Tottenham interim boss Igor Tudor admits his squad is fatigued and unfit as he works to save the club from Premier League relegation.

Tottenham’s interim manager, Igor Tudor, has delivered a blunt assessment of his team’s struggles, admitting that the squad is simply not fit enough to compete at the required level.

With Tottenham currently stuck in a nightmare run of just two wins from their last 18 matches, the Croatian coach believes a lack of physical conditioning is the biggest hurdle between the club and a potential move to the Championship. 

Sitting just four points above the relegation zone, Tudor knows he has to “put some petrol in the engine” before the season stalls out completely.

The manager pointed to a grueling schedule and a lack of squad depth as the primary reasons for this physical decline. He explained that because so many players have been forced to play nearly every minute due to injuries, their overall fitness has dropped significantly. 

According to Tudor, the team is suffering from a level of fatigue that makes it impossible to execute the aggressive, high-pressing style he wants to implement. 

To fix the problem, Tudor has turned the training ground into a track-and-field camp. Recent clips have gone viral showing the players performing intense sprints and runs without the ball, reminiscent of a brutal summer pre-season. While many modern players prefer tactical drills with the ball at their feet, Tudor is old-school in his belief that you can’t play football if you can’t run. He isn’t viewing these sessions as a punishment, but rather as the only logical way to ensure the team can actually survive a full 90-minute match.

This lack of stamina isn’t exactly a new revelation for the fans at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Under the previous manager, Thomas Frank, the team frequently looked like a one-half side, starting matches with energy only to completely collapse after the break. 

Tudor is trying to break these bad habits of working less, insisting that a 100-yard pitch requires 100-yard effort. He knows the players don’t like running without the ball, but he argues it’s the only way to build the engine needed for a relegation scrap.

As Tudro implements is new strategy, all eyes now turn to Sunday’s trip to West London to face Fulham. For a club that hasn’t played in the second tier since the late 1970s, the stakes couldn’t be higher. Tottenham go into this game chasing their first win in 2026 and fans will be hoping they get it against Fulham.