Igor Tudor tipped to “shake up” Tottenham with “thrilling” and “excessive threat” change
Tottenham followers can anticipate to be completely entertained by new interim boss Igor Tudor, in line with one in all his former gamers at Udinese.
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Whereas Tudor may be very a lot an emergency stop-gap till a romantic Spurs reunion with Mauricio Pochettino probably turns into alive after the World Cup, this appointment has positively turned heads.
The 47-year-old has already overhauled Tottenham’s whole backroom, bringing in his personal personnel, and let go of assistant coach John Heitinga, who left after simply 32 days within the function.
The no-nonsense former Juventus, Marseille and Udinese boss has a fame for firefighting, and a deserved one.
Tudor rescued Champions League qualification for Juve, earlier than being sacked this season, and it was the same story at Lazio in 2024.
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It was the Croatian’s first day on the membership as we speak.
He additionally spared Udinese’s relegation blushes on two separate events, with the tactician virtually a Croatian Sam Allardyce however with confirmed top-level European expertise.
That being stated, there may be each purpose to imagine his model of soccer really aligns completely with the ‘Tottenham means’, a minimum of in line with former Nigeria captain William Troost-Ekong.
The ex-Udinese defender labored beneath Tudor twice throughout his Serie A spell and reckons the Croatian’s fearless method represents precisely what Spurs desperately want following their nightmare marketing campaign threatening relegation.
Igor Tudor tipped to ‘shake up’ Tottenham with ‘thrilling’ and ‘excessive threat’ change
Troost-Ekong insists Tudor’s largest energy is not tactical nuance however relatively his monumental persona able to shaking complacent squads awake.
Chatting with TalkSPORT on Sunday, Troost-Ekong revealed what supporters can anticipate when Tudor faces Arsenal within the essential north London derby.
The tactician arrives with zero Premier League expertise however carries a fearsome fame.
“We had him two occasions at Udinese,” he stated on talkSPORT.
“He is a supervisor that likes to play 3-5-2 or a variation of it from what my expertise was.
“Attacking soccer, excessive again line, tries to press excessive, will be fairly direct. He is positively a persona, so in the event that they want somebody to shake up the place and get everybody going, then he is positively the appropriate particular person for it.”
The Nigerian performed beneath Tudor throughout two separate spells while battling relegation at Udinese.
Tudor initially saved the membership from dropping into Serie B in the course of the 2018/19 marketing campaign earlier than returning for an additional firefighting mission the next season.
Though ultimately sacked ten video games into his second tenure following poor outcomes, Tudor demonstrated sufficient throughout these durations to persuade Troost-Ekong he possesses the character required for navigating Tottenham’s present disaster.
“An enormous persona and he’ll get everybody making an attempt to run by a brick wall. I feel that is most likely been my expertise with him.”, Troost-Ekong continued.
“I feel for Spurs at this second in time he’ll work rather a lot with the again line. There was a variety of tactical work that we did. Perhaps if they will swap it up now to a 3-5-2, that may most likely be the very first thing.
“I feel additionally the excessive urgent and possibly extra thrilling soccer. I feel the stadium most likely wants one thing to get them out of their seats once more. He is positively the particular person for that.”
Nevertheless, Troost-Ekong issued a big warning alongside his reward. Tudor’s aggressive techniques promise leisure however carry monumental threat, significantly towards elite opposition able to exploiting areas left behind advancing wing-backs and aggressive centre-backs.
“You may most likely see a variety of targets however there may very well be some conceded as properly, since you play with fairly a excessive threat within the excessive line.
“That may most likely be his largest distinction I’d say, and try to get everybody to run ahead as a lot as they will actually.”
Whether or not Tudor’s gung-ho philosophy fits Tottenham’s present predicament stays questionable.
The membership wants factors urgently relatively than spectacular defeats, but Troost-Ekong is satisfied that Tudor’s forceful persona may show extra worthwhile than conservative techniques given how Spurs collapsed beneath Thomas Frank.
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