New Delhi, March 30 -- Tottenham chose to part ways with Igor Tudor on Sunday, just seven matches and 44 days into his spell as interim coach of a team that has plunged into a relegation fight in the Premier League.

A club statement on Sunday afternoon read: "We can confirm that it has been mutually agreed for head coach Igor Tudor to leave the club with immediate effect."

Tottenham thanked Tudor for his work and said "An update on a new head coach will be provided in due course."

Tudor's exit leaves Spurs without a head coach heading into the final seven games of the Premier League season, with the London club just one place and one point above the relegation zone.

The Croatian coach was hired on Feb. 14 until the end of the season, ...