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Tashan Deniran-Alleyne

Tottenham told to make Igor Tudor sack decision before Liverpool trip

Under pressure: Igor Tudor - (Getty Images)

Gary Neville has said Tottenham must make another managerial change to have any hope of avoiding relegation from the Premier League.

Igor Tudor was only appointed as interim head coach just under a month ago following the sacking of Thomas Frank but the former Juventus and Marseille has not yet been able to steady the ship in north London.

Defeat to Atletico Madrid in the Champions League last-16 first leg on Tuesday means Tudor has now lost all four games in charge of Spurs.

Meanwhile, Tottenham are just a point above the relegation zone having failed to win a Premier League game in 2026.

Spurs head to Liverpool this weekend before hosting fellow relegation rivals Nottingham Forest a week on Sunday in a huge fixture at the bottom of the table.

Though, Neville believes Tottenham have to act again immediately if they are to avoid being relegated to the Championship.

Speaking to The Overlap’s Stick to Football podcast, Neville commented on the Antonin Kinsky situation and compared Tudor’s tenure to a “car crash”.

“If you’re going to make another change, that for me needs to be today or tomorrow, because you don’t wait,” he said.

“I thought the whole thing of the last few weeks and then that, the whole thing is just a car crash, a shambles.

“The problem I had was Tudor’s interview. I think he’s got to come in there and say, ‘Look, I got this wrong, I should have left (Guglielmo) Vicario in net’, but he didn’t, he doubled down.”

Despite Neville’s plea, Tudor is expected to be in the Spurs dugout for Sunday’s Premier League trip to Anfield.

Tudor will hold the traditional pre-match press conference at the club’s Hotspur Way training ground at 1.30pm GMT on Friday afternoon, to discuss the match against Liverpool as Spurs seek to record-setting seventh defeat in a row across all competitions.

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