‘They know where I am’ – could Redknapp return to manage Spurs?Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Harry Redknapp has not managed a Premier League club since 2015ByMatthew HowarthBBC Sport journalistPublished15 minutes agoFormer Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has reported the Spurs hierarchy “know where I am” if they want him to replace current interim boss Igor Tudor – so could the 79-year-old make a sensational return to north London?
Redknapp enjoyed a successful near four-year spell at Tottenham between 2008 and 2012, winning 71 of 144 Premier League games and securing top-four finishes in two of his three full seasons.
Tudor has lost all four games since replacing Thomas Frank on 14 February, leaving them just a point above the Premier League’s bottom three and needing to overturn a 5-2 first-leg deficit against Atletico Madrid in the last 16 of the Champions League.
Tudor’s position has come under intense scrutiny following his decision to substitute Antonin Kinsky after the goalkeeper gifted early goals to Marcos Llorente and Julian Alvarez in Tuesday’s heavy defeat in Spain.
Speaking at the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Redknapp played down rumours of a return to Tottenham but told Sky Sports: “They know where I am if they need me.
“They need somebody to go in there and give them a lift and make them believe in themselves.
“They’re bang in trouble, I must be truthful. It’s going to be tight at the bottom, isn’t it?”
In an interview with Talksport earlier this week, Redknapp revealed he had spoken with former Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who told him he would have offered Redknapp the manager’s job at Spurs until the summer.
“I got a phone call last week from Daniel, funnily enough,” Redknapp reported. “I think I spoke to him once since I left all that time ago. I was in the car last week and suddenly my phone goes – it’s Daniel Levy.
“I was on the phone to him for about half an hour. He reported to me: ‘If I was there now, and I’m not just saying it, I would bring you back until the end of the season, Harry’. That would have been interesting.”
