Premier League legend Paul Scholes has questioned Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s decision to appoint former Juventus boss Igor Tudor as their interim manager, naming a former Premier League boss as the perfect man who would have steered them to safety.<\/p>\n
Spurs turned to the Croatian after ending Thomas Frank\u2019s troubled reign earlier this month, with the club spiralling towards the relegation spots after failing to win a Premier League game this year.<\/p>\n
That trend continued on Sunday as Tottenham<\/a> were hammered 4-1 at home in the north London derby, with Tudor failing to get any sort of new manager lift from an injury-ravaged and confidence-stricken squad.<\/p>\n The 47-year-old had only four training sessions to\u00a0implement his tactics, and it showed as Spurs were ripped to pieces by title-chasing Arsenal, with Eberechi Eze haunting the club that came so close to signing him once again.<\/p>\n Tottenham head to Fulham this weekend in search of that elusive first three points of 2026, but Scholes thinks they got their interim boss appointment completely wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cIt looked terrible [against Arsenal],\u201d Scholes said on The Good, The Bad & The Football<\/a> podcast.<\/p>\n According to Scholes, Spurs should have turned to the vastly experienced Sam Allardyce, whose name\u00a0 was \u2018written all over\u2019 the job after Frank was shown the door.<\/p>\n \u201cThe choice of manager that they brought in, I know it\u2019s an interim, but he just doesn\u2019t know the Premier League,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n \u201cI was walking in here [to the podcast studio] and Sam Allardyce is there and you\u2019re thinking that\u2019s just got him written all over it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe first thing he probably does at a club, when he goes into a team: stop us getting beat so easily, stop us conceding chances.\u201d<\/p>\n As for Allardyce\u2019s firefighting credentials, Scholes added: \u201cHe probably wouldn\u2019t care about the rest of it, about scoring goals, because there\u2019s enough quality in that Tottenham team, at some point, to get you a goal, whether it\u2019s a set-piece or something, but make them solid to beat.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw a stat after about 40 minutes that Tottenham had touched the ball once in Arsenal\u2019s box.<\/p>\n \u201cArsenal had like 24 touches! It\u2019s incredible and you\u2019re away from home as well, it\u2019s incredible.\u201d<\/p>\n DON\u2019T MISS:\u00a0Tottenham Championship XI under Robbie Keane: THREE big names remain amid complete defensive overhaul<\/a><\/p>\n Tudor could take Tottenham down<\/p>\n Scholes also fears that Tudor\u2019s complete lack of Premier League experience could prove to be fatal, as the club faces 11 games to save their season.<\/p>\n He added: \u201cI know the lad\u2019s done it twice at big clubs, at Juventus and Lazio. He\u2019s done the same thing, gone as interim and done really well.<\/p>\n \u201cBut coming to the Premier League, it\u2019s different.<\/p>\n \u201cHe was intimating that there weren\u2019t fit enough in his interview [after the losing to Arsenal].<\/p>\n \u201cDid you see what happened two weeks ago when they sacked Thomas Frank? They gave the players five days off. Five days off!<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re in big trouble, aren\u2019t they?\u201d<\/p>\n After Fulham, Tottenham face a huge home game against Crystal Palace before heading to Liverpool, with four wins likely needed before the end of the season to avoid complete disaster.<\/p>\n Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n More Tottenham news: Vicario replacement; huge Archie Gray admirer emerges<\/p>\n Tottenham Hotspur are intensifying their search for a new goalkeeper, and TEAMtalk can reveal that Lens\u2019 standout shot-stopper Robin Risser has emerged as an option to replace Guglielmo Vicario<\/a>, who the club have decided to offload in the summer.<\/p>\n Elsewhere,\u00a0Real Madrid have taken a shine to Archie Gray<\/a>, with a report revealing how Tottenham Hotspur view the midfielder, who has now become the fourth Spurs player to be linked with a move to Estadio Bernabeu.<\/p>\n