It was my second season as a young season ticket holder at City (I’ve still got it to this day!). We had a great 5-2 win over Spurs and a lot was made over the new Spurs ‘foreign’ contingent at the time. Remember Jurgen getting brought down by Dibble for a pen early on and getting a load of stick from the fans for ‘diving’! 😅
Summer of ‘94. What a great time for Football. I remember this transfer so clearly. Was great to have him in the Premiership. Who remembers the 4-3 away game against Sheffield Wednesday? Klinsmann was such a good player. Would be interesting to see how much guys like him, Bergkamp, Baggio, Romario (that generation) would go for now. Would put the modern players to shame.
@@unusedsub3003 I've won a fair few awards in my field and gonna win more, unlike many losers like you. Credit to your second half, he did the right thing.
People really look back with rose tinted glasses 😂 spurs were shocking when Alan sugar owned them, highest we finished was 7th in those 10 years but mostly finished in the bottom half of the table. ENIC take us to champions league football finish second in the league and build one of the best stadiums in Europe and you have the cheek to say they have no ambition 😂 some spurs fans need to give their head a wobble.
I remember going to buy a red top on the way to work. I flipped over to see the back page….and I nearly passed out!! I hadn’t even left the shop yet! Utter disbelief that we had signed Klinsmann. What an absolute exciting moment and something great to look forward to after the dross the season before.
Hard to believe that this will be 31 years ago this summer. The last time we actually signed a world class player at the peak of his powers, a genuinely jaw dropping transfer. Klinsmann signed with no European football, as well as a -12 points deduction & being out of the F.A cup (both overturned later) but still joined us. Way before the game changing stadium and being one of the richest football clubs in the planet. The lies Levy has fed us and continues to do so. Really hope that a majority of the Spurs fans see what's happening and take action.
Not a Spurs fan so my knowledge of players wont be as good as one going back to 94 but found the part you mentioned him being the last peak of their powers world class player interesting. I have tried thinking back over the last 20 years and honestly I can think of some world class players but not signed as such and at their peak like Modric and Bale for instance. Is there anyone who would come close to that though?
I remember being 8 years old and my brother running up the stairs to tell me Spurs had signed Klinsmann and I thought he was winding me up...then checking Football on Teletext and seeing the headline 'Klinsmann signs for Tottenham' splashed across the top of the page. I don't think I have ever been as excited about a new signing since even though we've had some great players at Spurs. Shame not much silverware the past 30 years since!
Best striker i've ever seen live he made the game look effortless, i was at his last game for Spurs in his first spell against Leeds 1-1 draw , was gutted as we had sold Popescu the day before to Barcelona so he didn't play.
I do wish or hope that more documentaries like this are made to capture these stories and immortalise them, hate to sound morbid but a lot of the stars from the 80s and 90s are getting on now and stories/facts die and disappear with them
COYS. I remember back then seeing the news story in a newspaper and being shocked and excited. It was huge news and seemed to be very exciting times for the club. Sadly whilst Klinsmann and Sheringham were an excellent pairing, the team failed to achieve what was hoped.
now we got a bunch of crap like porro, johnson, dragusin and werner. id even shove kulu in there. We should be signing players like Ruben dias, bruno fernandes, dybala, lautaro martinez. instead we got crap 20m players
How ironic that it was Arsene Wenger who sold Klinsman to spurs lol man i was such a fan of Klinsman!! I have a 94 WC Germany Klinsman jersey rn in my collection & it's my 2nd favorite to my Baggio Italy 94
I'm 39 yrs old, and this was honestly the last time I was excited to hear about a tottenham transfer. It's gutting to see what Levy and Co are doing to our club.
Take a look at thetop goalscorers list for that season in the prem, the quality of stiker compared to the dull pep infused system based football now is remarkable
I follow Spurs BECAUSE of that signing. I'm Irish and didn't really have a Premier League club. I did like Villa because they had some Irish players but I decided to support Tottenham because signing Klinsmann was a huge coup at the time. It's pretty hilarious that Sugar essentially trapped him with the camera crew move.
