Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes has revealed his reservations about Tottenham Hotspur’s managerial appointment. Spurs brought in Igor Tudor earlier this month on a deal lasting until the end of the season.
The defeat, alongside other weekend results, sees Spurs languishing in 16th position in the Premier League standings and just four points clear of the drop zone. Whilst Tudor has been appointed on a temporary basis through to the season’s end, it’s understood the ex-Juventus manager will remain in contention for the role permanently in the summer should the appointment prove successful.
Following the defeat to Arsenal, Scholes has outlined his doubts regarding Tottenham’s decision to bring in Tudor and suggested former Premier League boss Sam Allardyce should to have been considered as an alternative. “I think the choice of manager they brought in, I know it’s an interim, but he [Tudor] just doesn’t know the Premier League,” Scholes stated on The Good, The Bad & The Football podcast.
“I was walking in there, Sam Allardyce is there. You’re thinking, ‘That’s just got him written all over it.’
“First thing he probably does as a club, when he goes into a team, stop us getting beat so easily, stop us conceding chances.
“He probably wouldn’t care about the rest of it, about scoring goals, because there’s enough quality in that Tottenham team at some point to get you a goal, or even whether it’s a set piece.
“But make us solid to beat. I think there was a stat after about 40 minutes yesterday [Sunday] that Tottenham had touched the ball once in their penalty box, Arsenal had had like 24 touches.
“Did you see that? It’s incredible. And you’re away from home as well? It’s incredible.”
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