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Paolo Di Canio: Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp would get the best out of England's players & would have the support of 90% of the country
The Italian believes his former manager at West Ham is the leading candidate to replace Fabio Capello, who he feels was right to resign after the dispute over the captaincy
9 Feb 2012 23:02:00
By Michael Lightfoot
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Swindon Town boss Paolo Di Canio is adamant that Harry Redknapp is the right person to take over as England manager as he will have the support of "90 per cent" of the nation.
The Italian, a former player of Redknapp's when the pair were at West Ham, believes he will get the very best out of the England players.
Redknapp is favourite to takover from Fabio Capello, who resigned on Wednesday after disagreeing with the FA's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy, and Di Canio has lent his support to his former boss.
He told Sky Sports: "I am sure he has the experience, the knowledge and also the support of 90% of the people in England because he is the one.
"He can encourage and let them believe in what they do. Sometimes the players forget that, when you wear the Three Lions, that has to be heavy in your brain if you want to do something special.
"I don't know if all of them feel the cause when they sing at the beginning of the game. That is crucial to do something more.
"Redknapp can help in this way. To have an English staff in the dressing room, thinking about tactical and technical but also to say they must fight for 65 million people and they have to feel this shirt on your body, that makes a difference.
"You can imagine if you play with 120% desire not 90. So for this I am happy for Redknapp to go because he can help in this way.
"Everyone recognises that he is intelligent. I hope that those players don't think because he's English he's like an old, old brother that they can do what they want around.
"Redknapp is not this person, he's not the manager who gives you all the chance to do what you want.
"Redknapp is a fox, he is intelligent, he knows how to handle the situation."
Di Canio also expressed his hope that the job will go to an Englishman, adding: "It is a new era, a new start. I hope, even if I am Italian, thinking about English football, that the next one will be an English manager.
"The first time people saw football was in England over 125 years ago, and I can't imagine you don't have the chance to bring up an English manager.
"Probably there weren't in the past very many because we know they were connected too much with the players.
"This is the problem in England, there wasn't the discipline in the past. Now it's a new generation. Terry, [Frank] Lampard, Rio Ferdinand - they are more professional than the past."
Di Canio believes Capello did the right thing in resigning because he likes to have total control over the team and felt he was being undermined.
He said: "Capello once again proved he is a fantastic manager, he is a strict person - he has his values and beliefs - in the way he handled the situation with his board and with his players.
"I am not surprised. It was a natural reaction from him and absolutely right in my opinion. Even if the Football Association was right with the decision they made, Capello should have his word before they made the decision.
"That didn't happen and, as the strong man he is, it's not about the money and he says 'bye, bye, I'm leaving because I defend my job'."
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The Italian, a former player of Redknapp's when the pair were at West Ham, believes he will get the very best out of the England players.
Redknapp is favourite to takover from Fabio Capello, who resigned on Wednesday after disagreeing with the FA's decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy, and Di Canio has lent his support to his former boss.
He told Sky Sports: "I am sure he has the experience, the knowledge and also the support of 90% of the people in England because he is the one.
"He can encourage and let them believe in what they do. Sometimes the players forget that, when you wear the Three Lions, that has to be heavy in your brain if you want to do something special.
"I don't know if all of them feel the cause when they sing at the beginning of the game. That is crucial to do something more.
"Redknapp can help in this way. To have an English staff in the dressing room, thinking about tactical and technical but also to say they must fight for 65 million people and they have to feel this shirt on your body, that makes a difference.
"You can imagine if you play with 120% desire not 90. So for this I am happy for Redknapp to go because he can help in this way.
"Everyone recognises that he is intelligent. I hope that those players don't think because he's English he's like an old, old brother that they can do what they want around.
"Redknapp is not this person, he's not the manager who gives you all the chance to do what you want.
"Redknapp is a fox, he is intelligent, he knows how to handle the situation."
Di Canio also expressed his hope that the job will go to an Englishman, adding: "It is a new era, a new start. I hope, even if I am Italian, thinking about English football, that the next one will be an English manager.
"The first time people saw football was in England over 125 years ago, and I can't imagine you don't have the chance to bring up an English manager.
"Probably there weren't in the past very many because we know they were connected too much with the players.
"This is the problem in England, there wasn't the discipline in the past. Now it's a new generation. Terry, [Frank] Lampard, Rio Ferdinand - they are more professional than the past."
Di Canio believes Capello did the right thing in resigning because he likes to have total control over the team and felt he was being undermined.
He said: "Capello once again proved he is a fantastic manager, he is a strict person - he has his values and beliefs - in the way he handled the situation with his board and with his players.
"I am not surprised. It was a natural reaction from him and absolutely right in my opinion. Even if the Football Association was right with the decision they made, Capello should have his word before they made the decision.
"That didn't happen and, as the strong man he is, it's not about the money and he says 'bye, bye, I'm leaving because I defend my job'."
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