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Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood did not even have his UEFA pro licence prior to being promoted from interim to permanent manager, per David Hytner at the Guardian.

This tells you he was not serious about a managerial career.

When Andre Villas-Boas was sacked, Sherwood happened to be at the right place at the right time. He was in the right place as he held a role at the club, so Spurs management were comfortable with him; he was there at the right time because Villas-Boas was sacked midway during the season in the lead-up to a FIFA World Cup year.

This meant the large majority of high-profile managers were either managing a club side or preparing for the World Cup.

"I am realistic enough to know the ambitions of this club are very, very high and I need to live up to them," Sherwood said, per Kevin Palmer at ESPN FC. "I knew that before I took the job, and I'm hoping I can do enough to keep the job in the long term."

Sherwood's honeymoon period as Spurs manager is over after a 5-1 defeat to Manchester City.

The manner in which Spurs collapsed in the face of adversity is Villas-Boas-like: Spurs were beaten 6-0 by City, 5-0 by Liverpool, 6-3 by Basel and 5-2 by Arsenal during the Portuguese's reign.

Sherwood, who has done an admirable job cleaning up Villas-Boas' mess, needs to make the top four, because if he does not, then expect Spurs chairman Daniel Levy to target a world-class manager such as Louis van Gaal.

