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Is Klinsmann setting his sights on a Premier League return?

Jurgen Klinsmann has stoked up the heat on Tottenham manager martin Jol by revealing he is ready to quit the California sunshine and return to management.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has repeatedly insisted he is not looking for a new manager and is fully behind his current boss despite the slow start to the new season.

Ready for a return: Klinsmann

But the news that Klinsmann, who steered Germany to the World Cup semi-finals last summer with a series of stylish performances, is available will pile the pressure on Jol if results do not improve.

Klinsmann was a big hero at Tottenham during two stints with the North London club and the former bayern Munich and Monaco forward has also been linked with the managerial position at Chelsea.

"I'm eager to get back in," he said. "If the right opportunity comes along, a chance to work together with the right people in the right situation and for the right cause, then I'll be back."

Klinsmann has also been linked with jobs at the Los Angeles Galaxy as well as at international level with the United States, Australia, Mexico and Austria.

And he also told the Daily Telegraph: "It would depend on the club, the environment and it would have to fit with my family.

"But there's no reason to exclude coaching a club. Wanting to make every player better as an individual as well as within the team was what was special for me. "So it doesn't matter if you're coaching a national team or a club I'm in top shape. I'm ready for the next challenge."

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