Jamie Redknapp

Insideworldfootball.biz

Whatever happens to England in South Africa, and whether or not the hurt of 44 years is finally assuaged on July 11, there has been one revolution in England’s national game that is undeniable.

And profound.

The English have finally overcome their phobia of having a foreign manager. And this is saying something about a country that gave football to the world and still feels that it is the home of the world game.

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Evening Standard

There is one label Jamie Redknapp will not wear: that of being described as a model. “I’m a football man who is lucky enough to do the odd endorsement — a perk of the job, just like the boys have for Marks & Spencers,” he says.

The boys he is referring to are the boys of 66. We are at the launch of the M&S official World Cup England team suit and four of that winning side, Gordon Banks, Martin Peters, Geoff Hurst and Roger Hunt, are modelling the suits. Against a backdrop of a huge poster of some of the current England team, similarly kitted out, Redknapp, in his best Sky presenter style, has been chatting to them.

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