Bergkamp right) is assistant boss Frank de Boer at Ajax, who is tipped for the Spurs job Picture: Getty)

Remember that moment in Threads, the BBC docudrama set in Sheffield about a nuclear war, when the siren sounds and the proverbial hits the fan?

Kids scramble under cars, windows shatter, grown men run screaming down streets, cars plough through walls and one lady loses control of her bodily functions.

I’m pretty sure that’s roughly what will happen if Dennis Bergkamp ever pulls on a Tottenham tracksuit. Just the mere contact with cockerel will send north London into meltdown.

While I am, as usual, talking b*****ks, I do feel that, if Frank de Boer does take over the White Hart Lane reins, and the non-flying Dutchman remains his assistant, that the world will certainly feel like it’s coming to an end for most Gooners.




There are certain players who not only work their way into the hearts of fans, but continue to bury themselves so deep that it would take an army of cardiac surgeons to remove them.

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For Arsenal, that man is DB10. One listener to my talkSPORT show summed it up perfectly: ‘Henry is king, but He is God.’

He was more than a brilliant player. He was the fine mind and inspiration behind Wenger’s greatest years and some of the very best in the club’s history.

Seeing him in a Spurs top would make about as much sense as Mario Balotelli on Mastermind (specialist subject: Bibs), or David Moyes at a United Legends dinner.

However, De Boer is now odds-on favourite to get the job, after four back-to-back domestic titles with Ajax.

There’s a statue of Bergkamp at the Emirates – that’s all you need to know about him possibly joining Spurs (Picture: Getty)

So, what does the Iceman do now? Simple. He must find new employment. Just like Dalglish must never wear a red devil, nor Cantona a liverbird, Dennis cannot become a Lilywhite.

And nor would the Spurs fans want him either. And by the way, he never used to support them. That’s just a myth.

Arsene, if you are reading this, spend some of your cash on bringing him in as a coach – it won’t cost you any more money than what you’ll have to shell out for the 24-hour security around his statue.

I’ve been there, believe me, with a certain Spanish striker. Someone held a sign up in the Kop that read: ‘We hate you because we loved you.’

Arsenal fans do not love Dennis Bergkamp. They worship the very ground on which he walks.

That ground cannot be in N17.