Tottenham’s interim supervisor Igor Tudor regarded to get his interregnum off on the appropriate foot on Thursday night by taking his squad out for a staff bonding dinner.
The previous Juventus head coach was appointed at Spurs on Friday afternoon, however faces a baptism of fireside for his first aggressive match, with the membership welcoming loathed rivals Arsenal on Sunday for the north London derby.
However in a bid to lift morale following the departure of Thomas Frank, Tudor might have turned to extra unorthodox strategies to enhance the temper on the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
Tudor – maybe inadvertently – appeared so as to add a sprinkle of Europa League-winning supervisor Ange Postecoglou’s formulation within the early levels of his time in north London, plumping for Greek-Cypriot restaurant Ousia in Muswell Hill for his first staff meal.
Tottenham’s gamers might need chosen between basic dishes similar to rooster souvlaki, lamb kleftiko or beef moussaka as they toasted the beginning of Tudor’s time within the dugout.
After dinner, the staff posed for an image, with the gamers beaming smiles a touch that with the departure of Frank, the darkening temper across the membership may no less than start to elevate.
Tottenham went out for dinner as they welcomed new supervisor Igor Tudor to north London
In a baptism of fireside his first process can be making an attempt to beat Premier League leaders Arsenal
Going into the north London derby, Spurs sit simply 5 factors above the relegation locations, with Frank given his marching orders following one other dismal defeat to Newcastle slightly below two weeks in the past.
In addition to overseeing a lot of worrying losses, Frank is believed to have drawn his gamers’ ire by over-relying on comparisons to Arsenal.
The Danish supervisor was mentioned to be ‘continuously’ speaking about their north London rivals, and even earlier than and after taking part in on the Emirates earlier this season, Frank was mentioned to be telling his gamers how spectacular he thought the staff have been.
With Spurs’ Premier League future probably hanging within the stability, Tudor arrived underneath no phantasm of a contented ambiance, and lower a decided presence in his opening interview.
‘The primary precedence is to provide all the things the staff wants in these moments… to begin with, to get some confidence, to get some braveness, but additionally in the identical means, the concrete issues within the pitch,’ he instructed the membership’s web site.
‘There isn’t a time to search out excuses. What I mentioned from the primary day right here, every of us, every of the gamers want to provide one thing, one thing extra, one thing further, as a result of the place of the membership on this second isn’t that anyone can settle for.’
‘The state of affairs isn’t simple as a result of, as you understand higher than me, we have now loads of injured gamers, so we’d like first to search out one of the best system that fits the gamers which might be obtainable at this second.’
