It should come as no surprise that the endless fountain of entertainment that is Harry Redknapp has been caught up in The Telegraph’s undercover sting operation uncovering corruption and malfeasance in football. The man whose 2012 tax avoidance trial featured revelations about foreign bank accounts in his dog’s name was caught on video regaling dinner companions with the story of how he once caught his players betting on one of their own matches.
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Harry Redknapp thinks England should “give up” if they don’t win Euro 2016
Former QPR manager Harry Redknapp has decided that if England don’t win Euro 2016, they should just “give up.” The man who would’ve accepted the England job if it was offered to him made this proclamation on talkSPORT, but first he was asked about the last World Cup.
“I don’t know if I could have done any better,” Redknapp said of England’s winless, bottom of the group showing in Brazil. “But I couldn’t have done any worse.”
With that established, Harry was asked to look ahead. And he started out with a reasonable statement, though.
DT Exclusive: Harry Redknapp’s QPR resignation call
Prevented from overpaying for one of several players he has already signed several times before, Harry Redknapp phoned QPR chairman Tony Fernandes very early the morning after the January transfer window shut and resigned. Not because he couldn’t be the star of deadline day or because are currently second from the bottom in the Premier League table, but because he needs knee surgery. This is his actual reason.
The following is a transcript of Harry’s call to Fernandes.
QPR’s lip sync video will make you want to cancel Christmas
This video of QPR players and coaches lip-syncing to Slade’s “Merry Xmas Everybody” sums up the whole club rather neatly. There are so many clowns that they make Joey Barton look like the only one who is sane and self-aware…which is a chilling thought.
Be sure to stick it out for Harry Redknapp’s grand finale. It will ensure you have jowly night terrors instead of sugar plums dancing in your head.