Harry Redknapp says he was convinced he was going to be named England manager before Roy Hodgson was given the job.
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London – Harry Redknapp says he was convinced he was going to be named England manager before Roy Hodgson was
given the job.
In an interview with the BBC’s Football Focus, Redknapp, who stepped down as Queens Park Rangers manager in February, said he believed it was a done deal in May 2012.
“I thought it was a certainty in all honesty,” Redknapp said.
“I’d be a liar if I sat here and said anything else. Even Roy thought I was a certainty. But it didn’t happen and that’s life and I didn’t lose any sleep over it. He’s a top-class manager without a doubt.” But Redknapp said in hindsight, Hodgson may have been a better fit for the particular demands of the job.
“I think maybe Roy was more suited to the job than I was,” he said.“Maybe he was more suited in going to St George’s Park and spending more time with the FA. I always think he is perhaps more organised than me in that respect.
“I thought he would spend more time in the office than I would.
“I’d have hated that, going up to Soho or wherever the offices are. Going to St George’s Park wasn’t for me. I could have managed
England, but I couldn’t sit in an office and say I’d win a tournament.”
Redknapp said he believes England have more talented players than most other nations and that they can win Euro 2016.
The 68-year-old cited knee problems when he stepped down as QPR manager in February but told the BBC that goings-on behind the scenes were also a huge factor in his decision.
“I always thought I had everyone pulling with me and suddenly I felt some were and some weren’t,” he said.
“Behind the scenes, I always thought there were one or two people with their own agendas.
“There was talk about Tim Sherwood coming in. QPR was in the paper every day. I’ve been at lots of other clubs, big clubs as well where you didn’t get that.
“That got on my nerves. That was the big problem for me.
“As soon as we lost a few games, it would begin. I always thought there was someone mischievous causing it. I’d never had that before at any club I’d been at.
“I didn’t see the teams below us getting the same sort of headlines every other week. It wore me down a little bit.” - ANA-DPA
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