Redknapp denies Woodward drift
Harry Redknapp has furiously denied he is about to walk out on Southampton in protest at the appointment of Clive Woodward.
Woodward, the former rugby union coach who was knighted for steering England to their 2003 World Cup win, officially starts his new career as Saints’ technical director tomorrow.
Redknapp is reportedly unhappy with Woodward’s arrival, but the former West Ham and Portsmouth boss has angrily dismissed the latest reports of unrest.
“I don’t know where the story has come from but it’s rubbish and it does me no favours at all,” stormed Redknapp.
“I’m fully focused on getting some new players in and preparing the team for the start of the season. That’s all I’m thinking about.
“I’m fed up about reading all this stuff about Clive Woodward and that I’m going to answer to him. It’s embarrassing. I’ve spoken to him again and he said he wants to come in and sit and watch and learn.
“Then suddenly there’s a headline saying ‘Harry must obey Sir Clive’. It’s rubbish. And it’s nonsense to say I’m going to walk out.
“If I wanted to do that I would have gone in the summer,” he told the club’s official website, www.saintsfc.co.uk.
