Harry Redknapp has warned England off appointing Pep Guardiola as manager. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
Revealing that relying on a tactical genius like Pep won’t fix underlying issues in the English game, Redknapp stated that Guardiola would not have access to unlimited transfer funds like when he is managing clubs.
Harry added that the current Three Lions squad is talented enough to win major honours with Tuchel in charge.
His words, “Everybody seems to think Pep is some sort of magic wand in football. The bloke is an absolute tactical genius, no doubt about it. But you can’t just teleport Pep into the England set-up and suddenly expect guaranteed trophies.
At club level, Pep’s always had massive money to spend. In international football, there are no chequebooks. You don’t have transfer windows. You get what your country produces, and that’s the end of the story.
Italy is a proper warning sign for us. A massive footballing powerhouse missing out on back-to-back World Cups is absolute madness — criminal really. Yet, if we aren’t careful, we are sleepwalking straight into the exact same disaster. The pipeline of young local talent in Italy has dried up and it’s starting to happen here.
Don’t get me wrong, we’ve actually got a fantastic squad of players right now who are more than good enough to go and win a major trophy. So let’s forget about chasing Pep. Let’s give Tuchel our full backing for the job ahead. And let’s sort out our youth development before we end up like the Italians, watching the World Cup from the sofa at home.
It breaks my heart because half these academy boys now don’t even get to watch the first team train. They’re stuck on faraway pitch behind high fences. At West Ham, we had the lads sweeping the terraces, staying behind after training, kicking balls against walls and watching the senior pros. Now everything is sanitised. You can’t build steel in kids if you insulate them from real senior football
In an ideal world, an English national team should be led by an English manager. The Spain manager is Spanish. The France manager is French. The Argentina manager was Argentinian who used to play for West Ham! We’ve got brilliant managers like Howe who know our culture.
Plus top former players like Lampard and Gerrard who have cut their teeth in management. But it’s clear the only way English managers usually get Premier League jobs is if they get promoted from the Championship.”
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