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Former Spurs boss Redknapp: 'England are bland, no flair'

Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has labelled the current England side as 'bland'.

Redknapp feels that the national side is not exciting to watch anymore and that the English public has gradually lost interest in the team over the years.

“England are bland, no flair," said the ex-West Ham United and QPR boss in an interview with the Daily Mail.

“What is important is finding an identity. What is Gareth Southgate really about? How do his teams want to play? That's what I want to know.

“If someone asked me how England have played under four or five managers since Glenn Hoddle, I couldn't remember.

“One minute it's 4-3-3, then it's 4-4-2. How do England play? What do we do? Kick it long? Play from the back? I don't know what we do.

“I don't get excited about watching England play any more. I'm very patriotic but you look at other qualifiers and they're not games.

“England versus Malta? Or San Marino? Or the Faroe Islands? Who's interested, really? I can't see any interest."

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