Tottenham legend tipped for manager’s job to save club from relegation disaster

Tottenham Hotspur have been urged to appoint Glenn Hoddle as interim manager until the end of the season.

Spurs are currently without a manager with Igor Tudor leaving the club on Sunday.

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The Croatian departs after just seven matches in charge; the north London side are just a point above the Premier League’s bottom three.

With a first relegation in 49 years potentially looming, Spurs fan Otto has named Hoddle as the man to save the club.

Otto made the claim after speaking to Sam Matterface and Perry Groves on The Sunday Session.

The Spurs supporter explained: “Glenn Hoddle needs to come in. He’s been around football, he’s always been around football, he’s always on TV, he’s presenting, whether it’s England playing, whether it’s Premier League, he’s around football.

“(The) man has never lost his touch. For me personally, someone like Glenn Hoddle coming in with someone like Tim Sherwood to motivate the players as well.

“Remember guys, we need two or three wins. Glenn Hoddle will easily do that. People are talking about us getting relegated, going down, if we could beat Sunderland away, which we can easily do, we need the right person to come in, lift these players up.

“Like you said earlier, we’ve got good players at the club. Cristian Romero is a World Cup winner. Where his head has gone I don’t know.

“You need someone to come in and tell him what you’re playing for, what the badge means for the club because at the moment, none of these players and I mean none of them, apart from the younger players that are showing a bit of heart, know what the badge means for the club.”

Tottenham have failed to win any of their last 13 Premier League matches, their latest outing seeing them suffer a thumping 3-0 defeat at home to Nottingham Forest.

Their winless run stretches back to a victory at Crystal Palace on December 28.

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Otto continued: “In my view, Glenn Hoddle is the only one, the club legend, the man that wore that number 10, has been through and through Tottenham.

“With him and someone like a Jermain Defoe and a Tim Sherwood, because you don’t just appoint Glenn Hoddle, you appoint another two youngsters that have played for the club, know the club.

“Come in, motivate these players, give them a kick up the a*** and tell them this is what we need.”

Hoddle spent 13 years with Spurs as a player, with his 490 appearances the sixth-highest in the club’s history.

He also won the UEFA Cup with the club before returning for a two-year spell as manager between 2001 and 2003.

The 68-year-old has also taken charge of Swindon, Chelsea, England and Southampton, with his last managerial role coming 20 years ago at Wolves.

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Meanwhile, Jermain Defoe previously worked as a coach in the club’s academy, whilst Tim Sherwood served as first-team manager during the second half of the 2013/14 season.

Hoddle commands ‘respect’

Matterface believes Hoddle would immediately command respect from the dressing room if appointed.

The talkSPORT co-host explained: “I don’t speak for Glenn, but I’ve worked a lot with Glenn and I’ve spent time with him recently and we’ve talked about it.

“‘What would you do, Glenn, if this was the situation? How would you go about it?’ And you listen to him talk and you think, ‘well, that makes sense, I understand that.’

“I do think you’re absolutely right. Listen, this is a guy who could quite easily walk in the door tomorrow and come up with a plan to try and keep you in the league.

“I think he would need a little bit of young help as well, because I think the idea of having coaches that resonate with the players at this moment is going to be required.

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“But in terms of dealing with people and commanding respect, there’s nobody that commands more respect than Glenn Hoddle, that’s for sure.”

Groves agreed, adding: “That’s the big thing. It is the respect. As soon as he walks through the door, he’ll have the instant respect of the players, off not just his managerial career, but what he did in his playing career.”

Who could be next Spurs manager?

talkSPORT understands Spurs currently don’t have any successor to Tudor lined up, although former Monaco boss Adi Hutter appears to be the most likely to take the role.

It’s also understood Hutter could appoint Spurs defender Ben Davies as an assistant, although Davies getting the top job himself shouldn’t be ruled out.

Spurs have made efforts to appoint Roberto De Zerbi as Tudor’s successor. However, the Italian is keen to wait until the summer before taking charge.

Robbie Keane, Ryan Mason, Sherwood, Harry Redknapp and Sean Dyche have all been considered for an interim role, although the latter’s arrival would prove complicated.