Harry Redknapp has been talking about his interest in returning to West Ham United - and says he'd do it for free.
Back in December, KUMB exclusively revealed that Redknapp had offered his services to West Ham's board. And earlier today he appeared on Talksport to stake his claim for the job he left in 2001."I’d work for nothing," he insisted. "I'd go anywhere if someone rang me up, I'd go and do it for nothing. I really would, I'd enjoy it. It's not the money. I'd enjoy going in and being around the players. I love it.
"Martin O’Neill has gone in [to Celtic] and he knows what he's doing. He's experienced, he knows the game. It ain't rocket science. Get the best out of the players you've got. You've got to get the best out of them.
"In West Ham's situation, whoever goes in has got to get the best out of an average group, to be brutal. They really need a miracle. There's only Forest who are within touching distance if they're going to get out of trouble. I can't see Leeds, I can't see Brentford, Sunderland have done fantastic. Who else is going to go?"
However Redknapp did express a level of sympathy for current incumbent Nuno Espirito Santo, who has now gone ten games without a win following last night's reversal against Sean Dyche's side.
"Nuno obviously is coming under fierce criticism and getting the blame, but at the end of the day the players are what they are," he argued. "People forget, they always end up sacking the manager and there's no leadership. What can he do?
"What more can he do? Potter came and he couldn't get a tune out of them. You can bring who you want in there, you can bring Pep [Guardiola] in with that team. He's not going to suddenly get them shooting up the league. The players are short of quality, they're not good enough.
"The recruitment has been poor and the manager has got no chance. I don't care who goes in, you can do what you want on the training ground."
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