Ramos leaves Tottenham, Redknapp set to replace him
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LONDON : Harry Redknapp is poised to be the next manager of English Premier League strugglers Tottenham Hotspur following the departure of Juande Ramos, he said Sunday.
Ramos left the club after its worst-ever start to the season which has left it anchored to the bottom of the league, Spurs announced late Saturday.
Moments later, Redknapp -- currently in charge at Portsmouth -- said he expected to be confirmed as Ramos's successor within hours.
Redknapp faces an uphill struggle to turn Tottenham's fortunes around -- despite winning the League Cup in February, Spurs have taken just two points from eight games.
Their UEFA Cup group campaign also got off to a poor start Thursday when they were beaten 2-0 at Udinese amid reports that dressing room confidence has hit rock-bottom.
The northeast London club said in a statement late Saturday that Spaniard Ramos, formerly in charge at Sevilla, and other key staff were leaving.
"The club can announce that Damien Comolli, sporting director, Juande Ramos, head coach and first-team coaches, Marcos Alvarez and Gus Poyet, have left the club, with immediate effect. We wish them well," the club said.
It then revealed that Portsmouth, currently placed seventh in the Premier League, had "reluctantly" agreed to let them talk to Redknapp, whose son Jamie is a former Spurs captain.
Within minutes, Redknapp revealed that he expected a deal confirming his position to be announced very soon.
"It's going to be done tonight, it will all be sorted out and by tomorrow morning I should be in place," Redknapp said.
He added on Sky Sports News television: "It's a great opportunity for me. It's a big club, Tottenham.
"I love Portsmouth and I loved my time there, we had some fantastic success and I'd never been happier.
"But it's a great deal for Portsmouth, five million pounds (6.3 million euros, 7.9 million dollars) for me, and it's a chance for me to get on and see what I can do."
Tottenham said that Clive Allen, a former club player who is now development squad coach, and youth team manager Alex Inglethorpe would be in charge for Sunday's clash with Bolton.
It added in the statement that a further announcement would be made on the first-team coaching staff "in due course".
Redknapp expects to be at White Hart Lane for the Bolton match and plans to address players before the match.
Ramos had only been in the job for a year. The team's recent performances have been criticised by players Jonathan Woodgate and David Bentley.
"We aren't too good to go down -- believe me," defender Woodgate, who used to play for Leeds United, said.
"Leeds had a better team than we have got right now but they went down eventually and we really have got to roll up our sleeves because I am telling you, it is going to be hard.
"At the moment, a goal goes in and we start thinking 'here we go again'. We need to really stand up now. The senior players have got to stand up and start taking responsibility. At the moment, we deserve to be where we are."
Spurs sold several top players over the summer including Dimitar Berbatov to Manchester United and Robbie Keane to Liverpool. -
I saw it at Internet but i think Redknapp gonna become a next victim for Tottenham again
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"anchored to the bottom of the league"
the perfect description.
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Redknapp maybe regretting he bought so many spurs players to portsmouth now...
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Yup! It's confirmed.
Damm, these buggers just dun learn do they? Levy just can't figure out his head from his elbows can he? (though both look the same!
)Serves them right for doing behind Jol's back.
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Good luck to Redknapp.
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i believe redknapp will be able to do something to improve the team.
he is proven in the premiership for years.
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Guess who made these comments five months ago
Which manager pledged never to walk out on their club?
“Any unfulfilled dreams I have left in football can be achieved here. I turned down two exceptional offers in the last 12 months and that was a clear indication of where my heart and mind was.
“It wouldn’t make an ounce of difference who came in for me now. This is where I belong and this is where I want to finish.
“It would have been easy to walk away in the past year and I don’t think anyone would have had any real complaints. But, as tempting as the offers were, I couldn’t have lived with myself. There would have been a massive sense of betrayal.”
The answer is below the jump:
That would of course be new Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp pledging his future to Portsmouth. It’s also less than a month since Redknapp, the last manager (besides Ramos of course) to lose a league match at White Hart Lane, called for action against the Spurs fans who abused Sol Campbell.
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money talks, bullshit walks
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harry redknapp and lampard relation will turn sour LOL
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spurs won 4 - 0 against zagreb.
they are really recovering.
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spurs beat city 2 - 1
amazing work by harry.
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ya sia, harry redknapp is really really awesome, hgis work with spurs damn good.
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spurs were terrible against 10-men blackburn.
both teams were sloppy.
redknapp has a lot of work to do with his team.
how did spurs win 5 games is beyond me. they cant hardly get a string of passes right.
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spurs really sucks.
the team looked lost.
i believe they will struggle throughout the season.