Tottenham stance on sacking Igor Tudor revealed after Atletico Madrid defeat

Igor Tudor’s reign as Tottenham manager is over (Picture: Getty)

Under-fire interim Tottenham manager Igor Tudor appears to have been given a reprieve and has avoided the sack despite last night’s catastrophic defeat against Atletico Madrid .

The former Juventus and Lazio boss was hired last month following the decision to part company with Thomas Frank , who himself lasted just eight months at the helm.

Tudor arrived with Spurs on the brink of being sucked into a relegation dogfight but, after overseeing three successive defeats, his confidence-starved side are now just one point above the drop zone.

The Croatian’s tenure started with a crushing 4-1 home defeat to Arsenal in the north London derby and Tottenham’s plight worsened following a 2-1 reversal at Fulham .

Without any semblance of a new manager bounce in evidence, Spurs fans were already sensing their club’s board had made a terrible mistake and those fears were underlined by last week’s astonishing capitulation at home to Crystal Palace .

Any hope that a break from domestic action and a return to the Champions League would trigger a change of fortunes proved unfounded and a looked likely to represent the final straw.