{"id":573111,"date":"2026-03-30T00:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573111\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:26:09","slug":"why-ange-postecoglou-can-save-spurs-after-igor-tudor-sacking-reaction-and-analysis-tottenham-latest-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/573111\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Ange Postecoglou can save Spurs after Igor Tudor sacking, reaction and analysis, Tottenham, latest news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham is searching for its fourth manager in 12 months, with pressure mounting on the club\u2019s decision-makers ahead of their looming relegation battle.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/premier-league\/premier-league-2026-spurs-sack-igor-tudor-after-seven-games-who-will-replace-him-second-manager-sacked-since-ange-postecoglou-contenders-epl-news\/news-story\/48adc6b526fb5e6c78e6c0f34fa3234e\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs parted ways with coach Igor Tudor by mutual consent<\/a> following a 44-day reign, spending just seven games in charge of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Get all the latest football news, highlights and analysis delivered straight to your inbox with Fox Sports Sportmail. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/newsletter-sign-up?utm_source=FootballArticle&amp;utm_medium=TextLink&amp;utm_campaign=signup\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up now &gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"i-amphtml-fill-content i-amphtml-replaced-content\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/poster-fallback.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>It comes as Tottenham sits one point above the Premier League relegation zone with seven games remaining, leaving the club at risk of slipping out of the English top-flight for the first time since 1977.<\/p>\n<p>Tudor\u2019s departure comes after Ange Postecoglou and Thomas Frank were stood down as Tottenham manager in a turbulent 12 months for the North London-based club.<\/p>\n<p>Former Brighton and Marseille coach Roberto de Zerbi has been linked with the job, while reports suggest ex-Everton and Nottingham Forest manager Sean Dyche is a candidate courtesy of his Premier League experience.<\/p>\n<p>However, speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5LD-l7OJDxE\" title=\"www.youtube.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TalkSport<\/a>, former West Ham midfielder Kevin Nolan pondered whether rehiring Australian Postecoglou was the best option for Spurs, encouraging the club\u2019s decision-makers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/hard-for-me-to-say-ange-addresses-unlikely-reunion-as-fallout-from-spurs-nightmare-revealed\/news-story\/d5e9638ce72f3d7e8f5848571c130d29\" title=\"www.foxsports.com.au\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">put aside the bitter fallout of his sacking<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(Postecoglou) motivated them, he\u2019s the one who brought in the majority of them as well, so he\u2019s got the trust of them,\u201d Nolan said.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/sometimes-you-need-to-cop-a-couple-of-whacks-ange-postecoglou-opens-up-on-nightmare-nottingham-forest-stint\/news-story\/5a31ab076e124af79099176013aee986\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Cop a couple of whacks\u2019: Postecoglou opens up on nightmare Nottingham Forest stint<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/should-have-never-gone-ange-postecoglou-admits-39day-nottingham-forest-reign-was-a-bad-decision\/news-story\/6a82ad6a9cb07318b06d53b73ecbf1c1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Hardest in the world\u2019: Telling response to United question&#8230; and what Ange \u2018has to offer\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com.au\/football\/premier-league\/premier-league-2026-spurs-sack-igor-tudor-after-seven-games-who-will-replace-him-second-manager-sacked-since-ange-postecoglou-contenders-epl-news\/news-story\/48adc6b526fb5e6c78e6c0f34fa3234e\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Spurs sack Igor Tudor after SEVEN games as Premier League disaster deepens<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spurs have been urged to consider bringing back Ange PostecoglouSource: Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe is the one who brought them in&#8230; that makes sense to me, it really does.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe intensity, Ange knows it, he\u2019s been there, knows the club, knows everyone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf that is the best option, even if he has had the fallout and he has said a few unsavoury things&#8230; they\u2019ve got to be big boys upstairs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019ve got to make the right appointment no matter what.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnge is probably up there as the best of their candidates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t wait, because it will be a disaster for them if they end up in the Championship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham&#8217;s coach Igor Tudor. AP Photo\/Dave Shopland, FileSource: AP<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/03\/29\/lange-venkatesham-blame-worst-decisions-tottenham-history\/\" title=\"www.telegraph.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Telegraph<\/a>, Matt Law declared that hiring Tudor was \u201cone of the biggest, and potentially most costly, mistakes in Tottenham\u2019s history\u201d, questioning whether sporting director Johan Lange and chief executive Vinai Venkatesham could be trusted moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMost supporters have already made their minds up on that one, and believe the pair should follow Tudor out of the exit door,\u201d Law penned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow was it that Lange and Venkatesham thought it a good idea to parachute in a man with no Premier League experience?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Tottenham defender Ramon Vega agreed on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11095\/13025489\/tottenham-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts\" title=\"www.skysports.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s not the football side or the manager\u2019s fault. It\u2019s definitely, without a doubt, the owners. They have to look into the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe management team have to take some accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7107544\/2026\/03\/29\/tottenham-sack-igor-tudor-enic\/?unlocked_article_code=1.W1A.gCr4.v_4JBQwcAI8B&amp;source=athletic_user_shared_gift_article_copylink&amp;smid=url-share-ta\" title=\"www.nytimes.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">The Athletic<\/a>\u2019s Tim Spiers claimed that Tudor\u2019s appointment reflected poorly on Tottenham\u2019s owners, who are under mounting pressure to keep their jobs. He also argued that Tottenham \u201chaven\u2019t focused enough on football\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ange on Spurs fall: &#8220;Pains me to see it&#8221; | 01:59<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpurs are just not a serious football club. Well, they\u2019re a serious football club when it comes to aesthetics,\u201d Spiers wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTheir stunning stadium is one of the finest in Europe, their state-of-the-art training ground is the same, they host NFL matches and some of the world\u2019s most famous musicians and performers, boxing title bouts, rugby matches and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe club makes a lot of money from all this; in fact, only eight football clubs in the world generate higher revenues than Spurs, according to the Deloitte Money League.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just a shame that their football team \u2014 you know, the reason for their entire existence \u2014 is a shambles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRelegation is almost unthinkable and would be a disaster in football terms, and certainly financially. No one could say they don\u2019t deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tottenham will next face Sunderland on Sunday, April 12.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tottenham is searching for its fourth manager in 12 months, with pressure mounting on the club\u2019s decision-makers ahead&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573112,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[1531,64,63,281229,281222,281225,2057,100687,596,1119,13774,281230,3738,17071,2105,112414,199763,281228,281227,131086,281007,1614,281226,174827,53016,104864,241612,141448,2643,85,281223,242110,281224,2639,196770,281231,261679],"class_list":["post-573111","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-ange-postecoglou","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing-title-bouts","tag-candidate-courtesy","tag-deloitte-money-league","tag-europe","tag-exit-door","tag-football","tag-football-club","tag-football-team","tag-football-terms","tag-fox-sports","tag-gareth-copley","tag-getty-images-inc","tag-igor-tudor","tag-johan-lange","tag-kevin-nolan","tag-looming-relegation-battle","tag-management-team","tag-mutual-consent","tag-premier-league","tag-pressure-mounting","tag-ramon-vega","tag-relegation-battle","tag-relegation-zone","tag-roberto-de-zerbi","tag-sean-dyche","tag-sky-sports","tag-sports","tag-spurs-brutal-champions-league","tag-spurs-sack","tag-state-of-the-art-training-ground","tag-thomas-h-frank","tag-tim-spiers","tag-unthinkable-disaster","tag-vinai-venkatesham"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573111","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573111"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573111\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}