"Nedum Onuoha played 14 seasons in the Premier League with Manchester City, Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers before finishing his career with MLS side Real Salt Lake. He joined ESPN in 2020, appearing on ESPN FC, and has since featured as ESPN's lead studio pundit in England. His columns offer his perspective as a former player on the big issues of the day."
"When your team changes a manager in midseason, as a player, it feels like a hostile introduction. You are thrown into what feels like a mini-preseason and must quickly prove yourself in a really uncertain environment. For those Tottenham Hotspur players who have seen Thomas Frank fired and replaced by Igor Tudor, there is the additional issue of knowing virtually nothing about the guy tasked with steadying the ship because he has no Premier League experience either as a player or as a coach."
"Players have connections -- friends, former teammates and coaches -- all over the place. A few Spurs players -- Rodrigo Bentancur, Radu Dragusin and Dejan Kulusevski -- crossed paths with Tudor when he was part of Andrea Pirlo's coaching staff at Juventus, so other members of the squad will be asking them what he's like, but also contacting other people they know who have worked with the Croatian to learn more about him."
Nedum Onuoha played 14 Premier League seasons with Manchester City, Sunderland and Queens Park Rangers before finishing his career at MLS side Real Salt Lake. He joined ESPN in 2020, appears on ESPN FC, and serves as ESPN's lead studio pundit in England. His columns offer a former player's perspective on major football issues. Midseason manager changes feel like hostile introductions to players, creating a mini-preseason where players must quickly prove themselves amid uncertainty. Tottenham players face added unease after Thomas Frank's dismissal because incoming coach Igor Tudor has no Premier League experience.
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