Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp believes he could handle the pressure of being England manager.
Spurs chief confident he could lead his country
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp believes he could handle the pressure of being England manager.
Redknapp has been linked with replacing current England chief Fabio Capello when the Italian steps down after Euro 2012.
The FA's general secretary Alex Horne confirmed at the weekend Redknapp
would be in the running to succeed Capello and the Spurs boss says he could handle everything that goes with managing England.
"No, it's not an easy job, but I think in football now, the more experienced managers are still in big positions. Alex (68-year-old Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson) is still as good as ever," said Redknapp.
"Do I need the aggravation? "It's aggravation managing Tottenham, isn't it? But it's what you get with the job.
"You either enjoy it and get on with it or you turn it in and go and walk the dogs and play golf.
"That's my choice, isn't it? And while I enjoy it, you keep going.
"It's not easy. Sometimes when that alarm goes off I think to myself 'What you doing at five o'clock, slapping round the motorway in the middle of winter every morning?'
"But you can only do it because you enjoy it. And if I didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't do it."
Backing
Spurs star Peter Crouch has backed Redknapp to manage England day and admits it is 'inevitable' the former West Ham and Portsmouth boss will take charge of his country.
"It's inevitable, to be honest," said Crouch. "He's been fantastic at Tottenham, ever since he came in.
"He took over a side that was struggling and now he's turned them into a team that's playing full of confidence and in the Champions League, and maybe expected now to finish in the top four.
"That's testament to the manager and it's only a matter of time, with him being English as well, that England come knocking on the door.
"But we want to keep him here for as long as possible, so maybe we should start losing a few games!"
