Harry Redknapp "relieved" after England rejection

Harry Redknapp has insisted that he was "quite relieved" after he was not handed the opportunity to manage England.

The former Spurs manager had been the odds-on favourite to replace Fabio Capello as England manager but the Football Association decided to appoint Roy Hodgson.

Redknapp told the Daily Mail: "I was enjoying my life at Tottenham and I did wonder how I would cope, if it happened, with what is part-time football. I do enjoy seeing footballers every day and being on the training ground.

"I was driving when I heard on the radio that Roy had got the job. It happened out of the blue. But I didn't lose any sleep over it that night.

"I was almost quite relieved in a way that I hadn't been given a decision to make. The decision had been taken away from me."

Redknapp is currently looking for a new job after he left Tottenham Hotspur in the summer.