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Glenn Hoddle has now made an offer to the Tottenham hierarchy after seeing his beloved club stand on the brink of relegation.
Spurs find themselves in an extremely unfamiliar territory at the moment, with the club battling to preserve their Premier League status, with just nine league games left to go this season.
Following their 3-1 loss to Crystal Palace on Thursday, some pundits feel that Tottenham are in major trouble, given the injury issues the club is currently dealing with.
The Lilywhites need some inspiration to pull themselves out of their current predicament, and one club legend has now offered to help.
Glenn Hoddle admits he would love to manage Tottenham again
Igor Tudor has not had the expected impact at Spurs, with the Lilywhites putting in three poor performances under the Croatian.
While Tudor is expected to remain in charge of Tottenham for now, Hoddle has now thrown his name into the hat for the job.
The 68-year-old suggested that he managed his boyhood club at the wrong time, and admitted that he would love to get a crack at the job again.
When asked if returning to management would appeal to him, Hoddle said on the FA Cup’s Could it Be Magic podcast: “I think it would actually. Particularly with Tottenham, as that’s my club. I’ve supported them since I was eight years of age. So they were a massive part of my life.
“I managed them probably at the wrong time, I’ve got to say, let’s put it that way. Politically and financially, there wasn’t any money there. Certainly, it wasn’t what they told me I was going into.”
Hoddle endorses appointment of former Spurs star
Another Tottenham legend has also been linked with the N17 hotseat, with reports indicating that Robbie Keane may be in line to return to his former stomping ground.
The Irishman continues to impress at the helm of Ferencvaros, and Hoddle believes that appointing the 45-year-old would be a ‘shrewd move’ by the Lilywhites.
Hoddle said about the former Spurs striker: “Robbie is doing great as a young manager, but to have someone experienced like myself… that would be a good formula in many ways. I think that’s a shrewd move, whether it was me or somebody experienced with him, because the question would be, is Rob ready to go into that sort of job now?
“Probably, although in saying that, I went into my first management job at, what was I, 34? So very, very young. So you have to take that leap at some stage. And you learn on the job, but you can learn on the job and have some experience around you. Looking back, I could have done with that. I brought Robbie to Tottenham you know, and he’s done fantastic.”
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