One Step Forward, Six Months Back!

Harry Redknapp has been in charge of Tottenham for just over three months now and things started off well for the ex-Portsmouth manager. He took them out of the relegation zone within two weeks, picking up wins against the likes of Liverpool and Manchester City and even managing a draw with North London rivals Arsenal. However, it seems now that the honeymoon period is over and things don’t seem all that perfect at White Hart Lane.

With no wins coming from their last four games Harry had to bring in some fresh faces to strengthen his Spurs side and that’s exactly what he has done. He brought in ex-Tottenham man Jermain Defoe from Portsmouth, paying £7 million more than he paid for him a year earlier at Pompy. This was seen as positive move as Jermain is a proven goal scorer and he was reluctant to leave Spurs in the first place. However, it seems that Harry is taking it too far with his latest signing, another former Tottenham player, Pascal Chimbonda.

The French international left Tottenham and joined Sunderland in July 2008 and now he has returned, six months later, to have another go around with Spurs. Chimbonda originally left due to a fall out with, former manager, Juande Ramos, as he was seen as a negative influence in the changing room. In spite of this Harry as seen fit to re-sign Pascal to build up his, short numbered, squad. This transfer has not been well perceived as Chimbonda was deemed a negative influence six months ago, and now he is walking into an, already, ‘shaky’ changing room.

The Tottenham manager has also expressed an interest in signing Tottenham’s ‘old faithful’, Robbie Keane. It’s only been six months since the Republic of Ireland striker left White Hart Lane and it seems that he is unhappy with life in Merseyside. Harry was reported to have said “I wouldn't sit here and say I wouldn't like to have Robbie Keane at my football club, I'd be a liar”; although he has explained that a deal would be unlikely.

It seems that Harry is stuck in reverse and needs to start looking into the future of Tottenham Hotspur, if not then it wont be long until Glen Hoddle finds himself wearing a Spurs shirt again.