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Paul Bracewell has been at Tottenham Hotspur for the last seven years

Former Stoke City midfielder Paul Bracewell is reported to have “offers on the table” after apparently leaving his coaching role at Tottenham Hotspur.

The 62-year-old has been in Spurs’ youth set-up for the last seven years, initially working as professional development coach alongside Ryan Mason – who is thought to be close to being named as new West Bromwich Albion manager – and then becoming an elite development coach.

It is 45 years now since Bracewell made his full Stoke debut as a 17-year-old against Liverpool in the top flight and quickly became a first team regular under Alan Durban then Richie Barker. Born on the Wirral but having grown up in Shropshire, he had made nearly 150 appearances when he was sold to Sunderland in 1983.

He went on to help Everton win two league titles and the European Cup Winners’ Cup, as well as win promotions with Sunderland and Newcastle United. He seemed on course to star for England until he was rocked by a broken ankle at the age of 22.

He ended his playing days and started his coaching career at Fulham, taking over as manager when Kevin Keegan accepted the England job. He had a spell in charge of Halifax Town too before coaching back at Sunderland, then at Spurs, where he has furthered his reputation as a top coach.

It is claimed that his role was made redundant last month but he “could now be set to join a new club, with offers already on the table”.

The Stoke youth set-up that Bracewell came through also produced Steve Parkin, who is Phil Parkinson’s assistant manager at Wrexham; Steve Bould, a long-standing Arsenal coach who was recently manager of Lommel in Belgium; Chris Maskery, who was a long-serving scout for Arsenal; and Steve Davis, who is player pathways manager at Wolves.