What a year! Harry Redknapp's first interview since leaving Spurs, on heart surgery, THAT court case, the England saga and leaving a club he loved

Posted Saturday, September 15, 2012 by Dailymail

What a year! Harry Redknapp's first interview since leaving Spurs, on heart surgery, THAT court case, the England saga and leaving a club he loved
Careful words: Redknapp did not directly criticise his successor Andre Villas-Boas

When it comes to Tottenham, he does have to tread carefully. Certain stipulations were made when he agreed to his severance package and any kind of contract breach could prove expensive. Even so, this is not a man bursting to say something he is not allowed to for legal reasons.

He would argue against the accusation that he became distracted by the England situation; that his team suffered as a consequence; that the club’s failure to secure Champions League football led to his departure.

‘We were just unlucky,’ he says. ‘After the court case I thought we continued to play well but a few results didn’t quite go our way. Even then we still finished fourth, but who saw Chelsea finishing sixth yet winning the Champions League? I lived and breathed my job at Tottenham. I didn’t think, “Who’s bothered? I’m going to manage England”. Not a chance. I was totally focused. My life was trying to finish third. I badly wanted to finish above Arsenal.

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