The club are also reinstated in the FA Cup. There is more trouble for Sugar when Francis resigns. Christian Gross is chosen to succeed Francis, with Sugar hailing the Swiss unknown as the man to take Spurs into the next millennium. Sugar stuns the soccer world by signing Klinsmann for a second spell in a bid to help steer the club clear of relegation. Klinsmann keeps Spurs in the Premiership but leaves at the end of the season after another public fall-out, this time with Gross.
Sugar comes under pressure to resign.
The chairman then sacks Gross, appointing former Arsenal manager George Graham as the new boss at White Hart Lane. The manager breaks the club's transfer record by signing Ukrainian striker Sergei Rebrov from Dynamo Kiev for 11m. French superstar and fans' favourite David Ginola signs for Aston Villa. Sugar comes under more pressure to quit. No Spurs move for Laursen Links to top Tottenham Hotspur stories are at the foot of the page.