I like these stories, people learn about history in football. I like the story of Alan Ball in 1996 where he was manager of Manchester City and due to the wrong information being passed around, they got relegated thinking they were safe during the game.
Only german ive ever liked he left us once came back saved us from relegation once he cant come back and save us now he will b spurs manager one dayvone of my favourites every
The Klinsmann signing at Spurs at that time seemed to be like Messi went to play for Premier League (remember Man City could've signed Messi when Barcelona dumped him out in 2021)
i don't understand why Arsenal rejected him before he goes to Tottenham maybe they don't need a striker but he's a global superstar at the time and they should sign him..
Cantona,Bergkamp ,klinsmann, Zola,Di Canio, and Keane. It was much better when it wasn't all foreign players and wish they had a rule of how many allowed,I know other leagues don't but they mainly play nearly all of there country men anyway and would never play all foreign players and I'm convinced that English players are just as good as some of the random foreign players
Of course not, Klinsmann was just a lucky hit. Look at our owners. They want cheap, and it's been like this forever - Scholar Sugar Levy... it's all about the profit. The glory comes second.
Great time for a Tottenham Fan………. Jurgen, Teddy, Nicky B, the 2 Romanians and Ossie in charge…… wish it would have worked and it might have done with Gerry Francis in charge. The team that dared to do!
Klinsmann is a legend but the Premier League had gotten so bad in the late 80's/early 90's that seemingly any foreign player would just come in and rip it apart. You got so excited when your team went out and bought a foreigner because they were all seen as much better than what we had. Cantona, Ravanelli, Begkamp, Zola, Ginola, Gullit, Overmars you name it. To them it must have felt like dropping down a division.
1) Premier League started 1992. 2) The old 1st division was not bad at all- the ban in Europe after the Heysel Disaster set it back, just look at how English clubs were dominating the European Cup up till then. 3) No, none felt they were dropping down a division at all. Every game was fast and tough- many foreign players also couldn't handle it and made little impact. By the way, top Spanish and Italian sides were built around foreigners correct? Their fans got excited too right?
1:15 Bobby Robson “we could beat ArgenTINIA” can’t even say the name of a well known nation & greater than you at football that actually current champions back then & played you 4 years prior yet you think you already can beat “ArgenTINIA”? Sure & greater preparation as always 👍
I absolutely adored this man ,early days as a ST holder,Jürgen and Teddy were phenomenal
It was my second season as a young season ticket holder at City (I’ve still got it to this day!). We had a great 5-2 win over Spurs and a lot was made over the new Spurs ‘foreign’ contingent at the time. Remember Jurgen getting brought down by Dibble for a pen early on and getting a load of stick from the fans for ‘diving’! 😅
@TheMagicianBee he was class .The sheff wed dive celebration was superb
@@TheMagicianBeeeven though he actually got taken out.
Summer of ‘94. What a great time for Football. I remember this transfer so clearly. Was great to have him in the Premiership. Who remembers the 4-3 away game against Sheffield Wednesday? Klinsmann was such a good player. Would be interesting to see how much guys like him, Bergkamp, Baggio, Romario (that generation) would go for now. Would put the modern players to shame.
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His celebration against Sheff Wed had us all diving about the field after we scored. 9 year old at the time 👍
Was that the game David Hirst scored a screamer ?
What a player for the club and the league as well! Gave us great memories of the time.
You didn’t win anything though and he got out of there as soon as he could.
@@unusedsub3003 I've won a fair few awards in my field and gonna win more, unlike many losers like you. Credit to your second half, he did the right thing.
Alan Sugar showed more ambition in this one transfer than Levy and ENIC have in over 23 years!
