LONDON: Tottenham are appointing former Juventus boss Igor Tudor as interim manager until the end of the season a place of Thomas Frank while Nottingham Forest are rushing in former Wolves boss Vitor Pereira instead of Sean Dyche.

Tudor, 47, who has managed several clubs across Europe, including Galatasaray and Marseille, led Juventus to a fourth-place finish in Serie A last season. He was sacked in October after an eight-match winless run across all competitions.

Tudor will have a baptism of fire when he takes charge of his first match against Premier League leaders and bitter rivals Arsenal in the North London derby on February 22. Tottenham are currently 16th in the Premier League standings.

A former centre back who spent the majority of his career at Juventus, Tudor won back-to-back Serie A titles as a player between 2001 to 2003 and also reached the 2003 Champions League final.

He began his managerial journey with Hajduk Split in 2013, while he is familiar with Spurs players Dejan Kulusevski and Rodrigo Bentancur having been an assistant to Andrea Pirlo at Juventus in 2020-21 when the duo were at the Italian club.

Tudor will also be charged with their progress in the Champions League where Spurs have qualified for the last 16.

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