Who’s to blame for Spurs crisis?

Spurs crisis Who’s to blame

Tottenham Hotspur increasingly chaotic descent towards the Premier League relegation zone continued as thousands of supporters left early during their damaging home defeat by Crystal Palace on Thursday night.

Spurs stand one point off the drop zone after interim manager Igor Tudor lost his third game in succession after replacing the sacked Thomas Frank.

Tudor was appointed as a so-called “impact coach” based on his previous track record – but such has been his lack of impact that questions are already being asked about the Croat’s future.

Their campaign has been characterised by toxicity, misery and on occasion high farce – so who is to blame for the collapse of a club that won the Europa League last season and reached the Champions League final as recently as seven years ago?

Meanwhile Former chairman Daniel Levy was always the lightning rod for criticism when Spurs struggled, with the 2008 League Cup and last season’s Europa League the only successes in his reign before he “stepped down” after almost 25 years last September.

Levy was the driving force behind Spurs’ magnificent stadium but found himself in the crosshairs of supporters for what they regarded as his failure to provide the financial backing to break into the Premier League elite on a regular basis.

Former Spurs and England goalkeeper Paul Robinson told BBC Sport: “This is a problem that has been building over years. You can circle a drain long enough but at some point, you will fall in.