Source: Daily_Mail
Harry Redknapp baffles bookies as punters pile on Spurs boss to leave White Hart Lane
Harry Redknapp has dismissed claims he is set to quit after a betting drama developed at Tottenham.
Bookmakers have been left scratching their heads following a surge of betting on Redknapp being the next Premier League manager to leave his job.
Paddy Power had Redknapp at 50/1 on Thursday night to be the next top-flight boss to go but have slashed his odds to 2/1.
But Redknapp has now rejected suggestions that he is set to walk away from his post.
'I'm definitely not leaving,' he said. 'It's absolute nonsense. Absolute rubbish.
'I couldn't be happier than I am here. There's not a chance of that happening. I love it here and I have no intention of leaving. It couldn't have gone better for me.'
The money has piled in for Redknapp despite the former Portsmouth manager guiding Spurs to fourth in the table with five wins from their opening seven games.
Darren Haines, spokesman for Paddy Power, said: 'There seems to be no rhyme or reason to this one and frankly its left us baffled.
'But no matter what price we cut Redknapp to punters keep backing him - surely they don’t think he’s going to go back to save Portsmouth for a third time?'
William Hill spokesman Graham Sharpe explained the odds tumbling, saying: 'It is probably a bandwagon effect as usual, based on unsubstantiated gossip, but in volatile markets of this nature you can't afford to take a chance and we are being inundated with calls from punters wanting to bet that Harry will be the first to go.'
