Source: Eurosport
Redknapp: I risked my career for Spurs
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp admits leaving Portsmouth for White Hart Lane nearly a year ago was the biggest managerial gamble of his career.
Redknapp was recruited to get Spurs out of relegation trouble but almost ended last season by qualifying for Europe, with his return to Fratton Park coming this weekend.
"They (Spurs) were bottom of the league and had I failed to turn things around it would probably have been the end of my career," said Redknapp in the League Managers' Association magazine The Manager.
"When I took over at Portsmouth for the first time it was a big challenge because, in all honesty, the club wasn't going anywhere at that point.
"Then I joined their rivals Southampton, which, looking back, was possibly crazy. And, of course, people also thought I was mad to return to Portsmouth when the club was bottom of the league.
"I really put my career on the line there, as I did when I joined Tottenham."
