Spurs give Redknapp the boot
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June 15, 2012, Friday
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A FEW months ago, Harry Redknapp beat tax evasion charges and was a leading candidate to coach England with Tottenham playing arguably the most stylish football in the country.
Now he is unemployed.
Spurs fired the 65-year-old Englishman yesterday, ending his reign at White Hart Lane after nearly four seasons in charge and with a year left on his contract.
Redknapp looks to have paid the price for Tottenham's failure to qualify for the lucrative Champions League, a collapse in form ensuring the team won only three of its last 13 Premier League matches.
He had been keen to extend his contract but the club told Redknapp that it wanted to go in a different direction.
"I have had a fantastic four years with the club, at times the football has been breathtaking," Redknapp said on Tottenham's website. "I am sad to be leaving."
"I don't think I'm at the end of my career. (Manchester United manager) Alex Ferguson is in his 70s and still the best manager in the world," he told the BBC.
Everton manager David Moyes is the bookmakers' heavy favorite to replace Redknapp.
The former West Ham player took charge at Spurs in October 2008 when they were bottom of the Premier League. They secured a top-four finish the following season and reached the Champions League for the first time in the club's history. But Tottenham's failure to rejoin Europe's elite appears to have ultimately cost Redknapp his job, despite another fourth-place finish for a club that hasn't won the English league title since 1961.
"This is not a decision the board and I have taken lightly," chairman Daniel Levy said. "Harry arrived at the club at a time when his experience and approach was exactly what was needed.
"This decision in no way detracts from the excellent work Harry has done during his time with the club, and I should like to thank him for his achievements and contribution. Harry will always be welcome at the Lane."
Now he is unemployed.
Spurs fired the 65-year-old Englishman yesterday, ending his reign at White Hart Lane after nearly four seasons in charge and with a year left on his contract.
Redknapp looks to have paid the price for Tottenham's failure to qualify for the lucrative Champions League, a collapse in form ensuring the team won only three of its last 13 Premier League matches.
He had been keen to extend his contract but the club told Redknapp that it wanted to go in a different direction.
"I have had a fantastic four years with the club, at times the football has been breathtaking," Redknapp said on Tottenham's website. "I am sad to be leaving."
"I don't think I'm at the end of my career. (Manchester United manager) Alex Ferguson is in his 70s and still the best manager in the world," he told the BBC.
Everton manager David Moyes is the bookmakers' heavy favorite to replace Redknapp.
The former West Ham player took charge at Spurs in October 2008 when they were bottom of the Premier League. They secured a top-four finish the following season and reached the Champions League for the first time in the club's history. But Tottenham's failure to rejoin Europe's elite appears to have ultimately cost Redknapp his job, despite another fourth-place finish for a club that hasn't won the English league title since 1961.
"This is not a decision the board and I have taken lightly," chairman Daniel Levy said. "Harry arrived at the club at a time when his experience and approach was exactly what was needed.
"This decision in no way detracts from the excellent work Harry has done during his time with the club, and I should like to thank him for his achievements and contribution. Harry will always be welcome at the Lane."
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