Igor Tudor is under increased pressure after Tottenham’s 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid within the Champions League on Tuesday night.
Spurs endured a nightmare start in the primary leg of their last-16 tie away to Atletico as they found themselves three goals down within the opening quarter-hour.
Goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was at fault for 2 of Atletico’s goals and was replaced by Guglielmo Vicario after just 17 minutes.
Atletico then added a fourth before Pedro Porro pulled a goal back for Spurs within the twenty sixth minute. Julian Alvarez restored Atletico’s four-goal advantage within the second half before Dominic Solanke capitalised on one other goalkeeping error from Jan Oblak to present Spurs a glimmer of hope for next week’s return leg in north London.
The result means Tudor has now lost all 4 of his games in charge since replacing Thomas Frank as manager last month.
Tudor has overseen defeats to Arsenal, Fulham and Crystal Palace within the Premier League and now a loss to Atletico within the Champions League.
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Spurs now need a miracle at home within the second leg next Wednesday to achieve the Champions League quarter-final, while within the Premier League, they sit just a degree above the relegation zone.
A bit of Tottenham supporters had called on Tudor to be sacked after the defeat to Palace, and speaking at half-time against Atletico, former Spurs midfielder Jamie O’Hara called on the club to dismiss the Croatian immediately.
‘I’m absolutely embarrassed to be a Spurs fan,’ O’Hara told talkSPORT.
Spurs next manager odds
Mauricio Pochettino – 3/1
Roberto De Zerbi – 4/1
Robbie Keane – 4/1
Sean Dyche – 11/2
Ryan Mason – 10/1
Harry Redknapp – 10/1
Oliver Glasner – 12/1
Marco Rose – 14/1
Scott Parker – 16/1
Marco Silva – 16/1
Andoni Iraola – 16/1
Enzo Maresca – 16/1
Gareth Southgate – 16/1
Edin Terzic – 20/1
Jens Berthel Askou – 20/1
Kieran McKenna – 20/1
Eddie Howe – 20/1
Michael Carrick – 25/1
Diego Simeone – 25/1
Francesco Farioli – 25/1
Fabian Hurzeler – 25/1
Odds via BetVictor
‘I’m embarrassed to be affiliated to this football club. It’s nothing in need of a disgrace. The manager is a fraud. The manager must go. It should sack him at half time.
‘It’s a disgraceful performance from the players. The tactics are unthinkable. To establish 3-4-3 against Atletico Madrid is embarrassing. We cannot play that formation. He said it’s about experimenting, you can not experiment within the Champions League playing 343 and to choose Kinsky.’
Mauricio Pochettino, who watched Spurs’ defeat to Atletico on the Metropolitano Stadium on Tuesday night, is the present favourite with bookmakers BetVictor to switch Tudor as manager at 3/1.
Roberto De Zerbi, who is accessible after leaving Marseille last month, is joint-second favourite at 4/1 alongside former Spurs striker Robbie Keane, who’s currently managing Hungarian side Ferencvaros.
Sean Dyche, who can be available after he was sacked by Nottingham Forest in February is 11/2 to change into Spurs’ next manager, while Ryan Mason, who was sacked by West Brom in January, is 10/1 for a return to the Spurs dugout.
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