Post by Macmoish on Dec 6, 2010 7:25:10 GMT
I think that screams something about the state of English football - and of those running English football - were it to be Redknapp. Or for them to be talking about it at this stage - If Capello truly is going to be in chrge for another two years
Guardian/Owen Gibson
FA confirms Harry Redknapp as a leading contender for the England job
• General secretary expects Redknapp 'to make a long-list'
• No policy decision yet that next manager will be English
The Football Association today said that the Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp, would be a leading contender to succeed Fabio Capello as England coach in 2012.
"Harry Redknapp is a great manager," said the FA's general secretary, Alex Horne. "Tottenham are playing great football and to qualify for the Champions League [knockout stage] from a position of being fourth favourites in the group is huge testimony to that. I would expect Harry to make a long-list [for the England job]. It may not be a very long long-list."
Horne said no procedure had been discussed for appointing the successor to Capello, who is set to leave after the European Championship in 2012. "He's there until 2012, which gives me 18, 19 months to prepare for that process. It is not a policy decision that they [the contenders] would be English. It is an absolute preference for certain individuals. It is not yet a board policy decision. We thought about this long and hard when we got Fabio Capello. We got the right man for the job and that is what we will do again."
In the wake of England's World Cup humiliation in South Africa, Club England's managing director, Adrian Bevington, strongly suggested the next manager would be English.
Bevington, who is overseeing a review of lessons to be learned from the 2010 World Cup, said in August: "I think the English team should be managed by an English manager."
However, Horne told the BBC that was not set in stone: "It is not a policy decision that they will definitely be English. I will be finalising the selection-process criteria during the first few months of next year for internal discussion."
Redknapp said this year that he would take the job if offered it when Capello steps down as arranged after Euro 2012. "People will always take it because, if you're English, it's the pinnacle of your career if you're in management," said Redknapp, whose credentials have been enhanced by Spurs' performances.
"You've got to take the job if you get offered it. [But] whoever takes it gets absolutely slaughtered."
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/05/harry-redknapp-england-manager-fa
Guardian/Owen Gibson
FA confirms Harry Redknapp as a leading contender for the England job
• General secretary expects Redknapp 'to make a long-list'
• No policy decision yet that next manager will be English
The Football Association today said that the Tottenham Hotspur manager, Harry Redknapp, would be a leading contender to succeed Fabio Capello as England coach in 2012.
"Harry Redknapp is a great manager," said the FA's general secretary, Alex Horne. "Tottenham are playing great football and to qualify for the Champions League [knockout stage] from a position of being fourth favourites in the group is huge testimony to that. I would expect Harry to make a long-list [for the England job]. It may not be a very long long-list."
Horne said no procedure had been discussed for appointing the successor to Capello, who is set to leave after the European Championship in 2012. "He's there until 2012, which gives me 18, 19 months to prepare for that process. It is not a policy decision that they [the contenders] would be English. It is an absolute preference for certain individuals. It is not yet a board policy decision. We thought about this long and hard when we got Fabio Capello. We got the right man for the job and that is what we will do again."
In the wake of England's World Cup humiliation in South Africa, Club England's managing director, Adrian Bevington, strongly suggested the next manager would be English.
Bevington, who is overseeing a review of lessons to be learned from the 2010 World Cup, said in August: "I think the English team should be managed by an English manager."
However, Horne told the BBC that was not set in stone: "It is not a policy decision that they will definitely be English. I will be finalising the selection-process criteria during the first few months of next year for internal discussion."
Redknapp said this year that he would take the job if offered it when Capello steps down as arranged after Euro 2012. "People will always take it because, if you're English, it's the pinnacle of your career if you're in management," said Redknapp, whose credentials have been enhanced by Spurs' performances.
"You've got to take the job if you get offered it. [But] whoever takes it gets absolutely slaughtered."
www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/dec/05/harry-redknapp-england-manager-fa