Australian
club Central Coast Mariners have announced that Harry Redknapp is to join them
as a football consultant to end weeks of speculations that the former Tottenham
Hotspur manager is to take over as the Super Eagles manager.
The Super
Eagles job became vacant when the former handler Sunday Oliseh quit, citing
lack of cooperation from the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF).
According to
UK tabloid, The Sun, Redknapp is wanted by the NFF to manage the Super Eagles.
But the
speculation was laid to rest on Friday when A-League club announced ex-Queens
Park Rangers manager as consultant.
Writing on
their Twitter account during the club’s end-of-season dinner, the Mariners
said: “Owner Mike Charlesworth announces that Harry Redknapp will join the
Mariners as a consultant.”
The
ex-Portsmouth boss recently had a two-game spell in charge of Jordan,
overseeing an 8-0 win over Bangladesh and a 5-1 loss to Australia in Sydney.
Redknapp,
69, has accrued nearly 1,500 games of experience as a manager and is also
acting as an advisor to Premier League hopefuls Derby County.
The Mariners
were A-League winners in 2008 and 2012 but are rock bottom this season and 12
points behind the team above them.
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