Tottenham don’t have any immediate plans to sack interim manager Igor Tudor, despite Thursday night’s catastrophic defeat against Crystal Palace.
Spurs sacked Thomas Frank last month and installed Tudor as their interim boss amid fears they were getting sucked right into a relegation scrap.
Those concerns have been vindicated with the north London club now only a solitary point outside the drop zone following the 3-1 loss against Palace.
With Nottingham Forest and WestHam gaining ground in midweek the situation has developed right into a full-blown crisis, especially given the brand new manager bounce Spurs were hoping to realize from Tudor’s arrival has didn’t materialise.
Despite the desperate plight and calls for an instantaneous change within the dugout, Tudor appears prone to remain in his position for now ahead of next week’s daunting trip to Anfield, in keeping with talkSPORT.
The previous Juventus and Lazio manager might want to see an instantaneous improvement if he’s to stay in a job, let alone save Spurs from the drop.
Asked if he expected the Spurs hierarchy to let him carry on following Thursday’s latest disaster, Tudor responded: ‘I don’t think in that direction. I actually have my job to do and that’s all.
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‘After all I understand the fans. It’s a traditional thing that happens in football. They’re upset. They wanted more. We’re aware of that.
‘We also wanted to provide more. Unfortunately that is the moment that we pay the whole lot. One red card change the whole lot
‘I’ll inform you now possibly it’s going to sound strange, but I consider more after this game than I believed before. I saw something.
‘I want to decide on the appropriate guys since the boat is moving into the direction that I would like to go and wishes to go and who’s within the boat can stay. Otherwise they will bow down, or how do you say that, leave the boat.
‘So, when the opposite players will come back and selecting the appropriate (players), I’m sure we could have a great team and the victories will come back. It’s challenging to simply accept the moment where we are actually but it surely is the way it is.’
Despite his confidence, the Telegraph reports that Spurs are considering a second change of management within the space of a matter of weeks.
The likes of Harry Redknapp and Tim Sherwood, who each enjoyed spells on the helm a decade ago, have been mooted and the choice will ultimately fall with under-fire chief executive Vinai Venkatesham.
Asked if he would return to Tottenham in the event that they approached him, Redknapp said: ‘After all I’d must, wouldn’t I? But it surely’s not going to occur.
‘No, I can’t see that taking place. I feel I’ll be at Cheltenham on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
‘Wednesday I’ve got a runner, Taurus Bay, he runs in the primary race on Wednesday. He’s got a likelihood, a 20/1 shot, it’s an open race but he’s got a shot.’
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