Tottenham Hotspur head coach Tim Sherwood has revealed that he is in regular contact with his former boss Kenny Dalglish for managerial advice.

Dalglish was in charge of the Blackburn Rovers team that Sherwood captained to the Premier League title in 1995 and the two have remained close allies since.

The White Hart Lane post is Sherwood's first in senior management, and he has told how the experienced Scot encouraged him to take the Spurs job and has influenced his own approach in the dugout.

"Before I took the job, I asked him the pros and cons of going into it," he is quoted as saying in The Sun on Sunday. "He told me it was a complete lifestyle change because it takes up so much of your life.

"But he also gave me confidence because he felt that if anyone could do it, it would be me. He said he knew that from my mentality.

"I am realistic about the job. I don't get too excited when we win or upset when we lose. I think I have learnt that from playing under Dalglish."

Sherwood's Spurs travel to Swansea City in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.