Mike Wedderburn

Igor Tudor has been relieved of his duties with immediate effect.

A deal has been agreed for Roberto Di Zerbi to become the new Tottenham head coach.

Yes, Ange Postacoglu famously said, season three is better than series two.

Well, there's a new main character for the final seven episodes, Roberto de Zerbi.

Now, we've heard from him today, and despite the impending threat of relegation, he insists that he's in it for the long haul.

So that is the new Spurs head coach's first interview and Kaveh Solokol.

I gather you've got some exclusive news about his first day in the role.

Yeah, we've managed to get some insight into what happened at Tottenham's training ground today.

Our understanding is that De Zerbi made a very good first impression.

He met staff at the training ground for the first time.

He took time to talk to as many people as possible.

And he wanted everybody to know that it was a real honour for him to become the head coach of such a big club.

The one key message...

that he delivered to everybody he spoke to was that he is totally committed to Tottenham Hotspur and leaving the club in the event of them getting relegated this summer has not even crossed his mind.

If they do go down, he plans to rebuild and get the club back up as soon as possible.

OK.

Any idea of his plans for tomorrow?

Well, he's going to be working with the squad for the first time tomorrow.

All the players who've been on international duty are coming back.

I think it's a bonus that they don't have a game this weekend because it gives him more time to work with the players before the really big game away at Sunderland a week on Sunday.