Jürgen Klinsmann
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But two years playing league games in front of 5,000 people, it's kind of okay.
And even it was a very good team, obviously.
Then we had Lilian Thuram and Neymar.
They really, they became national team players.
But I said, no, I need to do something else.
And then came the option with Spurs.
So I played the 94 World Cup in the United States and I had an agreement with Arsene that if a team comes and pays two million dollars, I'm allowed.
I was almost 30 years old.
I'm allowed to go.
You know, Austin said, I get you.
You know, I kept you now for two years here.
And if you don't want to do something new again, you know, before you run out of time.
And so I came back from the World Cup in America and I sat in my place in Monte Carlo, an apartment.
And then suddenly Alan Sugar calls me.
and says, hey, I'm the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur, and we would like to talk to you if you're interested.
And he said, oh, yeah, absolutely.
I'm interested.
I would, where are you?
Oh, I'm sitting here on my yacht in a harbor.
And I said, oh, that's 300 yards away from me.