Former Tottenham manager and player Glenn Hoddle has offered to save Tottenham from relegation should Igor Tudor be moved on as interim boss.
Tudor was put in interim charge of the club three games ago, but has lost all of those matches, with some fans suggesting that the 3-1 defeat by Crystal Palace on Thursday could be the final straw in terms of the club changing direction again.
It remains unclear how long the former Juventus man will be in the role, with his contract running until the end of the season – when Spurs will look to hire a permanent manager.
And that could be Hoddle, if the man himself has anything to say about it. Speaking on Could It Be Magic, the FA Cup podcast sponsored by Carling prior to the Palace defeat, the 68-year-old revealed he would be willing to return to management with the club in a supporting role.
‘I think it would actually,’ he said. ‘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.’
Glenn Hoddle has offered himself to step in and save Tottenham from releagtion
Hoddle said he would be interested in working alongside Robbie Keane (centre), who he signed during his stint as manager of the club
Hoddle was previously in charge of Spurs between 2001 and 2003, having already coached the likes of England and Chelsea. Though he enjoyed a couple of cup runs, mid-table finishes in England’s top flight led to his sacking.
‘I managed them probably at the wrong time, I’ve got to say,’ he added. ‘Let’s put it that way.
‘Politically and financially, it wasn’t money there. Certainly, it wasn’t what they told me I was going into didn’t succumb.’
It was put to Hoddle that former Spurs forward Robbie Keane could be in the running for the job, having enjoyed success with Hungarian side Ferencvaros.
Keane played under Hoddle at Spurs, and it is an idea that the player and coach-turned pundit can get behind – if he has an experienced head with him.
Hoddle added: ‘Robbie is doing great as a young manager, but to have steady a springboard and 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.’
