Teddy Sheringham: Tottenham legend names 'absurd' decision which triggered relegation slide | OneFootball

Spurs striker feels head coach missteps are dragging club down

Teddy Sheringham admits he was “mystified” by Tottenham’s decision to sack Ange Postecoglou.

Postecoglou was relieved of his duties in June 2025, with Europa League glory not enough to cover up the ignominy of a 17th-place Premier League finish.

Spurs have regressed further since the Australian’s departure, though, and are now odds-on to be relegated to the Championship.

Meanwhile, the club has burned through three head coaches since sacking Postecoglou.

Sheringham, who spent eight years with Spurs across two spells, says he does not understand why Postecoglou was sacked.

“Ange Postecoglou must still be sitting at home thinking, ‘how did I lose my Tottenham job?’ I mean, he told everyone he was going to win something in two years, and he did,” Sheringham said.

“They (Tottenham) haven't won something for a long, long time so when he's won the club a trophy, he's somehow lost his job. Why is he still not in charge?

“I understand the league position last season wasn't great, but he put all his eggs in one basket to win something, because he wanted to win something. We all want to win something. I'm still mystified on that decision to replace him to this day.

“I know it was very 50-50 between the fans about whether he should stay or go even though he won a trophy. But I think some of the football that Spurs played was just phenomenal at times.

“Some of the games I saw they could have been six up in the first 10 minutes, by the way they peppered teams and got behind them. It was just unbelievable, unbelievable edge-of-the-seat football from the first kickoff, and that's what you want as a punter, to be entertained.

Postecoglou’s replacement, Thomas Frank, was sacked in February after an eight-game winless run in the league and replaced by interim manager Igor Tudor.

The Croatian oversaw a disastrous seven-game spell, in which he took just one Premier League point, before leaving by mutual consent and being replaced by Roberto De Zerbi.

Sheringham, speaking on behalf of Oddschecker, has labelled the decision to appoint Tudor “absurd” with Spurs now on the brink of relegation.

“Well, everyone thought Thomas Frank was such a good appointment in the first place, but that turned very sour very quickly. I think the jury was still out for me with Thomas Frank,” Sheringham continued.

“He did well at Brentford but there's a big difference between managing Brentford and Tottenham. I could tell the jury was still out, but a lot of Tottenham fans were quite happy with him coming in. The whole situation obviously proved too difficult, and the way the team played in the last two or three games of his tenure was so bad that something had to be done.

“Then, for Igor Tudor to come in, who doesn’t know anything about the Premier League, was just so such an absurd appointment that it just couldn't work.

“I don't know who sanctioned the move, but it was just ridiculous. Overall, for me, it's a combination of things. It’s the people above the management, and after that you need to take account of what's happened. It’s absurd what's been going on at the football club over the last 18 months.”