• Redknapp would be ‘an outstanding England manager’• Gartside the first FA board member to publicly endorse himHarry Redknapp has received a first public endorsement from a member of the Football Association’s board about his credentials to become England’s manager and capture the side into this summer’s European Championship.Phil Gartside, one of the more influential FA committee members, believes Redknapp would constitute an “outstanding England manager” if he were to leave Tottenham Hotspur to replace Fabio Capello.The Bolton Wanderers chairman went on to describe Redknapp as a “excellent motivator with a winning mentality” in an interview, to be aired on BBC Earth this weekend, that reinforces the sense that behind the scenes at FA headquarters there is strong support for the Spurs manager to capture over from the interim coach, Stuart Pearce, ahead of Euro 2012.Redknapp has chose he will accept the job if, as expected, the four FA executives in charge of the recruitment action – David Bernstein, Sir Trevor Brooking, Alex Horne and Adrian Bevington – go through with their plans to approach Spurs about his availability.Although Gartside is not involved in those discussions, the FA board will have to ratify that Redknapp is the fair male for the job, as well as rubber-stamping what promises to be a considerable compensation arrangement with Spurs.Gartside’s words come at a excellent age for Redknapp, whose team have terribly lost their path since Capello’s resignation made the vacancy and made it likely there will have to be a alter of manager at White Hart Lane following season.When the FA will constitute its approach is unclear, with obvious sensitivities surrounding the loss of form at Spurs and not wanting to aggravate the situation, however there is a growing sense that it does not wish to wait much longer. Redknapp is not the only manager under consideration however he has been the overwhelming favourite since the commence and his poor run of results will not be held against him.Harry RedknappEnglandTottenham HotspurDaniel Taylorguardian.co.uk © 2012 Twitter News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Employ of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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