Agree on that side.. van de vaart was top notch tho
Sugar also got David Ginola
One of the things you can't hold against Alan Sugar lol
People really look back with rose tinted glasses 😂 spurs were shocking when Alan sugar owned them, highest we finished was 7th in those 10 years but mostly finished in the bottom half of the table. ENIC take us to champions league football finish second in the league and build one of the best stadiums in Europe and you have the cheek to say they have no ambition 😂 some spurs fans need to give their head a wobble.
@@Cookgwanasome still can’t smell the coffee 😂
If this is a Sky documentary why didnt they show a video of his goal and celebration against Sheffield Wednesday rather than a photo
Said the same aloud!
I remember watching klinsman single handedly knocking my beloved liverpool out the f.a cup at anfield. He was a joy to see despite the result...
same as Liverpool supporter but it was such a pleasure to watch Klinsmann played in this league.
I remember going to buy a red top on the way to work. I flipped over to see the back page….and I nearly passed out!! I hadn’t even left the shop yet! Utter disbelief that we had signed Klinsmann. What an absolute exciting moment and something great to look forward to after the dross the season before.
Klinsman will always be a PL legend in my eyes. Great advert for the game in this country.
Hard to believe that this will be 31 years ago this summer.
The last time we actually signed a world class player at the peak of his powers, a genuinely jaw dropping transfer. Klinsmann signed with no European football, as well as a -12 points deduction & being out of the F.A cup (both overturned later) but still joined us.
Way before the game changing stadium and being one of the richest football clubs in the planet. The lies Levy has fed us and continues to do so.
Really hope that a majority of the Spurs fans see what's happening and take action.
WE COULD DO WITH HIM FOR THE NORTH LONDON DERBY
Spot on Brian 👊🏻
Not a Spurs fan so my knowledge of players wont be as good as one going back to 94 but found the part you mentioned him being the last peak of their powers world class player interesting. I have tried thinking back over the last 20 years and honestly I can think of some world class players but not signed as such and at their peak like Modric and Bale for instance. Is there anyone who would come close to that though?
Agreed Briannnnnnnnnnnnn
@@partyblue9 there is only one that comes close to the level Klinsmann was at when signing at Spurs was Rafa Van Der Vaart
One of the very best 80's/90's strikers. World Class.
I remember being 8 years old and my brother running up the stairs to tell me Spurs had signed Klinsmann and I thought he was winding me up...then checking Football on Teletext and seeing the headline 'Klinsmann signs for Tottenham' splashed across the top of the page. I don't think I have ever been as excited about a new signing since even though we've had some great players at Spurs. Shame not much silverware the past 30 years since!
Really interesting series, hopefully sky do more episodes.
Best striker i've ever seen live he made the game look effortless, i was at his last game for Spurs in his first spell against Leeds 1-1 draw , was gutted as we had sold Popescu the day before to Barcelona so he didn't play.
I do wish or hope that more documentaries like this are made to capture these stories and immortalise them, hate to sound morbid but a lot of the stars from the 80s and 90s are getting on now and stories/facts die and disappear with them
Klinsmann Ginola Cantona Bergkamp Zola made the Premier league in the 90s so exciting to watch.
I don’t see a player in the Prem anywhere near as exciting as those 5.
I can't believe his English was that impeccable before even spending any time over here. German's are incredible linguists
Anderton was out for 2 months after climbing over that fence 19:01 🤣
We need a signing like that now, Levy.
Good luck with that 😂
They can't attract a guy like him now. No big massive wages and massive price tags
COYS. I remember back then seeing the news story in a newspaper and being shocked and excited. It was huge news and seemed to be very exciting times for the club. Sadly whilst Klinsmann and Sheringham were an excellent pairing, the team failed to achieve what was hoped.
now we got a bunch of crap like porro, johnson, dragusin and werner. id even shove kulu in there. We should be signing players like Ruben dias, bruno fernandes, dybala, lautaro martinez. instead we got crap 20m players
I remember being so excited about him coming to the England and I have never been a fan of spurs.
He was such an exciting player and so likeable.
