Tudor sacked: 'Another desperate act by Tottenham'
Football Daily
BBC
4.3 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Katie Smith is joined by football correspondents Sami Mokbel and John Murray, as well as former Spurs goalkeeper Brad Friedel, as Igor Tudor leaves Tottenham Hotspur after just 44 days in charge.
Brad Friedel tells the panel that Daniel Levy is the best owner he's ever played under, so what is the root of the problem for Spurs? Who is capable of keeping them in the Premier League? And how much worse would things get, if they were relegated?
Plus, Tottenham fan Emma Nottage wades in on what she thinks the club need to do next.
TIMECODES: 3'05 Sami Mokbel and John Murray 11'20 Brad Friedel 26'10 Emma Nottage
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| 0:37.3 | This is the Football Daily podcast with Katie Smith. |
| 0:43.0 | Tottenham have announced that they've sacked Igor Tudor after just seven games in charge. |
| 0:47.9 | He took just the single point from his five Premier League games. |
| 0:51.8 | They sit 17th in the table, just one point outside the relegation |
| 0:55.7 | zone with seven games to play. In a statement that the club released a little earlier, we can |
| 1:02.4 | confirm. They say that it has been mutually agreed for head coach Igor Tudor to leave the club |
| 1:07.2 | with immediate effect. Thomas Slav Roggich and Ricardo Ragnachi have also left their respective roles of |
| 1:12.6 | goalkeeping coach and physical coach. |
| 1:14.8 | We thank them for their efforts during the past six weeks in which they worked tirelessly. |
| 1:19.9 | We also acknowledge the bereavement that Igor has recently suffered and send our support to |
| 1:24.0 | him and his family at this difficult time. |
| 1:26.8 | An update on a new head coach will be provided in due course. |
| 1:30.9 | Well, here's how those 44 days played out. |
| 1:36.8 | Igor Chudor, meanwhile, has agreed a deal to become Tottenham's interim head coach. |
| 1:40.5 | That is until the end of the season. |
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