Igor Tudor leaves Tottenham after 44 days with club mired in relegation troubled

• Croat failed to win a league match as interim head coach

• Had been away from post following death of father

Tottenham have parted company with Igor Tudor after seven games and 44 days in a desperate bid to halt their slide towards relegation from the Premier League.

According to the club, the decision was mutually agreed. Tudor took one point from his five league matches to leave Tottenham one above the bottom three, the final straw coming in Sunday’s 3-0 home defeat by Nottingham Forest. A previously unthinkable demotion to the Championship would be devastating for prestige and revenues.