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Keegan tells Tottenham boss Redknapp to forget England job

Kevin Keegan has urged Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp to forget about the England job.

Keegan has rarely spoken about his managerial career with England. His comments make for fascinating reading.

"I didn't enjoy it," he told the Daily Mail. "Simple as that. It was not a job I applied for. I was at Fulham and took over part-time. It was probably me getting carried away on an idea. If Harry Redknapp phoned me up and asked me what I thought about him taking it, I'd say, 'Don't take it unless you want a lot of free time'. I really would.

"I would go to Highbury and see Aime Jacquet (manager of France) watching about 15 players of his and I would have one. I wouldn't mind if I could have gone to see Paris St Germain v Nantes and watched 15 English lads. But it wasn't like that.

"I found the job soulless. It was hard to fill in the time. I found myself going and training the blind team, the deaf team, working with the ladies' team.

"It's very difficult and it saddens me to say it but it's a better job for a foreigner than an Englishman at the moment."

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