Source: Team_Talk
Redknapp pens Spurs deal extension
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has signed a contract extension that will keep him at the White Hart Lane club until 2013.[LNB] The Spurs gaffer's current deal was due to expire next year but included an option for a further two years which the club have now exercised.[LNB]"The club is delighted to announce that we have extended the contract of manager Harry Redknapp until 2013," read a statement on the club's official website. "Harry guided the side to fourth place in his first full season with the club, our highest league finish since the Premier League's inception, with the prospect of competing in the Champions League for the first time this coming campaign.[LNB]"The achievement earned him the Barclay's Premier League Manager of the Season award."[LNB]Redknapp took over the Spurs reins in October 2008 with the team bottom of the table having picked up only two points from their opening eight games.[LNB]The turnaround under his guidance was capped when Redknapp led the club into the Champions League for the first time in May, their place among Europe's elite secured with a dramatic win over Manchester City in their penultimate game of the season.
