Jurgen Klinsmann admitted that “anything is possible” when asked about the possibility that he would be appointed the new Tottenham boss this summer, and refuses to rule out running.
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Spurs are looking for a new manager after Jose Mourinho’s resignation, with Ryan Mason temporarily handing over the reins until the end of the season.
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A whole host of names have already been thrown into the mix of potential candidates, with 90 minutes of exclusively revealing Spurs lining up a move for Leicester manager Brendan Rodgers.
Klinsmann became something of a cult hero during his short stint with Spurs in the mid-90s before joining the management after his retirement in 2003, and he refused to rule out being the new Tottenham boss this summer.
“I tell you, anything is possible in life,” he told ESPN when asked about the vacancy. “I never thought I would coach Germany at a World Cup. I never thought I would coach the United States for six years or Bayern Munich. So we’ll see in a few months who’s going to be Spurs boss. ”
Klinsmann says that Champions League qualification this season is crucial for Spurs’ development as a club, and he believes that the dismissal of Mourinho was based more on his style of play than the team’s performance in the league.
“It’s a big, big decision,” he added. “The time also, a couple of days before the cup final, they wanted to send out a signal that it was not going in the right direction.
“Daniel Levy cut the rope and will find out what to do in the coming months. It was definitely a decision about Jose [Mourinho] in terms of his style of play and what Spurs fans want to see.
“From where they are in the Premier League, you can still justify certain things because they are two points from the Champions League now.
“But what they wanted was to go to the title and they did it at the beginning of the season. They were up there for a while and then they dropped month by month and Levy has pulled out of the plug.
“They really need to get into the Champions League. If they win the final then it’s great, it’s nice to have a small piece of cutlery, but it’s crucial to get into the Champions League. ”
