The man Mike Ashley wanted to replace Sam Allardyce... Imagine how unpopular of a decision that would have been. Of course, 'Arry's stock was pretty high at the time thanks to the work that he was doing at Portsmouth. Maybe looking at them now shows he wasn't doing as good of a job that everyone thought he was. Redknapp even went as far as holding talks with Newcastle chairman Chris Mort but after mulling over the move, decided to stay put on the south coast. "It was a terrific opportunity but I had no intentions of wanting to leave," said the then Pompey boss. Presumably, the former West Ham boss heard that he was going to have quite literally nothing in the way of a transfer budget and decided that a quaint lifestyle down by the sea was for him. Who can blame him?
