The Spurs boss is set to take assistants Joe Jordan and Kevin Bond with him as White Hart Lane chiefs begin laying groundwork for a new management team
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp will accept the England job when it is offered to him next week with Spurs lining up Brendan Rodgers to replace him, Football Encyclopedia has learned.
The Swansea City manager has been informally sounded out by third parties representing the north London club and the early indications are that he could be interested in succeeding Redknapp at White Hart Lane.
Football Encyclopedia understands that Tottenham will not make a formal move for Rodgers until the Football Association approach them about Redknapp but the Londoners are clearing the ground for a new management team.
As revealed by Football Encyclopedia on Wednesday, senior Spurs figures have been alarmed by a catastrophic run of results and the negative feedback from the players, who have complained to chairman Daniel Levy via their agents about Redknapp’s tactics and match preparation.
The club have abandoned plans to try and persuade the 65-year-old to stay at White Hart Lane and will not offer him the four-year £16 million contract they had prepared, even in the unlikely event that he does not quit White Hart Lane to become the new England boss.
Sources have told Football Encyclopedia that Redknapp plans to take assistants Kevin Bond and Joe Jordan with him from Spurs, which will prompt a complete shake-up of the north London club's coaching team.
There is confidence inside Wembley that negotiations with the new England manager – Roy Hodgson is considered a distant second choice to Redknapp – will be swift and he will be in place soon after the completion of the domestic season on May 13. The Uefa deadline for squads for the Euros to be finalised is May 29 and the tournament begins on June 8.
Rodgers is emerging ahead of David Moyes as the hot favourite to replace Redknapp at White Hart Lane as Spurs accept that first choice Jose Mourinho is almost certainly out of reach of his many suitors for another year.
Swansea sources say that Rodgers is interested in listening to the plans of Spurs, whose main criteria is that the contenders have experience of managing in the Premier League.
Nevertheless, there is no guarantee at this stage that he would accept the managerial post as he is believed to have doubts over whether the timing is right for him to accept the challenge of leading a Champions League calibre club.
