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Foxe, 33, who retired at Sydney FC following last season's A-League, will complete his UEFA ‘B’ licence next month at Chelseas’s training base in London.

Foxe was signed by Rednapp twice. Once at West Ham in 1999 then later at Portsmouth in 2002.

The current Spurs boss was clearly a fan of the technically gifted central defender whose career began so brightly at the AIS and Ajax Amsterdam youth system but was later blunted by a series of unfortunate injuries.  

“I’d have no problem ringing up Harry if I wanted to go watch Tottenham… Harry’s a character but I tell you what, people see him as a wheeler dealer - he’s not just that," said Foxe.

“He’s got such a good knack for football. He knows the game and really, really emphasises the passing game and you can see why with Tottenham doing so well.

“He took over when they were bottom and look at them now, in the Champions League and playing some great football across Europe and against Real Madrid,”

Foxe, who made 11 appearances for the Socceroos, will take the course with some familiar names with former Socceroo hero John Aloisi and ex-Burnley and Sydney FC midfielder Mark Robertson also looking to bolster their coaching credentials.

Back in 1995, Foxe was considered one of the most talented defenders on the Aussie football horizon. As a 17-year-old fresh from the AIS he’d broken into the Mark Viduka-lead Olyroos scoring a memorable goal in a 5-0 thrashing of Canada in an Atlanta 1996 qualifier in Sydney.  

The tall sweeper went on to play two years in the Ajax Amsterdam youth set-up (he was invited as was another AIS student Josip Simunic). Like the Croatian international, his future looked bright.

For Foxe, a spell in Japan was followed by a move to the Hammers, then Pompey and later Leeds United.  

He returned to play with Perth Glory but injuries cruelled that stint, although his one year at Sydney was relatively successful, helping the side win the A-League grand final in 2010.

“When you can’t train to the level you want, it was time to say goodbye to playing… but not to the game completely. I’ve got coaching aspirations,” he said.

With many school players locked out of playing club football on the weekend, Foxe has identified a need for ex-professional footballers to coach kids in the private school system.

With this in mind and with sport mandated as part of school curriculums, the Elite Football Program was born (www.elitefootballprogram.com).

He added: “The young kids aren’t really getting taught properly in a football sense.

"It might just be a teacher or a parent taking them so there’s an opportunity to really teach them properly from the age of five and six and show them the pathway to become a professional footballer.

“Not too many kids come out of the private school system and go on to represent Australia.”

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