If Redknapp can maintain another respectable season at Tottenham it is widely reported that the Spurs coach will depart at the end of the 2011-12 season to take on the role of England manager. This leaves Daniel Levy with a tough decision regarding this seasons transfer policy.
With one eye on the England job the signing of veteran goalkeeper Brad Friedel perhaps highlights Redknapp’s short-term policy to protect his remaining tenure at the club. Levy will also be mindful of Harry’s recent transfer record at the club. Many of Spurs most consistent players in recent seasons have been those made before Redknapp’s arrival such as Dawson, Bale, Assou Ekotto, Modric and Huddlestone. While credit must go to the Spurs coach for bringing out the best in these players, there have been others such as Bentley, Gio Dos Santos and Jamie O’Hara to name but a few that could all argue they have not been given a fair crack of the whip by Redknapp. Perhaps more alarmingly, many of the players now seemingly surplus to requirements at Spurs (Palacios, Kranjcar, Defoe and Crouch) are amongst the few players Redknapp is actually responsible for signing.
Spurs chairman Levy insists that the books must be balanced with fringe players being shipped out before new signings can be brought in but the clubs apparent indecisiveness in the transfer market perhaps reflects Levy’s current dilemma.
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