Tottenham appointed Roberto De Zerbi as their third head coach of the season at the start of April following Igor Tudor’s disastrous spell in charge
Glenn Hoddle has revealed he offered to manage Tottenham Hotspur for the final part of this season before Roberto De Zerbi took charge.
Hoddle is considered a Spurs legend for what he achieved at the club during his playing days, before going on to manage the club from 2001 to 2003.
And with Igor Tudor struggling, Hoddle has revealed he and Ossie Ardiles offered to take charge following the damaging 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest on March 23.
“They never came to us. We did, Ossie (Ardiles) and myself, after the Forest game, we felt there was a real problem there,” he told The Jeff Stelling Show.
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“Ossie and I made it clear that we would go in there if they wanted us to go in there with probably a younger legend (as coach) as well.
“It felt at that time, at the end of the game, Tudor was in as the manager, but to lose 3-0 against a team down at the bottom – with you at home – was a bad sign.
“It looked to me as if it needed some love, like it needed some people to go in there and unite the fans, with the owners, with the team and that is why we said we would do it.
“They said they were looking elsewhere, so that was fine by me.
“I don’t care who, I’m a Spurs man through and through since eight years of age, so as long as they’ve got the right man in.
“De Zerbi has gone in and everyone’s got to unite and get together, but they’ve got a real task on their hands, haven’t they? I just want them to stay up, whether I was involved or I wasn’t.”
The Spurs hierarchy, though, opted to turn to De Zerbi in a last-ditch bid to prevent a first relegation in 49 years.
However, despite the former Brighton boss claiming his first win in charge against Wolverhampton Wanderers at the weekend, his side are still in the bottom three, two points from safety with four games remaining.
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