Tottenham's big issue facing Igor Tudor that Ange Postecoglou and Thomas Frank couldn't fix

Igor Tudor has been appointed as Tottenham Hotspur's interim head coach until the end of the season, and one Spurs legend believes he will have to deal with a deep-seated issue within the club

Stephen Carr claims that Igor Tudor will have to deal with an issue that neither Ange Postecoglou nor Thomas Frank could work past in an incredibly limited amount of time with Tottenham Hotspur.

The Croatian has stepped as interim head coach with the Lilywhites until season's end, following the sacking of Frank just eight months into his tenure earlier this month. After failing to achieve a single win from eight Premier League matches, with Spurs languishing in 16th in the standings, the board decided that they had seen enough from the Dane.

As a result, the club has brought in former Juventus and Lazio boss, Tudor, with just 12 games remaining, with hopes that he can pull Spurs away from a looming relegation battle. However, the 47-year-old faces an uphill battle in doing so, given that Tottenham are threadbare in terms of depth as a result of a player injury crisis.

It's an issue that Frank was forced to work with for large parts of this season, while Postecoglou was also hampered by sidelined players in 2024/25, only able to muster a 17th-place finish in the English top flight. That's despite capturing the Europa League title that same season.

Now, Carr has pinpointed that injuries seem to be the root of Spurs' issues at present, leaving Tudor with an almost impossible task should he hope that his tenure is looked upon as successful. Speaking exclusively to football.london via Gambling.com, who rank casinos in the UK, the club legend said: "He [Frank] came with a reputation.

"He was a very good manager and he still is a very good manager, let's not forget, because you can't do that in the Champions League and then be a poor manager. He's a very good manager.

"He's had a lot of injuries. A lot of people can use that as an excuse. If any of the top clubs in that league had them injuries, they'd struggle - Man City, Arsenal, Man U, Liverpool. He's had it tough, but unfortunately, in football, no one cares. It's about results.

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"They don't think when they have injuries, they don’t even take that into account. Fans pay a lot of money to go there. They don't care."

On how Tudor fixes something that nor Postecoglou nor Frank were able to, Carr believes that the head coach needs stability within his team, and that he shouldn't look to play a certain type of football. He continued: "He just needs stability in that team. He needs to get results, however they do it.

"It's not like we need to play this football and that football, the Tottenham way, like West Ham do; the West Ham way, it's not about that. It's about getting results now. It's getting up that table. At the moment, they’re in a really poor position."

Tudor's first assignment with Spurs comes in the form of the North London Derby come Sunday, February 22; a tough task considering Arsenal currently sit top of the Premier League table. Given they were held to a 2-2 draw with a rock-bottom Wolves midweek, however, Carr fancies his former club to go out and win.

He explained: "They have Arsenal at the weekend. Is it a good time to get Arsenal? Probably after the result they just had. They're under pressure. They're under pressure in a different way; to win the title.

"But it'd be a typical Tottenham team to go and get results after all that's happened. So, they should be lifting themselves for that. I think it's an amazing game. Any derby goes…you don't know what's happening in the derby. You've seen that in loads of derbies.

"I think it's a great game for them. Always great to play in derbies. For the manager as well. I wouldn't be surprised if Tottenham win, it'd be just a typical Tottenham."

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