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Jurgen Klinsmann tonight urged Tottenham to stop their managerial merry-go-round.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has made nine changes in the last 10 years and the latest incumbent is in danger of being spat out by their revolving door policy.

Mauricio Pochettino is already under pressure just three months after taking charge, with the most impatient fans in the Premier League becoming fed up.

But the White Hart Lane faithful may listen to one of their own as Tottenham legend Klinsmann believes Pochettino is the right man for the job – given time.

United States coach Klinsmann was at White Hart Lane on Sunday to witness Spurs’ latest sorry debacle against Stoke but says Pochettino must be allowed to bring in his own players to turn things around.

In pictures: Spurs 1-2 Stoke

The German World Cup winner said: “I wish Mauricio only the best. I think he’s a tremendously talented coach.

He’s shown that already. He’s got a smart brain. We’ll see over time how things work out.

“You always want to have the crowd on your side. That comes from what happens on the field. If a game doesn’t go well then the crowd has every right to be a bit pessimistic.

“I actually thought the crowd tried to give positive energy to give them a push. A goal was pulled back to make it 2-1 came and I had the feeling that the equaliser would follow. But it wasn’t to be.

“Every coach needs time to put his mark on an environment, on a club, on a national team programme. Wherever you work, success will only happen over time.

"Unfortunately, professional football is driven by short-term results, high media expectations and high fan expectations and that often drives clubs to make very quick decisions just because they have lost five games in a row.

“If you want to evaluate the work of a coach then you can only do that over a longer period of time. That’s the way it is. In every other working environment you need and get that.

"In order for Mauricio to put his stamp on Spurs he needs a couple of transfer windows to build the team he has in mind, to put the puzzle together that he ­envisions.”

Klinsmann played for Germany, Inter Milan and Monaco in a highly decorated career but his time at White Hart Lane was one of the highlights. The Spurs fans took him to their hearts and loved every minute of it.

Jurgen Klinsmann at Spurs 56 Games 29 Goals Opta

The ex-Germany boss admits Spurs still has a special place in his heart and will never forget the welcome the players gave him and is honoured the crowd’s latest hero Harry Kane mimicked his diving goal celebration at Aston Villa.

“I mean all of them were great, whether it was Gary Mabbutt, Teddy Sheringham, Colin Calderwood, I had a whole group of guys who showed me ‘this is how things work here’. Fish and chips and we go down the street and we figure it out,” said Klinsmann.

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“Every player and every fan, once you develop a deeper relationship with a club, you always wish them well. You always will have an emotional connection to that place.

“I watch from a distance. Last week, of course, I watched Harry’s celebration. I almost tweeted it out.”

Now Klinsmann’s priority is the US national team and, having even had support from the White House during the World Cup, he is convinced they are on the right lines.

Their next test comes against Colombia at Craven Cottage when Klinsmann plans to begin his long build-up to the next World Cup. He is convinced one day the USA will win football’s biggest prize.

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He added: “I said before the World Cup, ‘we have no shot of winning the World Cup’ and they got all upset with me, because Americans don’t like it if you say you can’t do something! But I was just being realistic.

“It will be down the road, and to win the World Cup is definitely the goal. Now we start by learning from the Belgium game, learning from what we went through, and advancing into the knockout phase.

“We learned how to get out of a group stage, the next step is to learn how to win knockout games at a World Cup. That has a lot to do with the mental aspect of the game. We are not there yet.”

Klinsmann on....

Returning to Spurs one day: “I don’t know. Right now I see me hopefully doing a good job for the US. (In 2006) I was actually on my way here to the Premier League, then Bayern Munich called in between that. So I got that year’s experience and again hit many walls. So you never know what happens tomorrow and in life.”

That phone call from the White House during the World Cup: “Yes it thrills us, there’s no doubt about it. It’s a great compliment for the players and the sport because obviously it transports it to everybody. It’s also a signal that now is the time to do more, now it’s time to challenge more and make the next steps.”

Which manager are you most like?: “I’m a whole mixture, I lived in different countries, I married an American wife, I ended up in a nice place in California. You take everything you can and mould it into your own way of doing things. There is a lot of pieces in me that I took away from every place I lived and played. I hope i can use it to help my players, and to improve.”

Tickets for USA v Colombia at Craven Cottage this Friday, 7.45pm kick-off, are available by visiting fulhamfc.com/tickets or calling 0843 208 1234