Redknapp takes Spurs job - as predicted by Undercover Sport

Harry Redknapp has taken the Spurs job - and Undercover Sport was the only place to predict it.

On October 5th, we said that several Tottenham board members had decided Redknapp was the right man to take over from Juande Ramos.

The move made sense to both parties. Spurs wanted the antidote to Ramos - an excellent communicator with a proven track record in the Premier League.

And Redknapp, who is in the twilight of his career, was keen to prove himself at a big club.

He will be back in London and, importantly, will be able to commute to training and match days from his multi-million pound house on the Sandbanks peninsula near Poole.

Now it has become reality. The move does rather make a mockery of Spurs chairman Daniel Levy's pursuit of Juande Ramos a year ago and also of the director of football structure he has placed such great store in.

Daniel Comolli has also been fired and Redknapp has made no secret of his antipathy for the director of football structure in the past.

But desperate times call for desperate measures...