Tudor has 'no time for excuses' at Tottenham

The former Juventus boss has been appointed until the end of the season after Spurs slipped to 16th in the table under Thomas Frank, who was sacked last week. Tudor faces a baptism of fire at home to league leaders Arsenal in the north London derby on Sunday.

But he said there can be no excuses despite a lengthy injury list that hampered Frank's eight-month tenure. "I need to be, with my staff, very intelligent to find the best possible way in a very short time," Tudor told Tottenham's in-house media channel.

"The situation is not easy because we have a lot of injured players, so we need first to find the best system to suit the players that are available in this moment." Captain Cristian Romero is suspended for the visit of Arsenal, while James Maddison, Dejan Kulusevski, Mohammed Kudus, Richarlison, Rodrigo Bentancur and Lucas Bergvall are among those injured.