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Tottenham boss Redknapp not in favour of NFL Rooney rule for English football

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp doesn't believe English football needs the NFL's Rooney Rule.

Redknapp is against a Rooney Rule in English football.

The Spurs boss, who has black coaches Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey, said: "I don't agree with it because if ex-players are good enough, they will get a job.

"The game is full of more and more top-class black players. You can't tell me that because someone is black the chairman won't give them a job. Those sick days are over aren't they?

"I brought Les Ferdinand to work here. It would not enter my mind he is black. I've not brought him here as a token black man. He's here because I love him, he knows what he is talking about and is good at his job."

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