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I have to admit to mixed feelings when I heard that Harry Redknapp had been arrested on corruption charges.  The official line at the moment is that he is helping the police with the enquiries and isn’t implicated in any way, but if he was just “helping” then he wouldn’t have been arrested would he?  Surely they would have taken him in for questioning?

However, assuming he doesn’t get sent down at some point in the future or banned from football all together, it could prove to be good new for the Blue Army.

Redknapp is the current English front runner for the vacant England manager’s post, and although I think he would do a good job, I would be worried about what might happen at Fratton Park.  History shows that when smaller clubs with a reasonable team and good manager lose that manager the wheels come off.  Look at Charlton and Alan Curbishley and more recently Bolton and Big Sam.

If any mud sticks to Harry after this then it might mean the FA strike him off their list of possibles.  Bad news for Harry who says it would be his “dream job” but good news for Pompey.

Do I think he could do a decent job as England manager?  Yes I do.  Players at the top level dont need a superb tactician and coach - what they need is a good motivator and somebody who understands the way they think, and the English game, in order to get the best out of them.  Harry has proved he is influential in the dressing room, something which McClaren clearly wasn’t.  With the right person in charge the players should be able to play with confidence and self belief whatever the situation, system or pressure.