Redknapp Sacked by Spurs

I didn’t expect to be having to write this blog today. The news is filtering through that Harry Redknapp has been sacked by Spurs after failing to guide the side to Champions League football last season. There have been rumours of trouble for a couple of weeks now after Tottenham suffered a horrendous slump in form towards the end of the season, going from a clear third place to finishing a close fourth in the space of three months.

Harry Redknapp is left to ponder his next career move after being shown the exit at Spurs.

Of course much of that lack of form was brought about because of off-the-field issues. Firstly, ‘Arry had his day in court fighting charges of tax evasion before his well publicised courtship of the England manager’s post. He gambled his entire career on getting that job but sadly the gamble appears to have backfired. His behaviour over the past couple of months has been getting stranger and stranger as he veered from denying and then confirming his interest in the England job, stating that he would most likely sell most of Tottenham’s best players and then just this week saying that he wasn’t going to resign his post at White Hart Lane, basically offering Spurs the chance to sack him.

Those who know me will know that I’m not Redknapp’s biggest fan. I think that he’s over-rated having spent vast amounts of money for a moderate amount of success. That being said, I will defend his record at Spurs vehemently. He has galvanised a team that a few seasons ago looked like they were going to languish in mid-table and has turned them into genuine top four contenders. I think Spurs will find it difficult to replace him and tonight’s events could end up being a disaster for both parties. I can’t wait to hear what he’s got to say on the matter and where his next move lays – maybe a spell abroad?

David Moyes could be Redknapp’s replacement.

So where do Tottenham turn now? Well the early runaway favourite is Everton’s David Moyes. Moyes is one of my favourite managers in the Premier League and the complete opposite to Redknapp. He’s shy, thinks before he speaks and has achieved minor miracles at Everton on a shoestring budget. He guided them to their staple 7th place in the league (above arch-rivals Liverpool) and has got them playing some lovely stuff. I just think that Spurs will be simply too different to Everton. Moyes is in a good place at Goodison Park and we’ve seen how managers who are nicely bedded at their club leave and end up being failures at their new club (Hodgson at Liverpool, Hughes at City etc…) I can see Moyes ruining his chances of the Man United job (the one he really wants) with a terrible spell at Spurs but on the other hand it could be the thrust into the big time that he deserves.

I think he’d relish the chance to work with the young, talented team that Tottenham have and he might even be able to persuade a few of his Everton boys to follow him down to London. I’m just not convinced that Moyes would want to leave Everton yet. I’m sure he sees them as deserving of a place in the top four and won’t leave until they get there. Whatever happens, this story has massive implications for the start of the season and Spurs fans will be hoping an appointment is made swiftly.