Neil Warnock hits out at FA for not gambling on Harry Redknapp

 
Standard Sport7 October 2013

Neil Warnock said today the Football Association made a mistake in giving Roy Hodgson the England job instead of Harry Redknapp.

The former Queens Park Rangers manager spoke out after Redknapp (above) launched a scathing attack on the FA.

In the first extract of his book Always Managing: My Autobiography by Harry Redknapp published in the Daily Mail, Redknapp claims the FA “haven’t got a clue” about English football and that several senior players texted him to say they hoped he would succeed Fabio Capello when the Italian resigned last year.

While insisting he holds no grudge towards Hodgson (below), Redknapp criticised the current team as “painful to watch” and made the startling revelation that while he was in charge at Tottenham, several players asked to be withdrawn from the England squad because “they get slaughtered if the result isn’t right or they don’t play well”.

Redknapp said: “I wouldn’t trust the FA to show me a good manager if their lives depended on it. How would they know? What clubs have they ever run? Who do they speak to who really knows the game?”

Both the FA and Spurs declined to comment but Warnock spoke up for the QPR boss.

“I do think we’d have qualified for the World Cup by now if Harry was in charge but I’m biased,” he told talkSPORT.

“Roy is a very good manager and a lovely person but I just think he fitted as someone safe and secure. He wasn’t a gamble and that’s why I very rarely enjoy watching England. Harry gives players more freedom and flair. Roy always sets his teams out not to lose.”

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