Tottenham parted ways with coach Igor Tudor by mutual consent on Sunday after only seven games in charge as they fight to stay in the Premier League.
Tudor lost five of those games, leaving Spurs out of the Champions League and just one point above the relegation zone in the Premier League.
The 47-year-old did not speak to the media following last weekend’s 3-0 defeat to fellow strugglers Nottingham Forest, having learned of his father’s death just after the game ended.
“We can confirm that it has been mutually agreed for head coach Igor Tudor to leave the club with immediate effect,” Tottenham said in a statement.
“We also acknowledge the bereavement that Igor has recently suffered and send our support to him and his family at this difficult time.
“An update on a new head coach will be provided in due course.”
Tottenham will not play again for two weeks until they travel to Sunderland.
The former Juventus manager was appointed in February after Thomas Frank’s dismissal.
However, the Croatian has been unable to prevent Tottenham from relegation for the first time since 1977.
The London club has been plagued by injuries this season and has not won a Premier League match since late December. They are also out of all cups.
Spurs reached the Europa League final under Ange Postecoglou last year, ending a 17-year trophy drought, but the Australian was fired after the club finished 17th in the Premier League.
Frank arrived at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium with a strong track record, and the club began the season with only one loss in their first seven league games.
However, they lost their way, and Frank was fired after only two wins in 17 league games.
Burnley’s and Wolves’ futures are virtually probably set, leaving Spurs to fight for survival alongside West Ham, Forest, and Leeds.
Relegation to the second-tier Championship would be a watershed moment in English football.
Spurs, who play in a glittering new stadium that seats more than 60,000 people, are one of the Premier League’s so-called “Big Six” and ranked ninth in Deloitte’s 2016 Money League analysis of the world’s richest football clubs.
They were Champions League regulars under former manager Mauricio Pochettino, reaching the final in 2019, but their decline has been dramatic.
Spurs have seven matches left to save themselves after the international break.
