Harry wouldn't turn down England

28 June 2010 12:13
Harry Redknapp says he would not turn down the chance to manage England, and claims an English boss "can't do any worse" than Fabio Capello.[LNB] Pressure is continuing to build on Capello following the 4-1 defeat in the last 16 of the World Cup against Germany on Sunday.[LNB]England disappointed throughout this summer's tournament in South Africa with a 1-0 win over Slovenia the only high of a disastrous campaign.[LNB]Plenty of names have now been mentioned as possible candidates to succeed Italian Capello and Redknapp insists the next man should be English - and could be him.[LNB]He told talkSPORT: "They [the FA] have got a manager and until he's not the manager it's difficult to talk about it. But I'm English, who wouldn't want to manage England?[LNB]"There's not an Englishman - whether it's me, Roy Hodgson or Sam Allardyce - who would turn the job down because it's our country and we want to manage our country. [LNB]"No-one is ever going to turn that job down."[LNB]Swede Sven-Goran Eriksson also enjoyed little success in charge of the Three Lions and Redknapp thinks another foreign manager would show English football to be in a bad state[LNB]"Could you imagine an Englishman managing the Italian national team? It doesn't happen," he continued. [LNB]The Germans are the same, they have a German manager. We've ended up with two foreign managers. This guy [Capello] has a fantastic record at club level. But look, we've had a go with it now. [LNB]"When he finally moves on, in four years or whatever, surely there has to be a young guy or somebody in this country, surely we have to find a manager from England, an English manager. [LNB]"I'm not talking about a Scottish manager or an Irish manager, I'm talking about an English manager because this is where we're from, this is our country. [LNB]"We should be able to produce someone who can manage the England football team and let's be honest, they can't do any worse than what they've [Eriksson and Capello] done."[LNB]Redknapp was critical of England's performances at the World Cup, adding: "The players haven't performed.[LNB]"The whole package hasn't worked in this World Cup. I was England all the way and really thought it was our big chance, the best chance we've had of winning the World Cup since 1966. It's been a massive disappointment.[LNB]"We were average against the USA. We were disgusting against Algeria. We were better against Slovenia, but what a poor team they were. They'd be lucky to survive in the Championship."

Source: Team_Talk