Hoddle says he offered to take Spurs charge alongside Ardiles before De Zerbi was appointed

Glenn Hoddle says he and Ossie Ardiles offered to take charge of Tottenham during the club’s managerial scramble before Roberto De Zerbi was appointed.

According to reports published on April 29, Hoddle said the approach came after Tottenham’s 3-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest on March 23. He said the club told them it was looking elsewhere.

Hoddle said the idea was to help steady the team during its relegation battle and bring the club together quickly. The comments were reported by The Independent, BBC-sourced Yahoo Sports, Goal and others.

Tottenham had already moved on from the previous manager by the time De Zerbi was installed, and Hoddle’s account offers a glimpse of how uncertain the club’s situation was during that period.

The story does not suggest any formal negotiations beyond the approach Hoddle described, but it does show that familiar club figures were willing to step in when Spurs were under pressure.