Premier League: 10 Managers Who Should Never Have Been Sacked

2. Harry Redknapp - Tottenham Harry Redknapp took over a Tottenham side that had started the 2008/2009 campaign by taking just 2 points from their opening 8 games which left them bottom of the Premier League. Expectations were low at White Hart Lane and while no one really expected them to be relegated, few would have predicted what would happen over the next 3and a half years. Redknapp turned things around almost immediately by winning 3 of his first 4 games in charge. He brought Jermain Defoe and Robbie Keane back to the club in January, to bring some much needed depth to a small Tottenham squad. Redknapp led Spurs to the League Cup final (which they lost to Manchester United) and they eventually finished in 8th place in the league, a very respectable finish considering the state of the club when Redknapp took over. In his second season in charge, Redknapp led Spurs to their highest league finish to date, finishing 4th and qualifying for the Champions League play-offs.Redknapp was awarded the title of Premier League Manager of the Year, becoming only the 2nd manger to win the prestigous award while managing a team that didn.t win the League title. Things got even better, for Spurs and Redknapp in the following season as a 6-3 aggregate win over Swiss side Young Boys saw them qualify for the Champions League group stages for the first time in the club's history. They went on to top their group which included the previous season's winners, Inter Milan. The dream continued as they made it into the quarter final, by beating AC Milan 1-0 on aggregate. Although they would lose 5-0 to Real Madrid, reaching the quarter final in their first season in the Champions Laague was a fantastic achievement. Unfortunately for Redknapp, Spurs failed to qualify for the following years Champions League as they only finished in 5th place in the league. The 2011/12 season would prove to be Redknapp's final season in charge of Tottenham. They failed once again to qualify for the Champions League. Despite finishing in 4th place, they missed out thanks to Chelsea's surprise win in the final over Bayern Munich. Tottenham had at one stage been 10 points clear in 3rd place, a position that would have guaranteed Champions League qualification. Spurs campaign cetainly wasn't helped by the speculation linking Redknapp to the vacant England manager's job. In just 3 and a half years, Redknapp transformed Tottenham from a mid table side into a team capable of finishing in the top 4. Considering his success on a relatively small budget, Redknapp will go down as one of England's best ever managers and his sacking will go down as one of the biggest shocks in Premier League history.