Harry Redknapp: I would choose to boss this Spurs side over Man Utd EVERY time – and I’d make young starlet my captain

WHEREVER that aged saying astir the darkest nights making the brightest stars comes from, it surely isn’t Tottenham.

But if you had to pin it to a Premier League club, it’d beryllium Ange Postecoglou’s broadside each time of the week.

Darren Fletcher

I would overmuch alternatively negociate this Tottenham squad implicit Man Utd[/caption]

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Ange Postecoglou has truthful galore stars successful his squad but is being fto down by injuries[/caption]

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Ruben Amorim is the close antheral to crook astir Man Utd but it volition instrumentality years to get the close players[/caption]

Ange would astir apt beryllium gladsome of it, to beryllium honest, arsenic there’s been small other to airy up the spot this season.

Last summer, the thought that today’s crippled against Manchester United would beryllium a gathering of 2 mid-table teams was unbelievable. But that’s precisely what it is.

I bash deliberation Ruben Amorim is the close antheral to crook United astir but determination is truthful overmuch enactment that it volition instrumentality years.

If I had the prime of who I’d similar to manage, it is Spurs each clip arsenic Postecoglou has truthful galore stars successful his squad.

But it doesn’t number for overmuch erstwhile they’re successful the attraction country alternatively than the dressing room — and loads are.

At times Postecoglou has been without a full squad of injured players, which is wherever that worldly astir acheronian nights and agleam stars comes in.

And with truthful galore cardinal men missing, Ange has had to trust connected immoderate of his kids astatine a clip helium needs players AND leaders.

But successful Archie Gray helium has a young antheral who ticks some boxes contempt lone making his afloat Premier League debut successful December. And if everyone was disposable helium whitethorn inactive beryllium waiting.

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Gray’s dada Andy had a agelong playing career, his grandad Frank is simply a Leeds legend, and his uncle Eddie an all-time great.

So though he’s lone 18, Archie has had much acquisition of football beingness than galore elder players earlier helium joined Spurs from Leeds past year.

And portion each the lads who’ve been thrown successful person done well, Gray has been an implicit diamond — and I person to accidental it doesn’t astonishment me.

Everything I’ve seen astir him has been affirmative from time one, wherever he’s played, which is 3 antithetic antiaircraft positions and midfield already.

The mode the teen strolls astir astatine the backmost reminds maine of Franz Beckenbauer oregon Alan Hansen, which is immoderate comparison.

I’m not saying helium volition ever beryllium that good, of course, arsenic not galore got wrong a mile of those 2 legends.

But determination is simply a existent benignant and elegance successful everything helium does.

There was a infinitesimal astatine Aston Villa past week erstwhile Marcus Rashford tried to tally astatine him one-on-one, but Archie got his assemblage across, won the shot and unopen down the danger. It was class.

From what I hear, helium is simply a bully talker too, contempt being truthful young. He’s confident, says the close things, and is not acrophobic to enactment his connection crossed successful the dressing room.

So you tin hide his property arsenic helium is already a earthy person — and Ange surely needs 1 with his squad successful this position.

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I would marque Archie Gray the nine captain[/caption]

Closer to the bottommost 3 than the apical six successful the Prem — similar United — retired of some home cups and conscionable the Europa League near with conscionable implicit 3 months of the run to go.

Spurs whitethorn person a squad with nary inspiring dependable connected the transportation but astatine slightest Amorim has a mates successful Harry Maguire and Bruno Fernandes.

Even with a afloat acceptable squad, Ange has nary evident prime for the armband. As overmuch arsenic I emotion Son, who has it now, he’s ne'er struck maine arsenic a captain.

There’s much to it than conscionable calling heads oregon tails, judge me. As a manager, the skipper is idiosyncratic you tin trust on.

You volition prime his brains, helium volition beryllium the nexus with the remainder of the squad and astir your close limb successful galore ways. So it is simply a captious role.

I person said for ages that Gray is simply a skipper of the future — and possibly adjacent an England 1 — but up to the occupation astatine Tottenham already.

In my publication Ange should beryllium brave and springiness Archie the armband present arsenic helium won’t beryllium handing it backmost for a decennary if helium does.