“I would have walked there.” The manager who won the FA Cup says he was incredibly eager to join Leeds.

The previous season, Leeds United’s managerial situation was a complete disaster.

Before the Whites were relegated from the Premier League, they went through all the motions under the leadership of Jesse Marsch, Javi Gracia, and finally Sam Allardyce.

Ultimately, Leeds reverted to their original approach and hired Allardyce, an established Premier League expert; however, there was another manager of the same calibre who would have been more than happy to accept the position.

Harry Redknapp revealed his ties to Leeds during the previous season in an interview with Kammy and Ben‘s Proper Football Podcast. If he had been offered the position, he would have walked to Elland Road to accept it.

Redknapp desired the Leeds position.
The FA Cup-winning coach expressed his ambition to lead Leeds.

Rumours surfaced from last season suggesting that you were considering accepting the Leeds position after Jesse Marsch left. Was that true in any way? Someone asked Redknapp.

“To be honest, if someone had asked, I would have walked there. I’m happy and have a nice life, but to be really honest, I couldn’t say no if someone asked Harry to come manage us. Like always, I would have dove in headfirst and given it some thought later. Redknapp stated, “I was never considered for that position in the first place.

What might have been

Of course, Leeds was relegated the previous season, but by the narrowest of margins.

Naturally, 76-year-old Harry Redknapp isn’t exactly going to transform a football team these days, but he’s a capable man-manager with a wealth of experience in the industry.

Redknapp might have had what it took to keep Leeds in the championship, just maybe. After all, Roy Hodgson performed admirably at Crystal Palace the previous term, and at the time, you would have compared him to Redknapp.

Redknapp couldn’t have been significantly worse than Javi Gracia at the time, that much is certain.