Igor Tudor’s Tottenham spell is the fourth shortest in Premier League history.
Igor Tudor’s tenure as Tottenham Hotspur manager has come to an end after just 44 days, making his spell in charge among the shortest in Premier League history and the most damaging interim appointment the club has made in living memory.
Tudor took over from the sacked Thomas Frank on February 14, 2026, with Tottenham sitting 16th in the Premier League and desperate for the kind of immediate stabilising impact the Croatian had shown at previous clubs. Instead, his six-week reign steered the ship closer to the rocks, leaving Spurs in genuine and serious danger of relegation to the Championship.
The record books do not make comfortable reading. Tudor’s final game in charge was the 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest, a result that effectively sealed his fate. Across his five Premier League matches, Tottenham collected just one point, the worst record of any club in the division during his spell in charge. He also oversaw the club’s Champions League exit, a 7-5 aggregate defeat to Atletico Madrid across two legs that included the catastrophic 5-2 humiliation in Madrid.
Failed to win a single Premier League game
The most damning statistical footnote of all is this: of the 23 men to manage at least two Premier League matches at Tottenham, Tudor is the only one to not record a single victory. It is a record without precedent in the club’s Premier League history.
According to Opta Analyst, only three managers in the Premier League era had shorter reigns. Sam Allardyce lasted just 30 days at Leeds United in 2023, departing after failing to prevent their relegation. Ange Postecoglou, ironically the man whose Europa League triumph gave Tottenham their Champions League place this season, lasted just 39 days at Nottingham Forest before being sacked last October. Les Reed’s 40-day spell at Charlton in 2006 completes the trio ahead of Tudor in the unwanted list.
Tudor’s departure comes amid the most turbulent period in Tottenham’s modern history. The search for a permanent solution, with Mauricio Pochettino the frontrunner and Roberto De Zerbi now reportedly willing to take the job immediately, begins in earnest. What Spurs need now, above all else, is someone who can provide the wins that Tudor simply could not deliver.