Croat failed to win a league match as interim head coach
Had been away from post following death of father
Tottenham have parted company with Igor Tudor after seven games and 44 days in a desperate attempt to halt their slide towards relegation from the Premier League.
According to the club, the decision was mutually agreed. Tudor took one point from his five league matches to leave Tottenham one above the bottom three, the final straw coming in Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest. A previously unthinkable demotion to the Championship would be devastating for prestige and revenues.
The situation has been coloured by human tragedy, with Tudor told after the Forest game of the death of his father, Mario. The club wanted to show as much sensitivity towards Tudor as possible. His other two matches were in the Champions League last 16 against Atlético Madrid, his team going out 7-5 on aggregate. They lost the first-leg 5-2 before winning the return 3-2.
