Igor Tudor has been given the interim keys to Tottenham Hotspur after the club parted ways with Thomas Frank last week.

Spurs’ alarming slide towards the relegation zone prompted the hierarchy to sack Thomas Frank after a wretched run of form had seen them collect just one win from 11 matches. Defeat at home to Newcastle United on Tuesday evening proved to be the final straw for the Dane.

Igor Tudor faces a baptism of fire as Tottenham gaffer as he comes up against arch-rivals and league leaders Arsenal on Sunday. The White Hart Lane faithful would love nothing more than to see Tudor oversee a victory and put a spanner in Arsenal’s title dreams. However, the no-nonsense Croat will be without a long list of players due to injuries, and the suspended Cristian Romero for the North London derby.

Cristian Romero recently made headlines for the wrong reasons, aiming a sly dig at the Tottenham board for not addressing the lack of squad depth during the January transfer window. After making those claims on his Instagram account, the Argentine got himself sent off for a reckless challenge on Casemiro in the 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old...