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Kevin Keegan warns Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp against taking ‘soulless’ England manager’s job
The former Three Lions boss has bemoaned the lack of English talent at home and abroad, whilst suggesting that being the national boss is like being the Prime Minister

ByAndrew Kennedy
13 May 2011 08:40:00

Former Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan has warned Tottenham's Harry Redknapp against becoming the next England boss, stating that the position is "soulless".

Fabio Capello has confirmed that he will leave his post as England manager after Euro 2012, with Redknapp favourite to take over from the Italian.

Yet Keegan, who managed the national side between 1999 and 2000 before resigning following a 1-0 defeat to Germany, has bemoaned the lack of talent and even suggested a foreign appointment is more suitable for the position.

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Keegan said: “I didn’t enjoy it. Simple as that. It was not a job I applied for. I was at Fulham and took over part-time. It was probably me getting carried away on an idea. If Harry Redknapp phoned me up and asked me what I thought about him taking it, I’d say, ‘Don’t take it unless you want a lot of free time’. I really would.

“I would go to Highbury and see Aime Jacquet [then manager of France] watching about 15 players of his and I would have one. I wouldn’t mind if I could have gone to see Paris St Germain v Nantes and watched 15 English lads. But it wasn’t like that.

“I found the job soulless. It was hard to fill in the time. I found myself going and training the blind team, the deaf team, working with the ladies’ team.

“It’s very difficult and it saddens me to say it but it’s a better job for a foreigner than an Englishman at the moment.”

Keegan, who was European Player of the Year in both 1978 & 1979 during his time at Hamburg, was also quick to raise a number of suspicions about the reliability and conduct of the media.

He continued: “The media are the media. The one who had the easiest ride was Terry Venables, because they were all his friends. I never had one friend in the press. Nobody was getting inside information from me. I don’t have that sort of relationship with any press guy.

“That’s because I don’t trust the press. Some of the guys are OK. But if they ask me something off the record, I won’t tell them anything. There is no such thing as 'off the record'. If there was, why would they ask?

“I’ve worked with them all. I’ve worked with some of them since they were young lads, so I probably know more about them than they do about me. But trust them? No.

“I don’t need a press man to do me a favour. That’s where I am in the game. It’s annoyed some of them. I know how the press work: they’ve written the story and they just want you to give them the headline.

“When you’re England manager, it’s like being Prime Minister. They are trying to get a certain answer out of you.”