Tottenham Hotspur and Igor Tudor mutually parted ways over the weekend, so now the Lilywhites have to find their next coach before the season ends. After losing 3-0 to Nottingham Forest the previous weekend, relegatoin is within sights, making Spurs next appointment all the more critical.
As far as long term options go, a reunion with Mauricio Pochettino is the preferred candidate for the fans, but the team continues to pine hard for Roberto De Zerbi. There are ongoing negotiations to convince De Zerbi to join the team immediately despite the former Brighton manager's ostensible lack of interest in joining a club before the season ends - let alone a Spurs side whose Premier League future is not secure.
With Sean Dyche too expensive due to a buyout fee from Nottingham Forest and apparently uninterested in the job, the only proven manager on the table whom Spurs have spoken with is Adi Hutter. He was a decent enough coach for Eintracht Frankfurt, Borussia Monchengladbach, and Monaco.
Adi Hutter rejects Tottenham
However, Hutter is not interested either. Per Sky Sport Austria, the experienced manager has released a public statement declining the Tottenham Hotspur rumors by stating that he has no interest in coaching a team in the current 2025/26 campaign.
Hutter said, "In recent days and weeks, I have been increasingly linked with various clubs. However, as I already stated immediately after my time at Monaco, I would prefer not to work as a head coach again until the start of the new season at the earliest. My position on this matter has not changed since then."
So it looks like Adi Hutter is taking the same stance that Roberto De Zerbi is, which is entirely understandable. He wants to take a rest and weigh his options in the summer based on the best job available, and jumping right into the Tottenham situation is a huge risk, especially for someone like Hutter who has never managed in neither the Premier League nor a relegation fight before.
Whereas Spurs are doing whatever they can to throw the kitchen sink at De Zerbi in an effort to convince him to change his mind from what is a very reasonable position shared by other coaches, it is unlikely they would do the same for Hutter, who was probably more of an emergency option anyway. But the fact that Hutter is effectively rejecting them is not good news either, and Spurs may have to gamble with someone like Harry Redknapp or even Ben Davies.