8 Worst Premier League Manager Sackings From The Past 10 Years

5. Harry Redknapp - Spurs

This is quite a strange one for me to document, mainly due to the fact that its unclear who exactly was in the wrong. Harry Redknapp is the man that provided the longest service on this list at 4 years, and the whole period was very successful indeed. The league finishes 'Arry managed to achieve were 8th, 4th, 5th and 4th respectfully, from his tenure between 2008 and 2012 (the finish of 8th in 2008/09 being the 'odd one out' due to the fact Redknapp had to pull Spurs out of the relegation zone first). Redknapp was also successful in Europe with Tottenham, guiding them into the quarter-finals of the European Cup for the first time since 1962 in 2010/11, where they fell at the hands of Real Madrid losing 5-0 on aggregate. So, the success was being delivered to Tottenham by Redknapp at a consistent level, why on Earth did Spurs sack him? Well, this is where the debate of 'who's to blame?' comes in. It had been reported in The Guardian soon after Harry's sacking that club chairman David Levy had become annoyed with 'Arry for several reasons. One of the reasons that struck me as quite important was the notion that Harry had paused his willingness to sign a contract extension due to the huge speculation surrounding the England vacancy, of which Redknapp was at the centre of attention. After Hodgson took it from under his nose, Harry then began to demand an immediate contract extension with his own terms, of which the board were reluctant to meet. This notion is backed up a bit further due to the fact that Redknapp came out to say that the decision to sack him may have been political. The meaning of this is vague, but could mean that the decision was made due to his conduct rather than the team's performance. If this is true, it is certainly a much more reasonable decision rather than basing it on results. Of course It was also speculated that the sacking was influenced by the fact that Chelsea managed to take Spurs' Champions League spot due to the fact they won the trophy. As far as I can see it, Harry did enough to get into the Champions League, it wasn't his fault that Chelsea managed to freak their way into it at their expense.