Fabio Capello, Jurgen Klinsmann And Other Tottenham Managerial Candidates

Capello? Klinsmann? Laudrup? Who Should Be The New Spurs Coach?
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Russian men's national team head coach Fabio Capello (R) speaks with US men's national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann (L) before their friendly football match in the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images)
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Tottenham have sacked their second coach in 18 months, as André Villas-Boas became the third Spurs boss to go before Christmas in the last six years.

Thoughts immediately turn to who will replace the Portuguese permanently, with Tim Sherwood in interim charge for Wednesday's Capital One Cup quarter-final with West Ham United.

You can have your say on the seven potential candidates by using the social function on the slideshow.

Tottenham's next coach
Frank de Boer(01 of07)
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A promising coach who has guided Ajax to three consecutive titles, De Boer is due a new challenge. Importantly, he preaches entertaining football, which has been a rare sight at White Hart Lane this season (credit:Getty Images)
Fabio Capello(02 of07)
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He's worked with Franco Baldini before and has a pretty good knowledge of the Premier League, but he's Russia coach and is expected to remain so for the 2014 World Cup (credit:Getty Images)
Michael Laudrup(03 of07)
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Signed a new contract with Swansea until 2015, but that hasn't stopped Daniel Levy paying a club compensation for a coach (Juande Ramos) before (credit:Getty Images)
Tim Sherwood(04 of07)
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The interim appointment for West Ham's visit in the League Cup on Wednesday, it would be astonishing if a novice like Sherwood replaced Villas-Boas (credit:Getty Images)
Glenn Hoddle(05 of07)
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They say never go back, and Glenn Hoddle was sacked by Tottenham over a decade ago.Last managed in 2006 and while he is a more talented coach than he is given credit for, he perhaps needs to take on a smaller role before returning to the Premier League (credit:Getty Images)
Jürgen Klinsmann(06 of07)
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One of the most popular players to have graced the White Hart Lane turf in recent memory, Klinsmann took Germany to the World Cup semi-finals in 2006 and is due to lead USA to the 2014 finals.However, he experienced a disastrously brief stint as Bayern Munich coach (credit:Getty Images)
Guus Hiddink(07 of07)
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More distinguished at international, rather than club, level this century, Hiddink did steady the ship at Chelsea midway through the 2008-09 campaign and won the FA Cup with the Blues. Currently unattached having left Anzhi Makhachkala (credit:Getty Images)