How ironic that it was Arsene Wenger who sold Klinsman to spurs lol man i was such a fan of Klinsman!! I have a 94 WC Germany Klinsman jersey rn in my collection & it's my 2nd favorite to my Baggio Italy 94
How come Sky Sports can't even show Klinsmann's 1st ever goal and diving celebration?
My favorite ever spurs signing
More than Gazza?
@christopherludlam1602 for me yes...loved Gazza my all time fav but signing Klinsmann at that time was unreal
My hero growing up.
Love these Transfer 360s. Keep em coming!
I'm 39 yrs old, and this was honestly the last time I was excited to hear about a tottenham transfer. It's gutting to see what Levy and Co are doing to our club.
He elevated the Prem
One of the greatest premier league players ever
As a fan of Jürgen Klinsmann way before he went to Tottenham, I couldn’t believe it. It was amazing news.
I'm 52 and I still can't understand Ossie.
I never could
I was at the Leicester vs Tottenham game when Spurs were playing the front 5 with Klinsmann etc...crazy
Legendary signing & a part of Prem folklore that is often forgotten…
Gica Popescu was class!
Take a look at thetop goalscorers list for that season in the prem, the quality of stiker compared to the dull pep infused system based football now is remarkable
Was a great player I still can’t believe spurs signed him once let alone twice
One of the reasons i chose to support Spurs. Legend.
My hero when I was 8, legend💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
I follow Spurs BECAUSE of that signing. I'm Irish and didn't really have a Premier League club. I did like Villa because they had some Irish players but I decided to support Tottenham because signing Klinsmann was a huge coup at the time. It's pretty hilarious that Sugar essentially trapped him with the camera crew move.
World class player still cant remember a signing on this scale ever since at spurs
Was at his first game was great times
I like these stories, people learn about history in football. I like the story of Alan Ball in 1996 where he was manager of Manchester City and due to the wrong information being passed around, they got relegated thinking they were safe during the game.
Funny how we was tryna sign players like maradona and then signed klinsmann… wow how far we’ve fallen as a club…
Only german ive ever liked he left us once came back saved us from relegation once he cant come back and save us now he will b spurs manager one dayvone of my favourites every
We loved him....and we still do. COYS
I was 17 then,what a team we had!! Lol We were still very Spursy mind.👊🫶🇬🇧
JK legendary..❤
Last world class signing Spurs made
What a player
Now do Chelsea's 1996/97 Italian Revolution
Back when superstars didn't disrupt clubs because the other players wanted to play with them now it bruises the players ego's when a Star comes
My uncle played against him for Altrincham in fa cup and kept him quiet he didnt score Sheringham did he got Mabbutts shirt his mate got klinnsmanns
All that diving talk and they don't show his iconic celebration????
The last time Tottenham signed a truly world class player in his prime.
It's crazy spurs had Gazza,Mabbutt and Lineker and others with Venables as manager and never won nothing
The Klinsmann signing at Spurs at that time seemed to be like Messi went to play for Premier League (remember Man City could've signed Messi when Barcelona dumped him out in 2021)
Always thought Sugar was instrumental in signing Klinsmann turns out it fell into his lap... he done nothing but go on holiday!!!!
GOAT Team Korea Head Coach ❤
Unfortunately, his spell as Korean coach ended badly thanks to dressing room issue with Son Heung-min (ironically, one of the best Spurs footballer).
i don't understand why Arsenal rejected him before he goes to Tottenham maybe they don't need a striker but he's a global superstar at the time and they should sign him..
Cantona,Bergkamp ,klinsmann, Zola,Di Canio, and Keane. It was much better when it wasn't all foreign players and wish they had a rule of how many allowed,I know other leagues don't but they mainly play nearly all of there country men anyway and would never play all foreign players and I'm convinced that English players are just as good as some of the random foreign players
Shame Levy or the ownership will never have the vision or sense to sign world class players. You’re only as strong as your ownership.
have we signed a world class player since?
