I ALSO hear that the Football Association may play
hard-ball over Harry Redknapp as they head towards finally appointing the man
who will become the new England manager.
Apparently some of the behind-the-scenes power-brokers do
not like the idea of having to slug it out with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy for
‘Arry’s signature and do not want to pay massive sums of compensation or to pay
‘Arry anywhere near the salary Fabio Capello received.
Levy is a notoriously tough negotiator – as Man United
learned to their cost when they had to fork out premium money for Michael
Carrick and Dimitar Berbatov – and ‘Arry’s stock has fallen somewhat recently
as Spurs have suffered a slump in form.
It is being suggested that if Levy does kick up to much of
a fuss, or ‘Arry wants too much money, Roy Hodgson will be rapidly installed as
a cheaper, less controversial alternative.
Which, in my humble opinion, would not be the end of the
world. Apart from his Liverpool setback – when
he wasn’t really given a proper chance – Hodgson has done well. He is also a
man who would suit the demands of international management – he is diplomatically
competent and arguably more aware tactically fluent (which is of the essence in
the international game) than ‘Arry.
He would be a steady caretaker-style boss in the mode of
Ron Greenwood, who brought dignity and stability to England
FRANK WORRALL
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