Harry Redknapp

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Ham Redknapp, soccer's Mr lndestructible, has spent his life defying the odds. ever since the laté 1960s when he gatecrashed the iittle England* club at West Ham to become a finn favöurite alongside W orld Cup winners Bobby Moore. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Broke in the 1980s. after falling prey to an outraseous con-man. he sufferecl a soul-destroying season alongside old pal Moore in the twilisht world of non-league football. before a spell riding the Dave W ebb roller-coaster at Bournemouth saw him take the first steps on the road to management. His very first result as a fuUv-fledsed boss? A 9-0 defeat. There was further heartache ahead. On a dream trip to Italy for the 1990 World Cup Redknapp was seriously húrt in a car crash that claimed the life of a close friend. His injuries were so horrific that a hospitál attendant. believing he was dead. covered his head with a blanket. but not before someone had removed his watch and rifled his pockets. When he returned to his... Tovább

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Ham Redknapp, soccer's Mr lndestructible, has spent his life defying the odds. ever since the laté 1960s when he gatecrashed the iittle England* club at West Ham to become a finn favöurite alongside W orld Cup winners Bobby Moore. Geoff Hurst and Martin Peters. Broke in the 1980s. after falling prey to an outraseous con-man. he sufferecl a soul-destroying season alongside old pal Moore in the twilisht world of non-league football. before a spell riding the Dave W ebb roller-coaster at Bournemouth saw him take the first steps on the road to management. His very first result as a fuUv-fledsed boss? A 9-0 defeat. There was further heartache ahead. On a dream trip to Italy for the 1990 World Cup Redknapp was seriously húrt in a car crash that claimed the life of a close friend. His injuries were so horrific that a hospitál attendant. believing he was dead. covered his head with a blanket. but not before someone had removed his watch and rifled his pockets. When he returned to his spiritual home at West Ham somé years later. it was to replace manager and Hammers legend. Billy Bonds. in tlie most controversial of circumstances. He strusgled to win over the l pton Park faithful as the W est Ham team he inherited plunged from one relegation crisis to another. Now Redknapp is anions the safest manasers in the doseat-clog world of the Premiership. having turnéd West Ham from relegation fodder to European contenders. In this fascinatins; book he recounts his colourful life: his close relationship with soccer star son Jamie: his catastrophic foreign policy which turnéd the East End brotherhood at West Ham into a backbiting League of Nations: and the pressures he faces in earrying out one of the most demanding jobs in sport. Vissza