Life after Harry at Tottenham Life after Harry at Tottenham

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Life after Harry at Tottenham Life after Harry at Tottenham

Just about the worst kept secret in football in Drew Pearson T Shirts the moment is that Harry Redknapp will soon be taking over as England manager. The capacity is yet to be decided, will it be part time, full time? But Redknapp not being in charge for Euro 2012 is almost inconceivable considering the lack of any real alternative. Somehow the only current realistic other option is Stuart Pearce, who lack of ability and tactical knowledge is plain for all to see. So when Harry does go, who will take up the mantle at Tottenham. One thing is certain..Tottenham will not be without their options.Since Martin Jol took over in 2004, Tottenham have been a recognisable force in English football once more. After two succe sive 5th placed finishes under Jol, the Spurs board decided that they needed a manager of real pedigree to take the reins and make the club genuine title contenders, so beginning the ill-fated tenure of Juande Ramos. Despite the Carling Cup win, the decision backfired and Spurs were left with a talented squad of players languishing at the bottom of the league with two points from 8 games. And this is where the succe s of the Spurs of recent years began. Credit due to Daniel Levy, he realised the model of Ramos and Comolli wasnt working, and in came Harry, an Englishman with the man management skills to get the players back onside and the club became a force once more. After an 8th place finish in his first season, the following year brought Champions League qualification and then a very impre sive debut season in the competition made Europe sit up and take note! And with Spurs flying high in 3rd this year..the fairy-tale continues.So now with Redknapp clearly coming to the end of his days with the much transformed club, who and what comes next for Spurs. Many names have been mentioned but there is no real clear favourite, which makes this such an intriguing Demarcus Lawrence T Shirts question.who can carry on this upward spiral for the north London club?One man in the frame seems to be David Moyes, the manager who has done such an astounding job on one of the tightest budgets in the Premier League. Year on year Moyes gets the most out of his tight squad and even tighter budget. Moyes has made some tremendous signings over the years and got his team playing good football against a background of a tempestuous fan/chairman relationship and deserves to work with a bigger budget and bigger players. But a question mark has always hung over Moyes head, what could he do if he had more money to spend and better players to work with? Moyes smashed Evertons transfer record in consecutive seasons with Yakubu and Fellaini with mixed succe s, and the 9m on Bilyaletdniov resulted in a 5m lo s when he was sold to Spartak Moscow in January. So it has been at the lower end of the transfer market where Moyes has shone, with Baines at 6m, Cahill at 2m and Phil Neville at 3.5m proving to be inspired purchases. Signings like this have allowed the Everton to compete against the best, but has Moyes got the experience with bigger name players such as Bale and Modric and will his reputation be big enough to make those players think Spurs are a club heading in the right direction? Moyes may be seen as a safe option, with genuine Premiership managerial pedigree, but is there a chance Spurs could look for a bigger name? Over in Spain, the top men in the top jobs in world football could soon be leaving their posts. Pep Guardiola is the man who deserves so much credit for making Barcelona one of the best, if not the best club side ever. The raw materials were of course there for Pep, with talent like NFL Dallas Cowboys Jersey Xavi, Iniesta and Me si at his disposal, but after Frank Rijkaard had lost the dre sing room, Pep came in from Barcelona B and got them playing the tiki-taka brand of football that they are so famed for now. And the Dallas Cowboys Jersey way his side close down the opposition all over the pitch is at times, unbelievable. But Pep firmly believes there is a time limit that any manager should be at one club, and he will only sign 12 month contracts, and with nothing yet signed for next season, is this his last year with the reigning European Champions. And Spurs could be an attractive option for the La Masia graduate. Solid centre backs with very attacking wing backs, fluid central midfielders with the steel of Scott Parker included, and the lethal talent of Bale thrown in the mix, Pep could see Spurs as a side he could mould into his own and prove that he can make a good side great.And then there is Mr Mourinho, the headline making Real Madrid manager could well be on the job hunt come the summer. After getting Florentino Perez to gear the running of the club to his liking, the constant tensions between the two may be too much. Though Real look like comfortable winners of La Liga this year, failure in Europe could spell the end for Jose, especially seeing how Madrids inability to defeat Barca is irking fans and president alike. Levy is a man with ambition, and if Mourinho becomes available, it would not be inconceivable that an attempt to at least set up talks would take place. Spurs do have an inevitable cap on their wage limit for managers as well as players, and you can imagine the list of players Jose would want to make Spurs real title contenders would be extensive and expensive. Levy wants succe s as much as the faithful White Hart Lane crowd, but gambling on a manager who could cost so much may make this deal a step too far.So Spurs need to be mindful of the summer. The budgets that Levy keeps may have to be broken if there is to be real progre sion, especially with the Northumberland Project now in almost full flow. A year or two down the line and someone like Brendan Rodgers could have been a real po sibility, but he is not quite what they need right now. There are a lot of people who think that Spurs situation is like a house of cards, and Harry leaving could be Amari Cooper Jersey the first card being pulledand that Bale and Modric will be the next ace and king to fallbut with a summer of speculation ahead.there could be a joker in the pack that can hold this house together.
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