Now, former boss Redknapp has told Sky Sports that he would relish a return to Tottenham, though admitted he is not expecting to receive a phone call from the club regarding their vacancy.
"Do I fancy it? Of course I would do it! Without any shadow of a doubt," Redknapp said of the Spurs job. "But listen, I'm a realist. I don't live in cuckoo land, you know? It's very doubtful if I would get the job but, you know, could I do the job? Yeah, of course I could do the job.
"What they need now is someone to go in, get back down to basics, hard work, when you lose the ball don't be embarrassed to run and try to get it back. When you lose, you know, close down, work together, bit of confidence, make them believe in themselves. Somebody goes in and does that, they can get the results they need but it ain't going to be easy."