Good to see Darren Bent revealing the magic ingredient of Harry Redknapp’s success at Spurs this week – talk to your players.
It might seem straight forward but according to Bent Juande Ramos spoke “about four words to me in two years” and I bet two of those were in Spanish.
However after a comforting word or two from Harry, against all the football odds Bent is banging the goals in – seven since Redknapp arrived in October including four in the Premier League to guide Spurs to 10 points from five games.
Bent said: “Harry has come in and installed belief into the players. A lot of good players were under-performing but he has told them they are fantastic players, put his arm around them and, as players, that is what you need. He has spoken to me more than Ramos did.
“It is simple management. I think sometimes we try to over-complicate it and look for too many answers as to why we were losing, whereas Harry just came in and said ‘This is how we are going to play, get used to it’.”
It’s certainly an approach that’s working for Redknapp, who cost Spurs a reported £5million in compensation. However surely they could have found someone cheaper to do a similar job – This Morning’s Agony Aunt Denise Robertson for example!
By Phil Tomlinson
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