With Thomas Frank sacked in February 2026 and Igor Tudor installed as a short-term firefighter — only to be dismissed himself in March — Spurs are currently on their sixth managerial change since Mauricio Pochettino left in 2019. That’s six in seven years. A good time to look back and figure out which ones actually mattered.
1. Ange Postecoglou (2023–2025) — The One Who Actually Won Something
Postecoglou delivered what no Spurs manager had managed in 17 years: a trophy. His 1-0 Europa League final win over Manchester United in Bilbao ended a drought long enough that some fans had started treating silverware as a theoretical concept. Football betting markets had written Spurs off entirely that season — 1xBet odds on Tottenham lifting a European trophy were reflecting a club in freefall, not one weeks away from glory. The win also locked them into Champions League football for the following season.
The cost was a Premier League campaign that aged supporters visibly. Spurs finished 17th with 38 points and 22 defeats — their worst top-flight record since 1977. Not a typo.
What made his impact real:
- First European trophy for Spurs in 41 years
- Champions League qualification secured as a consequence
- Genuine attacking identity, scoring 64 league goals despite the chaos
- A fanbase that actively mourned his sacking
He was fired 16 days after the final. The club said they couldn’t base decisions “on emotions aligned to this triumph.” Postecoglou later said he knew he was gone by January. Curious club, Tottenham.
2. José Mourinho (2019–2021) — Results Without Joy
Mourinho won 44 of 86 games, a 51% win rate, which sounds fine until you remember the football was so grinding it felt like watching paint dry in slow motion. He led Spurs to sixth and Europa League qualification. He was also sacked days before a League Cup final against Manchester City, which will live in managerial sacking lore forever.
His tenure mattered because it showed exactly what Tottenham didn’t want to be. The results were adequate; the atmosphere was suffocating. Players looked miserable. The club looked smaller.
3. Antonio Conte (2021–2023) — Briefly Excellent, Then Exhausting
Conte replaced Nuno in November 2021 and immediately made Spurs competitive again. He pushed them into the Champions League in 2021-22, a genuine achievement given the squad’s state. Then it unravelled. He left “by mutual agreement” in March 2023 after a now-famous post-match rant where he called his own players selfish and accused the club of accepting mediocrity.
Key moments of his spell:
- Champions League qualification in his first full season
- Consistent top-four challenges across 16 months
- Public meltdown that became a defining turning point
- Left with Spurs in eighth, going nowhere
If you enjoy watching a highly intelligent man slowly lose patience with a football club in real time, Conte’s Tottenham years were appointment television.
4. Thomas Frank (2025–2026) — Too Cautious for the Room
Frank arrived in June 2025 with genuine goodwill and a strong reputation from seven years at Brentford. He inherited a Champions League squad and fans still raw about losing Postecoglou. For supporters following Spurs across the Gulf region, platforms like 1xBet Bahrain had the club priced as genuine Champions League contenders at the start of his tenure. By February 2026, that optimism looked absurd.
Frank was sacked after a 2-1 home defeat to Newcastle left Spurs 16th, just five points above relegation. His Premier League win rate of 26.9% was the worst of any permanent Spurs manager in the Premier League era. He won 13 of 38 games total. The supporters were booing before matches even kicked off.
His defensive, pragmatic style sat badly against the memory of Postecoglou’s gung-ho football. There was also the small matter of being photographed drinking from an Arsenal mug. Probably not helpful.
5. Igor Tudor (February–March 2026) — One Month, No Resolution
Tudor arrived as a short-term stabiliser and lasted exactly that: short-term. The Croatian was appointed after Frank’s sacking, tasked with keeping Spurs up, and dismissed in late March 2026 after just one month. The results under him didn’t move the needle enough for the board to consider anything longer term.
His presence on this list says more about Tottenham than it does about Tudor.
6. Nuno Espírito Santo (2021) — The Shortest Experiment
Nuno lasted 17 games. He won his opening four Premier League fixtures, which briefly made him look like a genius. Then everything collapsed. By November 2021, Spurs were booed off their own pitch after a draw with Everton and Nuno was gone the next morning.
His impact ran in every direction without landing anywhere. He didn’t damage the squad, didn’t improve it, didn’t leave a tactical footprint. The one thing his four months confirmed is that Tottenham fans have very little patience for 1-0 wins in a stadium that cost over a billion pounds to build.
The full picture since Pochettino left:
- One trophy — Postecoglou, Europa League 2025
- Six permanent managers in seven years
- One near-relegation battle — ongoing, 2025-26
- Zero Premier League titles or sustained top-four runs
Postecoglou tops the list because he delivered something real. Mourinho placed adequately despite himself. Conte earns credit for the Champions League push. Frank, Tudor, and Nuno are footnotes at varying lengths.
The standard Pochettino set was never a trophy. It was belief. Every manager since has been measured against a feeling more than a result. Fans were chanting his name again during Frank’s final game. Some things don’t move on.