Tudor has been out of labor since being sacked by Juventus in October 2025 and is about for his first spell in England, after beforehand taking cost of golf equipment in Italy, France, Turkey, Croatia and Greece.
He’s tasked, at first, with easing Tottenham‘s relegation fears, after a 2-1 loss to Newcastle in Thomas Frank’s last match on Tuesday left them 5 factors above the underside three.
Having earned a status as a no-nonsense defender throughout a taking part in profession through which he gained 55 caps for Croatia and made greater than 150 appearances for Italian giants Juventus, there may be one sure non-negotiable for Tudor as a supervisor.
“He asks his gamers to run loads. In a earlier interview he stated ‘When you do not run, you do not play’,” says L’Equipe journalist Pierre-Etienne Minonzio.
“In his one season in Marseille it was at all times the identical manner of taking part in – 3-5-2 – and it was nice to observe.
“It was not simple as a result of Marseille’s finest participant was Dimitri Payet, a really gifted participant however not well-known for working, and he did not play.
“It was a joke in L’Equipe – if Igor Tudor had Lionel Messi in his squad, Messi wouldn’t play!”
Tudor’s sole season in France noticed Marseille end third behind Paris St-Germain and Lens, regardless of surpassing the membership’s factors whole from the earlier marketing campaign after they completed second.
“He did fairly nicely in Ligue 1. What I favored is that he would not attempt to be favored. He’s very direct, says what he thinks and would not attempt to be engaging. There is no such thing as a seduction,” says Minonzio.
“It’s the similar with the gamers. He retains his distance and his obsession is to make coaching intense with lots of working to allow them to be bodily match for the sport.”
