Former QPR coach Glenn Hoddle admits Harry Redknapp's resignation took him by surprise.
Hoddle followed Redknapp out of Loftus Road last week.
He wrote in the Mail on Sunday: "It was sad to leave Queens Park Rangers this week but once Harry Redknapp had decided that he couldn't go on, it felt like the right thing to leave at the same time.
"Harry brought me in there to do a specific job and, once he had gone, there seemed no point in staying.
"It was a surprise how quickly it all turned out.
"Harry has been in pain for some time with his knees and the news that he needed an operation was a real blow to him. Last time that happened he was on crutches for 12 weeks.
"That said, we were in and out of the relegation zone and I reckon if Harry had been able to stay, we would have climbed out of the bottom three once again."
