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Tottenham confirm Redknapp appointment
(Agencies)
Updated: 2008-10-27 10:01
LONDON - Tottenham Hotspur appointed Harry Redknapp as their new manager on Sunday after the Premier League club sacked Juande Ramos late on Saturday.

Tottenham Hotspur's newly appointed manager Harry Redknapp sits on the bench prior to their English Premier League soccer match against Bolton Wanderers at White Hart Lane in London October 26, 2008.  [Agencies]

Redknapp, 61, leaves Portsmouth after a successful spell at the south-coast club that included steering them to their first FA Cup triumph since 1939 last season.

In a letter to fans, running to more than 2,000 words, on Tottenham's website (www.tottenhamhotspur.com), chairman Daniel Levy said he had no choice but to remove Ramos, and his assistants Gus Poyet and Marcos Alvarez and director of football Damien Comolli, after the club's worst start to a season.

Going into Sunday's home match against Bolton Wanderers they were bottom of the league with two points from eight matches but with Redknapp in the technical area they won 2-0.


Tottenham Hotspur former manager Juande Ramos waits for the start of their English Premier League soccer match against Hull City at White Hart Lane in London in this October 5, 2008 file photo. [Agencies]

"Unfortunately, our record of just three league wins since our memorable League Cup victory against Chelsea last February, combined with our extremely poor start to the season, led the board and I to determine that significant change was necessary as a matter of urgency," Levy said.

"We are grateful to Juande, Gus and Marcos for all their hard work -- they are incredibly professional, committed individuals and I regret that their time in the Premier League has not gone as well as we had all hoped."

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