'I'm hearing' - Ex-CEO: Tottenham could sack Igor Tudor now with time right for change

Keith Wyness has heard that Tottenham Hotspur could now have the chance to sack Igor Tudor during the current international break in a move that is best for both parties.

Spurs are currently 17th in the Premier League, just one point above West Ham and the bottom three after crashing to an embarrassing 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest.

Tudor wasn’t present for post-match media duties at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium after the tragic passing of his father.

It has now been reported that Tudor could be sacked in the coming days, with replacements already lined up in North London.

Tottenham to sack Igor Tudor ahead of Sunderland showdown

Wyness believes that the Lilywhites need to be realistic that a change is needed again, revealing a case study from his time at Villa Park with Steve Bruce.

The ex-Aston Villa chief executive exclusively told Tottenham News that Spurs will let Tudor go in a classy way, with this a difficult time for the Croatian in his personal life too.

“Well, I had a parallel with this when I was at Aston Villa,” Wyness said.

“We were in the play-off places trying to get promoted back up to the Premier League and on the run-in Steve Bruce lost his father and his mother within a very short period of time and that made a big impact on the squad because Steve as a manager was very close to the players and that was his style of management as a man manager and it was a very difficult time to manage obviously personally for him but for the impact on the whole club it was difficult to lose his leadership focus at that time.

“I think for Spurs they’ve got to be realistic and realise as well that this may be a very difficult time for Igor to give his full focus as is needed, and you need 110 per cent right now, and it would obviously be understandable if his focus was to be elsewhere, and I think he would understand that as well.

“It may be, I think, you know, from all I’m hearing as we’re speaking, there may well be a chance now to part ways, give him some space to handle his own issues and then Spurs having to try and refresh coming into these last seven games.

“They’re in a very difficult position with a big away game away at Sunderland, who are coming in on the back of a big victory in that Wearside Derby.

“It’s a difficult match for Spurs to go away to so anything they can get and I think it may well be a new manager situation could be the case but it’s not confirmed but I think that may be the best solution for all parties involved and if they do it, I’m sure they’ll do it in a classy, elegant way and it may be the right way for that situation to move on.”

Who could replace Igor Tudor?

Roberto De Zerbi is the current favourite among many fans, although the Italian may want to wait until next season after recently leaving Marseille.

That is when the door will open for Mauricio Pochettino, too, who will be available following the 2026 World Cup with the United States.

Either way, with tough away games against the likes of Sunderland, Wolves and Chelsea to come soon, something needs to be done.

With Spurs not playing until 12 April at the Stadium of Light, they have plenty of time to sack Tudor and bring someone in to have two weeks of training before that trip.

Their Premier League status may depend on it.

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