Jurgen Klinsmann believes Tottenham need someone who can "connect to everyone emotionally" at the club and refused to rule himself out of taking over as head coach.

Spurs currently sit 16th in the Premier League, just one point above the relegation zone with nine games left to play.

Thomas Frank was sacked in mid-February after a winless start to 2026 in the top-flight, with Igor Tudor named as his replacement until the end of the season.

However, Tudor became the first manager to lose each of his first four games in charge of Tottenham in all competitions after a calamitous Champions League round-of-16 first leg ended in a 5-2 defeat to Atletico Madrid on Tuesday.

The Croatian is now under heavy pressure, with reports suggesting Tudor could lose his position in the coming weeks if results do not improve.

Klinsmann, who played 68 games for Spurs across two spells with the club, has not reportedly been spoken to regarding availability, with Sean Dyche apparently the favourite to take over if needed.

But the German believes Spurs are still a desirable club for any manager, if they can get the balance right.

"Who wouldn't want the job? It is Tottenham," he said on ESPN FC.

"Whoever you choose, you need a person who can connect to everyone emotionally, that knows the club, that feels the club, that feels the people.

"Because, to get out of this mess, they need to develop a fighting spirit, a really nasty, ugly, fighting spirit, and that goes only over the emotions.

"So, you don't need to have to bring in the mastermind of tactical stuff or whatever, you need to have somebody who gets everybody onboard and go and get these games done in a positive way and get everybody behind the fact that they are in danger of going down to the Championship.

"So, no matter who you put in charge now, it goes only over the emotions, the willingness to suffer and fight."

Spurs face Liverpool on Sunday, and they are winless in their last 14 trips to Anfield (D4 L10), since a 2-0 win in May 2011.

After that, Tottenham face a huge clash at the bottom of the table as they host Nottingham Forest before the international break.

The Opta supercomputer currently gives Spurs an 18.1% chance of being relegated, with their most likely finishing position being 16th (28.4%).