Source: Daily_Mail
Hot-line to Spurs boss Redknapp for one lucky Football Manager
4-4-2 or 4-3-3? Or perhaps 0790 442 433*. For one aspiring Football Manager the solution to their tactical problems could be a brief consultation with Harry Redknapp.[LNB]The Spurs boss has agreed to hand his private phone number to a lucky computer player as part of a unique deal to promote the new Football Manager 2010 game.[LNB]Mobile manager: Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has included his personal phone number in one copy of the new Football Manager 2010 game [LNB]It's the game that has prevented many hours of sleep, sparked endless arguments with overlooked partners and realised the virtual dreams of many football fans.[LNB]And the FA Cup winning former Portsmouth manager has promised to be the first port of call, at any hour of the day, for a bedroom boss debating over which star to sign or how to deal with an unruly player in their virtual team, as the game's official mentor.[LNB]'I've got plenty of years experience in football management so hopefully I'll be able to pass on some valuable words of wisdom,' said Redknapp, who once defended an obscure signing by referencing his stats from the highly successful simulation.[LNB]But the ex-West Ham chief is not the first to rely on the game's unprecedented depth of scouting knowledge when checking out potential recruits.[LNB] Last year Everton took it one step further, officially signing the database (and its 1,500 scouts) as part oftheir backroom management team.[LNB] Virtual reality: Last year Everton snapped up the game's extensive database[LNB]'Football Manager 2010 is the closest experience to real footballmanagement so it's great that one of the most respected managers in thecountry is able to pass on real, genuine football advice,' added Miles Jacobson, the studio director at Sports Interactive, who produce the popular Football Manager series.[LNB]Any GAME reward card customer who purchases the new Football Manager2010 from Friday 30 October will beentered into a prize draw, with one lucky gamer being selected to joinRedknapp's personal phone book.[LNB]* Please note this is NOT Harry Redknapp's mobile phone number...[LNB] Simply the best: Fergie voted the greatest Football Manager of all timeGreatest Arsenal v Tottenham matches remembered: We reveal four of the bestTOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC
