BREAKING: Igor Tudor brings in former Chelsea favourite as Tottenham confirm three exits

New Tottenham interim head coach Igor Tudor gets to work on the Hotspur Way training pitches (Image: Tottenham Hotspur)

Tottenham Hotspur have announced the arrival of three first-team coaches ahead of the North London Derby . Igor Tudor, who was appointed as interim head coach earlier this week, has added Bruno Saltor, Tomislav Rogic, and Riccardo Raganacci to his coaching staff.

Alongside Andreas Georgson, Cameron Campbell and Fabian Otte, they will feature in the dugout when the Lilywhites face Arsenal on Sunday afternoon. Saltor, who played over 200 times for Brighton and previously deputised several managers at Chelsea , has been appointed as assistant coach.

Rogic has been appointed as a goalkeeping coach. He held coaching positions at Hajduk Split, Shakhtar Donetsk, Zenit and Club Brugge before joining Tudor's backroom staff at Lazio and then Juventus .

Raganacci has been appointed as a physical coach. Before working closely with the interim Spurs boss at Juventus, he enjoyed spells Cagliari , Bologna, Hellas Verona, Lecce, and Empoli.

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In an official statement , Tottenham also confirmed that departures of Justin Cochrane and John Heitinga as first team assistant coaches, as well as Chris Haslam, who was head of performance and also a first team assistant coach under Thomas Frank.

Stuart Lewis and Dean Brill will, however, continue to work closely with the first team. The former is a team academy transition coach, who could be key to the integration of some more young players , and the latter is an assistant first team goalkeeper coach, who was promoted from head of academy goalkeeper coaching last summer.

The appointment of Saltor could raise a few eyebrows, having previously held positions at Brighton, Chelsea, and West Ham. Shortly after hanging up his boots in 2019, he enjoyed a brief spell as a development coach with the Seagulls.

During a very brief spell in charge as caretaker head coach in April 2023, Bruno Saltor led Chelsea to a goalless draw against Liverpool (Image: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)

Then, in September 2022, he followed Graham Potter to Stamford Bridge as an assistant head coach. The Spaniard held the position, which was very briefly interrupted by a spell as caretaker head coach in April 2023, for 12 months where he also worked closely with Frank Lampard and Mauricio Pochettino.

After nearly 18 months without a job, Saltor returned to management, joining Potter, again, in the dugout at West Ham as an assistant head coach. He and the Englishman were later sacked in September 2025.

Now, at Tottenham, Saltor will be tasked with helping Tudor guide Spurs to safety. Upon his arrival as interim head coach, the Croatian said: "Of course, I'm coming here knowing the situation is not easy, there's no time to find excuses.

"What I said from the first day here, each of us, each of the players, need to give something, something more, something extra, because the position of the club at this moment is not that anybody can accept.

"Every fan of Tottenham cannot accept the situation. We are aware of that, but it's not enough to just be aware of that. I like to be positive, I like to play offensive football.

"Of course, that's my first goal I have, that I like to score the goal, but in the same way, for sure, I need to give organisation in defence, give the clear structure of what you want to play."

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