Jamie Redknapp BLASTS Tottenham as a club that is ‘not designed for winning’ soon after the dismissal of Antonio Conte… as the previous Spurs skipper admits he expects Harry Kane to go on in the summer season
Previous Tottenham captain Jamie Redknapp has blasted his former club and claimed they are ‘not developed for winning’ following the sacking of Antonio Conte.
The Italian left his job by mutual consent on Sunday to leave Spurs exploring for their fourth lasting supervisor in just underneath two decades.
It arrived pursuing his astonishing rant at the club and his gamers – who he labelled as ‘selfish’ and ‘lacking fire’ – soon after they threw away a two-intention lead to attract 3-3 with bottom of the table Southampton before the worldwide crack.
And Redknapp took aim at Spurs and insisted the club is not set up to foster a profitable surroundings.
‘I’m not stunned it hasn’t worked for Conte,’ he explained to Sky Sporting activities.
Jamie Redknapp blasted his former club Tottenham and claimed they are ‘not crafted for winning’
Antonio Conte left his part as Spurs boss on Sunday following a breathtaking rant at his individual gamers
‘It’s a extremely tough club to handle and it constantly has been. If you glance at the administrators they’ve gone through in the previous handful of many years, they almost bang their heads towards a brick wall and discover it pretty complicated to at any time get any handle of that club.
‘It’s incredibly a lot managed by Daniel Levy – he would like to make all the choices and I assume that is always been a big difficulty with Tottenham. The society, I imagine, is generally set from the top rated.
‘This trophy drought is not just about the stadium. When I was at the club I felt it was not genuinely built for profitable. It was a totally distinctive lifestyle to what I’d been at with Liverpool.’
Irrespective of his criticism of the club and chairman Levy, Redknapp backed the club’s final decision to get rid of Conte subsequent his spectacular rant.
He additional: ‘I mentioned after the match in opposition to Southampton that Antonio Conte’s placement turned untenable.
‘Not so a great deal between the players since a large amount of what he claimed he’s explained just before to the gamers. I assume it was additional when he spoke about the lifestyle at the club and talking about the previous 15 decades.
‘He can’t be speaking about the gamers simply because these gamers have not truly been there that lengthy – you can’t really blame them. But when he reported what he claimed I assume his situation turned untenable with the house owners.’
The Sky Sports activities pundit also claimed that he predicted talisman Harry Kane – who is only below contract right up until the summer season of 2024 – to depart at the close of the time.
Kane became Tottenham’s all-time document goalscorer before this year, surpassing the great Jimmy Greaves, when he scored the only goal in the course of their 1- acquire more than Person Town in February
Nevertheless, Redknapp felt that even with Kane remaining a Tottenham supporter and club legend, this was the past prospect for the 29-calendar year-aged to make a move to enable him attain his dream of profitable trophies.
He explained: ‘Harry’s in a incredibly very good place due to the fact he’s out of contract up coming year. He could possibly believe Tottenham’s the right club for him the place he can earn all the unique awards, but in conditions of profitable trophies at Tottenham, I do not actually see that ideal now.
‘In less than a year he can signal a cost-free contract with somebody. His negotiators will be conversing to golf equipment and clubs will know the predicament.
‘That’s how soccer works – we bury our heads in the sand and say it is not but he’ll have a great deal of alternatives for the reason that he’s a environment-course player.
‘I would say this is Kane’s final opportunity to secure a major transfer, indeed. This is a major chance to go if he needs to. He’s a Tottenham lover, he adores the club and there’s no doubt that, if he does go, it would be with a hefty coronary heart.
‘While there is this chaos at Tottenham, it does not help your bring about of keeping your star participant. Every yr you are having a new supervisor in and he’s likely wondering: “What is the place of this?” You need to have some continuity – which is conducive to achievement.’
Redknapp continued: ‘You’re not truly in a powerful posture to negotiate if you are Tottenham. It felt like Tottenham manufactured the transfer to get Jose Mourinho and Conte to attempt to get that trophy, pretty much for Kane.
Redknapp hit out at Spurs chairman Daniel Levy and insisted the club is ‘difficult to manage’
He also insisted he completely expects all-time report goalscorer Harry Kane to leave in the summer
‘But the point these two supervisors – who are serial winners – have not worked, you begin to query: “Properly, who can basically gain at this club?”
‘The opportunity is there but it’s just not getting realised ideal now. The society at the club does not feel to be appropriate in conditions of being a winning mentality.’
Spurs return to action up coming Monday when they vacation to Everton in the Premier League.
Conte’s previous assistant Cristian Stellini will consider short term charge for the rest of the season with Tottenham currently fourth in the Leading League with 10 online games remaining.