe, cheap options for a club that often chooses the easy path over the right one.
Mauricio Pochettino remains linked to the job, but he will likely wait until the summer to commit. This leaves the Spurs facing their most critical games in a generation without a proven leader. The club’s structural flaws, including poor recruitment and a messy identity, will outlast any temporary coach. This won’t change until the board accepts real responsibility.
