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Jamie O'Hara has issued a desperate plea for Harry Redknapp to step in at Tottenham Hotspur and replace Igor Tudor following the 5-2 loss to Atletico Madrid. Spurs had another night to forget in the Spanish capital as ex-Manchester City forward Julian Alvarez scored twice and their goalkeeper Antonin Kinsky was substituted just 17 minutes into his Champions League debut.

Diego Simeone's team will journey to north London with a three-goal advantage, aiming to secure their spot in the quarter-finals. For Tudor, it marked a fourth consecutive defeat as interim head coach, as their issues continued to escalate, and the pressure is steadily increasing on the Croatian following his difficult start, which last week's match against Crystal Palace only exacerbated.

With the threat of relegation from the Premier League ominously hanging over them, the Tottenham board are facing growing calls for a second change of coach since the season started. O'Hara has appealed to former boss Redknapp despite the 79-year-old gearing up for the Cheltenham Festival, the horse-racing jumps event that kicked off on Tuesday.

Speaking on talkSPORT alongside former Spurs player Jason Cundy, O'Hara said: "Stop talking about the Gold Cup! Tottenham is bigger than the Gold Cup, Jase, Harry Redknapp would bin off the Gold Cup to come and manage Spurs, come and manage Spurs, they need to get someone in; they need someone in so quick.

"You need someone who knows a formation and will stick to it. [Tudor's] played four different teams and four different formations. How can he take over a club of this magnitude? He hasn't got a clue."

O'Hara continued: "He has not got a clue what he's doing, he's a rabbit in the headlights, he has no idea how to get a tune out of any of these players, these players are not performing, I get it, but they are not this bad."

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Redknapp's horse, The Jukebox Man, is tipped for Friday's prestigious Gold Cup. The former manager will also appear on ITV's I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! South Africa edition, which was pre-recorded following filming in 2025 and is due to broadcast on Monday, April 6, before a live grand final in London.

The ex-Spurs boss previously addressed rumours of a potential comeback but dismissed them. He said: "Of course. I'd have to, wouldn't I? But it's not going to happen, I can't see it happening, I'll be at Cheltenham on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday."

Spurs face Liverpool next, who suffered a 1-0 loss away to Galatasaray in their Champions League first-leg, on Sunday (4.30pm kick-off). However, they will have to make do without Micky van de Ven, who received a straight red card for denying a goalscoring opportunity against Palace.

"Strange game. We give them three goals. We restarted good, but then the problems kill us," Tudor said after the defeat to Atleti. "Very, very strange, very unusual. It took our confidence. We apologise to the fans who were here today, to everyone. They had a difficult moment. Everything looked like it was going wrong, every small mistake we pay, even the situation at the end, two players out. Everything is going against us."