Yeah they’ve had a few over the years… Berbatov, Modric, Bale etc
@@saneman7177I wouldn't say they were considered World class when they came to Spurs. They develop into World class players.
Van de vaart
Of course not, Klinsmann was just a lucky hit. Look at our owners. They want cheap, and it's been like this forever - Scholar Sugar Levy... it's all about the profit. The glory comes second.
@@windrider6124 true but they did land van de vaart. But it's not enough and reflects the little success on the pitch
Those were the days when we made statement signing. But he onky stayed 1 season 🙄
That spurs squad had some decent players (klinsmann, sheringham, Anderson, Dumitrescu, popescu, Campbell). They should’ve done better.
Last world class player actually bought.
Jürgen looks like he hasn't aged very much at all.
Tbf he really helped Spurs kick on and win some trophies 😂
How big is that sofa??
Great time for a Tottenham Fan………. Jurgen, Teddy, Nicky B, the 2 Romanians and Ossie in charge…… wish it would have worked and it might have done with Gerry Francis in charge. The team that dared to do!
lol, Lothar actually speaks English nowadays
We will never make a world class ready made signing like that again!. Not with Levy
Klinsmann is a legend but the Premier League had gotten so bad in the late 80's/early 90's that seemingly any foreign player would just come in and rip it apart. You got so excited when your team went out and bought a foreigner because they were all seen as much better than what we had. Cantona, Ravanelli, Begkamp, Zola, Ginola, Gullit, Overmars you name it. To them it must have felt like dropping down a division.
1) Premier League started 1992.
2) The old 1st division was not bad at all- the ban in Europe after the Heysel Disaster set it back, just look at how English clubs were dominating the European Cup up till then.
3) No, none felt they were dropping down a division at all. Every game was fast and tough- many foreign players also couldn't handle it and made little impact.
By the way, top Spanish and Italian sides were built around foreigners correct? Their fans got excited too right?
Assume you mean the top division generally, the Premier League didn't exist in the late 80s
Didn't England get to 2 Semi Finals in 6 years? Your chatting utter 💩. England were good in the 90s.
What? England dominated Europe during the 80's!!
@ they were actually banned from Europe in the late 80’s
and despite signing a genuine football great and bigger than football icon... Tottenham still won fk all 😂😂😂
Questo presidente è più simpatico rispetto a Levy
See the difference in attitude between today's people?
It wasn't just "what do I get?"
But he only stayed for 1 season...
And came back 3 years later and saved us from relegation
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Cue Ronnie Dio.
Why did he leave? Because no trophies.... what has changed since then? 2 league cups.... terrible. ENIC OUT
Couldn't believe a German player going to Jewish club. 😮
That shows how closed minded you are. You do realise there were German Jews and that the vast majority of Germans were not part of the war machine.
Oh give over he was a diving cheat 🙄
Pathetic comment. Do one!
As a Jewish club they will always be about profits first so will never win anything
Is it late to become a pro footballer at the ages of 30 31 or even 32 if you have the talent ??
If you had the talent you would have been discovered by now.
And yes, it's too late at that age.
@ there’s a guy in china still playing professionally at 57
Diving cheat
Is that not the height of forgiveness? A Jew employing a German . If it is it needs repeating a few more times
1:15 Bobby Robson “we could beat ArgenTINIA” can’t even say the name of a well known nation & greater than you at football that actually current champions back then & played you 4 years prior yet you think you already can beat “ArgenTINIA”? Sure & greater preparation as always 👍
It's his accent and had a stroke of course he knows Argentina and is a known intelligent man but also known for saying silly things
So Spurs fans need to be thankful to Arsene Wenger
Glenn Hoddle recommended Arsene Wenger to David Dein
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Is it late to become a pro footballer at the ages of 30 31 or even 32 if you have the talent ??
It's impossible
@ never to late there’s a guy in china 57 still playing professionally