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FA chiefs will have to pay Tottenham £5million to make Harry Redknapp the next England boss.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy will put up a fight to keep ‘Arry, who has 17 months left on his current £3m-a-year contract, and will demand a high compensation fee.

Redknapp is the Football Association’s outstanding candidate and they want to name their new man next week.

However, England Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce will still take temporary charge of the seniors for the friendly against Holland on February 29 – as revealed in the Mirror.

It is understood that Levy wants Redknapp to concentrate on Spurs for the remainder of the season as they make a surprise push for the title, but several bookies have closed betting on him succeeding Fabio Capello.

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It has seemed just a matter of time before Harry Redknapp was brought in to become the next England boss though one wonders if Tottenham are ready to give up just yet. The White Hart Lane boss has been a huge succcess since his move to the North London club back in 2008 and his side are arguably the only challengers to Man City & Man United for the Premier League title so one would imagine that any move to bring in the former West Ham manager would occur after the season comes to an end in May.

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Tottenham Hotspur are expecting an approach for manager Harry Redknapp after the England job became suddenly available yesterday.

That was of course because Fabio Capello resigned due to the decision made to strip national team captain John Terry of the captaincy.

Now Spurs director Sir Keith Mills says that should the White Hart Lane boss elect to manage England, he would not stand in his way.

“Harry needs to make a decision whether he’d like the job or to stay at Tottenham,” explained Sir Mills live on BBC Radio 4 last night.

“I’m sure Harry won’t be the only candidate. Whether Harry’s approached or not is not a foregone conclusion.”

“We think he’s an outstanding manager and it would be a tough decision for him if he was to leave the club.

“Our position has been clear and that’s that the fans want him to stay, the players and coaches do and the board does, and we hope he does stay.

“The whole club is behind Harry – remember when we took Harry on we knew there was an outstanding legal case, but we were very, very supportive of him.”

There has been a suggestion that Redknapp will balance the England job with his Tottenham duties until the end of the season, with England Under 21 boss Stuart Pearce helping to cover, but it is as yet unknown what the Football Association make of that idea.

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Fabio Capello has today offered his resignation as England manager to the Football Association, which has been accepted.

“I would like to stress that during today’s meeting and throughout his time as England Manager, Fabio has conducted himself in an extremely professional manner,” said FA Chairman David Bernstein.

“We have accepted Fabio’s resignation, agreeing this is the right decision. We would like to thank Fabio for his work with the England team and wish him every success in the future.”

The decision came after lengthy talks at Wembley Stadium regarding the manner in which the FA stripped Chelsea skipper John Terry of the England captaincy, but leaves the country with little time to prepare for UEFA Euro 2012.

Terry awaits court trial for his part in an alleged racism incident involving Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand, and it is thought that Capello did not agree with the FA’s decision to step in, believing Terry should be considered innocent until proven guilty.

Whilst much of the press appears to be rejoicing having put into place a borderline xenophobic campaign to dismiss Capello for much of his tenure, the statistics tell a different story.

Admittedly Capello’s time in charge at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa was poor, with inadequate tactics exposed particularly against Germany, but his overall record is excellent.

Capello has won the highest percentage of matches of any England manager in history with 66.7% of his games in charge victories, and lest we forget, England didn’t even qualify for the tournament prior to his appointment.

Under Capello, major tournament qualification has never felt in doubt.

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp is the favourite to become the next England manager – on the day he was acquitted of tax evasion no less – but the country’s fans should remember Capello’s legacy as a decent one.

As for the England team, it appears that Under-21 boss Stuart Pearce will take charge of the senior team’s game against the Netherlands.

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Tottenham Hotspur will battle Arsenal for the rights to sign young Nottingham Forest defender Jamaal Lascelles, according to the Daily Mail.

Both North London clubs are thought to have been impressed by the 18 year-old, who has only just made his debut for the nPower Championship side, with only the Gunners reported to have already submitted a bid.

Lascelles, who plays for the England Under-19 team, had already demonstrated enough potential for Arsene Wenger to make a bid last summer.

The Daily Mail claim that Arsenal offered £2m up front with a further £3m to be paid based on appearances and achievements.

Nottingham Forest did in fact sell their young forward Patrick Bamford to Chelsea in the January transfer window, but clearly did not feel comfortable selling their two best young talents within the space of a month.

Both Arsene Wenger and Harry Redknapp are clearly looking at long term solutions for their respective back lines, and teenage star Lascelles seems quite understandably to be on both managers’ shopping lists.

In the end, the choice may come down to the player – and at which club he feels he is more likely to develop best at.

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Barcelona are exploring ways of funding a £50 million bid for Tottenham star Gareth Bale.

The Daily Express says Barca are looking at ways of raising cash to fund a massive summer bid for Tottenham’s £50million-rated star Bale.

Barcelona will consider selling exciting youngsters Cristian Tello, Isaac Cuenca and Jonathan Dos Santos on buy-back deals after putting Bale at the top of their wishlist.

Barcelona have had Bale watched on several occasions this season. They have also made discreet enquiries about how much it might cost to buy him.

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Given that Tottenham fought off Chelsea interest in Luka Modric last summer it may well be tough for Daniel Levy to consider offers for Gareth Bale, however hefty they are. Barcelona have reportedly sent scouts to monitor the Welsh winger on a number of occasions this season and the former Southampton man has not disappointed.

Thus far this term the 22 year old has notched up nine goals and eight assists in Premier League action and last term Bale showed what he could achieve on the Champions League stage so there will be no shortage of prospective suitors keen on landing the Tottenham youngster.

Guardiola may feel that the left side of his attack is a ‘weak’ area with new signing Alexis not being a huge success thus far. The Nou Camp boss may feel he needs to improve his Barcelona side after seeing them fall some seven points off leaders Real Madrid.

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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp and Milan Mandaric have been cleared of all charges of tax evasion.

At the end of two days of consideration, a jury found both men not guilty at Southwark Crown Court. (Sky Sports)

So there you have it. The White Hart Lane boss is found innocent of the charge of tax evasion, though will presumably still have to pay the tax he inadvertently forgot to declare/pay.

Does this leave the door open for a swift move to become the England boss once the FA decide to axe Fabio Capello just before the Euro 2012 finals?

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