Spurs instantly rejected by managerial target hours after Igor Tudor exit

Spurs have already been rejected by one of their managerial targets following the departure of Igor Tudor.

Tudor left Spurs by mutual consent on Sunday afternoon following seven matches in charge.

He took just one point from his five Premier League games, and also oversaw the club's elimination from the Champions League to Atletico Madrid at the last 16 stage.

Spurs now sit only one place and one point above the relegation zone with seven matches to play.

Sean Dyche and Roberto De Zerbi were instantly installed as joint favourites to take over by the bookmakers, with The Telegraph reporting that a series of more left-field appointments, including Chris Hughton, Tim Sherwood and even current Spurs defender Ben Davies, may also be considered.

But one manager who was linked with the job at the beginning of last week has publicly ruled himself out of the running.

Former Monaco manager Adi Hutter, who has been out of work since being sacked by the principality club in October, says he does not want to take the job.

In a statement on Sunday evening, the 56-year-old said (as per Sky Sports Austria): "In recent days and weeks, I have been increasingly linked with various clubs.

Adi Hutter does not want the Spurs job (Image: Getty)

"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."

What have other Spurs managerial candidates said?

During an appearance on talkSPORT on Saturday, former Nottingham Forest boss Dyche refused to either publicly admit or rule out interest in the job.

He said that it is 'a very tricky situation' when a manager is asked about a vacant role, adding: "You try to be respectful. Because obviously, let's use Tottenham as an example - brilliant club, massive club and all the rest.

"And then you go, 'Yeah, I'm flattered'. And then they [media] go: 'Oh, he hasn't said no!'

"Then you go, 'No'. And they go, 'Oh, he wants it really?' And you say, 'Yes'."

Sherwood, who was head coach of Spurs between 2013 and 2014, has stated on numerous occasions on Sky Sports News that he would be interested in taking the role.

And while at Cheltenham Festival earlier this month, Spurs legend Harry Redknapp told ITV: "They know where I am if they need me.

"They need somebody to go in there and give them a lift, and make them believe in themselves.

"They're bang in trouble, I must be truthful."