Tottenham could sack Igor Tudor in record time as club crumble in Champions League and slip towards relegation

Tottenham Hotspur are considering sacking Igor Tudor before the weekend, talkSPORT understands.

Tudor’s future becomes even more precarious with Spurs collapsing to a 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday night.

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The Croatian was drafted in as interim manager until the end of the season to replace Thomas Frank following the Dane’s sacking in February.

But the club’s hierarchy could already pull the plug on Tudor and look for a third manager of the season.

talkSPORT understands Spurs owners the Lewis family have been left disillusioned by Tudor’s impact, or lack of.

It’s understood the club will speak to the players to determine Tudor’s future at Spurs, with Tudor having lost all four of his matches in charge.

And the former Juventus boss is at risk of holding the shortest managerial reign in Premier League history.

Having been in the role for just 24 days as of Tursday, Tudor could eclipse the unwanted record set by Sam Allardyce whose stint at Leeds in 2023, lasted just 30 days.

Spurs mauled by Madrid

Tudor was handed a first-half horror show from his side.

Spurs, who have now lost their last six, found themselves 3-0 down in the first 14 minutes following three errors from goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky and Micky van de Ven.

Kinsky was hooked off immediately after the third goal, a move which is said to have surprised the Spurs hierarchy.

The north London club now face an uphill battle to keep their European hopes alive.

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Winning the Champions League is the club’s only hope of European football next season with things looking dire domestically.

Spurs are in the middle of a relegation battle, the north Londoners lying just a point above the Premier League drop zone.

Tudor was brought in after Frank was axed just eight months into his contract, with a 2-1 defeat to Newcastle proving to be the final straw for his bosses, who are thought to have decided the manager’s fate at half-time.

While many fans sang Mauricio Pochettino’s name, Tudor got the call, but the decision has not worked out and the board may take the extreme measures to get rid of him even when his contract was only due to last until the end of the season.

Some Tottenham fans made their feelings clear once again on Tuesday when discovering Pochettino was on board their flight to Madrid.

Fans serenaded the ex-Spurs head coach with some even chanting for his return to the dugout.

Jamie O’Hara’s verdict

Former Tottenham midfielder and talkSPORT host O’Hara was left seething after watching Spurs’ first-half display.

“What has happened to this club? I can’t watch this anymore!
“I can’t believe how bad we are…this manager is a fraud, he’s the biggest fraud I’ve ever seen, who appointed this guy?
“It’s a disgrace, the way this club is set up and run.
“He’s got to go, he’s got to get sacked tonight…I want it, if he’s not sacked, I won’t watch Spurs again, the team he picked, it’s an absolute joke.
“You’ve got Kinsky in goal…my nan could tell you that he’s not good enough to play in the Champions League in goal.”

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