Former England manager Steve McLaren has backed Harry Redknapp to succeed Fabio Capello in the role after the European Championships next summer.
The Italian will leave his post with England after next year’s tournament and McLaren believes that the Tottenham boss is the perfect man to take the national team forward.
The former Middlesbrough manager said: “Harry's credentials are as good as anybody else's.”
"I say the England manager has to be experienced, he has to have European experience, and he has to have won something. Harry fits the bill in all of those.”
Redknapp is certainly one of the leading candidates to become the next England boss when you consider the job he is doing at White Hart Lane right now.
When the 64-year-old took over at Spurs, they were struggling in the Premier League. Now, they are arguably the best side to watch in the top flight and have recently got a year of Champions League football under their belts.
McLaren continued his assessment of England’s next manager, saying that a ‘long-term strategy’ needs to be in place for the team to be successful in major tournaments.
“We are looking at the Spanish, the Dutch and the German games but we are the English game. We have to find what wins with England.”
"There are a lot of very good things in English football, there are a lot of very good young players. But how are we going to win so everybody says, 'Wow, that's the English way'?”
"There has to be a vision from the FA and that has to be from the academies all the way to the top and St George's Park is perfect.”
"The English manager needs to be the best man to take that philosophy forward and the best man to get England winning.”
"Ultimately we ought to have a long-term strategy, a long-term vision, not just what is going to win the next tournament.”
Whether Redknapp is the man to take England forward remains to be seen of course. For now, he is focusing on all things Tottenham. As for Capello, well he will have plenty of time to play Texas Hold Em after Euro 2012 with many expecting it to be his last job in football. |
Guess what? You can try out your football predictions and tips for free with your friends on TipsterCup.com or bet online for real money with Bwin's in-play football betting games as well as various online sports betting events. Once you want something else, try playing online poker games with actual money on Europe's largest legal poker network.
