2. He Is Available
Hoddle has been out of work as a manager since leaving Wolves in July 2006. The lure of a cheap option for a chairman, particularly for such a hard negotiator as Daniel Levy will be hard to resist. For the cheap option to be a club legend such as Hoddle makes it all the more attractive, particularly when he ranks so highly in opinion polls to be AVB's successor. Let's not forget that AVB himself was
out of work when being appointed, still reeling from his Chelsea sacking, and that the
£100m transfer splurge this year is not so extravagant when you factor in the Bale transfer fee. Still, is Levy willing to fork out compensation to pay for a manager who will undoubtedly want money to spend in January? Michael Laudrup at Swansea
has been mentioned as a contender for this job, but Swansea will not want to let him go cheap, particularly not to a rival. Also, Laudrup would most likely try and bring Michu with him - would Levy be willing to stump up what would likely be a sizeable sum? If Hoddle were to be appointed, it would be with a view to him unlocking the creative and goalscoring potential that Spurs already possess. Arguably what needs greater work is the organisation at the back in big games, but against weaker opposition Tottenham have always looked solid, but with no cutting edge. Hoddle would surely get more out of the existing team, going forward, when the onus is on Spurs to create.