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Gross enjoyed a long playing career in Switzerland and Germany (most notably in the early 1980s with VfL Bochum) before training as a coach. He was appointed manager of Swiss side FC Wil, developing a reputation for emphasis on fitness and hard work, before joining Grasshoppers Zurich as head coach in 1993. Under Gross, Grasshoppers won two Swiss championships and the Swiss Cup. Gross' success with Grasshoppers meant he was a very highly-rated coach in his native Switzerland, but he was still relatively little-known outside central Europe and it was a major shock when he was chosen to succeed Gerry Francis as manager of Tottenham Hotspur, a football club perceived by its fans as being one of England's biggest. VfL Bochum is a German football club based in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. ... FC Wil 1900 is a Swiss football club, playing in the town of Wil. ... Grasshopper-Club Zürich, also referred to as Grasshopper(s), GC Zurich, or simply GCZ, is a football club from Zurich, Switzerland. ... Gerry Francis (born 1951), is a former English footballer and manager. ... Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is a London football club. ...

Gross endured a torrid time at Tottenham. His most trusted aide, the Swiss fitness coach Fritz Schmid, had been an integral part of Gross' training plans at Grasshoppers, but Schmid was denied a work permit by the British government and so was unable to take up a similar role at Tottenham. The press quickly turned on him after he attempted to win fans' favour by brandishing his London Underground ticket as the "ticket to his dreams" at his inaugural press conference, and his prickly, unsmiling demeanour and heavily-accented English made him unpopular with interviewers. Results were also very poor; a win over Everton in Gross' first game in charge of Spurs was quickly followed up by a 6-1 thrashing at the hands of Chelsea on Gross' home debut. Although Gross did win back some favour by adapting the team's tactics to suit David Ginola, re-signing former crowd hero Jürgen Klinsmann and securing the club's future in the Premier League, he remained by and large an unpopular figure in England. His preparations for the 1998/99 season involved numerous questionable buys of hitherto-unknown players for large sums of money (Moussa Saib, Paolo Tramezzani) and when Spurs lost their opening two matches, chairman Alan Sugar decided enough was enough and ended Gross' contract. A work permit is a generic term for a legal authorization which allows a person to take employment. ... The Tube redirects here. ... Everton Football Club are an English football club from the city of Liverpool, founded in 1878. ... Chelsea Football Club (also known as the Blues, previously known as the Pensioners, a reference to the Chelsea pensioners), founded in 1905, is an English Premier League football team that plays at the Stamford Bridge football ground in south-west London. ... David Ginola (born January 25, 1967 in Gassin) is a former French international football (soccer) player and also a model. ... Jürgen Klinsmann (2005). ... Sir Alan Sugar in The Apprentice. ...

After being fired from the Tottenham job, Gross returned to his native Switzerland, finding work as the coach of FC Basel. Although the British press and fans retained an image of Gross as a largely incompetent figure, he worked steadily to rebuild Basel into the premier force in Swiss football and has now outstripped his previous success at Grasshoppers. Under Gross' guidance, Basel have now won three Swiss championships, two Swiss Cups, and mounted a fairytale run in the UEFA Champions League in 2002, beating eventual finalists Juventus as well as knocking out Celtic and drawing with Liverpool (twice) and Manchester United. Gross' success in these games against British sides went a long way towards restoring his reputation among the British media and fans. FC Basel (short for Footballclub Basel) is a Swiss football club based in Basel. ... The season 2002-03 of the European UEFA Champions League football club tournament was won by AC Milan in an all-Italian final against Juventus on penalties. ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... Juventus Football Club (Latin for Youth, pronounced yoo-VEHN-toos) is one of Italys oldest and most successful football clubs, based in Turin. ... Celtic Football Club, more commonly referred to simply as Celtic (pronounced sel tik), is based in the Scottish city of Glasgow. ... Liverpool Football Club (usually known simply as Liverpool) is an English football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside; the current champions of Europe, they are also statistically the most successful English football team to date. ... Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford Football Ground located just outside the city boundaries of Manchester. ...