Harry Redknapp special: Nearly signing Shevchenko & Hazard, transforming Bale & Modric

Transfer Talk

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🗓️ 11 March 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Harry Redknapp sits down with Dharmesh Sheth to reveal all the deals that did and didn't happen during his managerial career. The former West Ham manager explains how he nearly brought Andriy Shevchenko to Upton Park, the battle he faced to sign Paolo Di Canio and bringing through the likes of Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard, Michael Carrick, Joe Cole and Jermain Defoe. He reveals why he was lured back into management at Portsmouth before explaining the reasons behind his infamous move to rivals Southampton and subsequent return to Fratton Park. Redknapp also discusses taking Tottenham into the Champions League, transforming Gareth Bale & Luka Modric and nearly signing Eden Hazard ahead of Chelsea.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Transfer Talk, brought to you by Bet 365, where every nail biting Neil-Neil, every bizarre
0:06.8	VAR, every foregone conclusion, bad pass, slam dunk, tap in, false start, dead heat,
0:13.2	and absolutely expected defeat is amazing.
0:16.7	From football to tennis and ice hockey to motorsports.
0:20.0	Whatever the moment, it's never ordinary at Bet 365. Welcome to another edition of the Transfer Talk Podcast and we are in the
0:37.8	solubrous surroundings of sandbanks. Harry Rednap, the King of the Jungle,
0:41.9	the one and only Harry Rednap is with us. Thank you so much for welcoming us to your home
0:47.0	Hurry. I know this is a special place in your heart. It's where it all began for you didn't it at Bormuth. How special a time was that for you?
0:53.7	Well my time at Bormuth was amazing for me. You know it's my first I'd gone to Oxford City with
0:59.8	Bobby, Bobby Moore for a year. You know, Bobby always said to me if ever he got a job in management, he'd like want me to go and work with him.
1:08.0	So his first job, he should have had a much bigger job, Bobby, because of what he was and who he was and how great he was but he
1:15.6	ended up taking over at Oxford City which was obviously non-league-ismean League part-time
1:20.1	and so I went there and had a year with Bobby at Oxford hoping that we would move on into bigger and better things but it didn't work out and I left there and came here and my first coaching experience in league football was with
1:36.0	Bormbe. I came here with David Webb and Dave was a manager. Dave was a great
1:40.0	character, knew the game, old school, probably like I was really, but I mean, you know, new players,
1:47.0	non-league, got lots of players in and I learned an awful lot from my time here with Davey,
1:52.4	and eventually I took over
1:55.4	later on and became manager of the club and had nearly 10 years here.
1:59.2	You mentioned those 10 years after Bournemouth it was assistant manager at
2:03.6	West Ham then you became manager at West Ham United to be called Harry
2:07.3	Rednap West Ham United manager what did that mean to you yeah it was great I mean
2:12.1	it was you know it's funny
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