Thomas Frank does not plan to search for a new job until the end of the season having banked an £8million settlement after his Tottenham sacking.
Frank will be paid one year’s salary as compensation for his dismissal eight months into his three-year contract, according to reports in his native Denmark.
Spurs paid £10m to prise him away from Brentford last summer and paid him about £650,000 a month, which means they have spent a total of more than £23m on him.
Frank was sacked on Wednesday, less than 12 hours after a 2-1 defeat at home to Newcastle. Once again, their half-time deficit was too much to overcome.
He left Tottenham 16th in the Premier League and just five points above the relegation zone after a dismal run of two wins in the last 17 matches.
Now the London club have struck a deal with former Juventus manager Igor Tudor to take charge until the end of the season.
Thomas Frank has banked an eye-watering £8million payout from Tottenham after his sacking
Igor Tudor will manage Tottenham until the end of the season and could stay beyond that
Tudor, 47, arrives with a wealth of experience in European football and will take charge of training on Monday morning for the players’ first session since Frank’s exit.
He has been a manager since 2013 but has worked in 12 jobs in the last 11 years – at Hajduk Split (twice), PAOK, Karabukspor, Galatasaray, Udinese (twice), Hellas Verona, Marseille, Lazio, Juventus and now Tottenham.
If he can provide the bounce that would lift them clear of the relegation battle he will be a candidate for the job on a permanent basis in the summer.
The Croatian has an uphill battle – Tottenham are bottom of the form table over the last six games and only one place higher over the most recent 10.
Spurs chief executive Vinai Venkatesham and sporting director Johan Lange, who have led the search, want to consider a wider pool of candidates in the summer for the next permanent head coach.
