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Redknapp keen on England job

ESPN staff
June 28, 2010
Harry Redknapp has suggested that he would be interested in becoming England manager if the position became available © Getty Images
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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp says he would not turn down the chance to manage England if the position became available.

Current coach Fabio Capello is under increasing pressure following his side's 4-1 defeat to Germany in the second round of the World Cup. The 64-year-old, who has two years to run on his £6m-a-year contract, insists he wants to remain in the job but is due to discuss his future with Sir Dave Richards, the chairman of Club England.

Despite the Capello's comments, a list of names have already been mentioned as possible candidates to replace the Italian should he leave his post and Redknapp believes there is not an English manager in the game who would not want to manage their country.

"They [the FA] have got a manager and until he's not the manager it's difficult to talk about it," Redknapp told talkSPORT. "But I'm English, who wouldn't want to manage England?

"There's not an Englishman - whether it's me, Roy Hodgson or Sam Allardyce - who would turn the job down because it's our country and we want to manage our country. No-one is ever going to turn that job down."

Swedish manager Sven Goran Eriksson also struggled to enjoy any real success as England manager and Redknapp feels any decision to appoint another foreign manager in the future would be a mistake.

"Could you imagine an Englishman managing the Italian national team? It doesn't happen," he added. "The Germans are the same, they have a German manager. We've ended up with two foreign managers. This guy [Capello] has a fantastic record at club level. But look, we've had a go with it now.

"When he finally moves on, in four years or whatever, surely there has to be a young guy or somebody in this country. Surely we have to find a manager from England, an English manager.

"I'm not talking about a Scottish manager or an Irish manager, I'm talking about an English manager because this is where we're from - this is our country.

"We should be able to produce someone who can manage the England football team and let's be honest, they can't do any worse than what they've [Eriksson and Capello] done."

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