Redknapp saw the odds of him taking the job slashed to evens yesterday after a bookmaker reported a surge in betting for the 64-year-old. The former Portsmouth boss has distanced himself from reports linking him with the Stamford Bridge post, but the fluent attacking football he has brought to Tottenham, and his success in the UEFA Champions League this year, make him a plausible target.
Redknapp guided the north London club to the quarter-finals of the Champions League in their first season in the competition after seeing off the likes of Inter Milan and AC Milan before losing to Real Madrid. Bale, who has been Tottenham's star this season with a number of excellent displays, credits Redknapp with bringing stability to White Hart Lane following the exit of Martin Jol and the failed reign of Juande Ramos, and wants him to stay.
We have got used to him and how he manages and how he wants us to play so it will be great to keep him.
Bale on Redknapp
"I want him to stay, definitely," Bale said "Since I've been at the club we have had three managers and it's obviously nice to have him there because he has brought a bit of stability. We have got used to him and how he manages and how he wants us to play so it will be great to keep him. Nobody wants him to go and the club, I'm sure, will do everything they can to keep him."
A poor final quarter of the season cost Spurs the chance of playing in the Champions League for the second successive season. The Londoners finished fifth and would have been facing the prospect of playing no European football at all had it not been for a 2-0 win over Liverpool in the penultimate match of the season.
After experiencing the thrill of dining at Europe's top table, Bale admits playing in the UEFA Europa League will be hard to stomach. "It's massively disappointing that we didn't get fourth," Bale said. "This season we have been to the biggest stadiums and played the biggest teams. It was nice just to travel around to different countries and enjoy the football. We are definitely going to miss all that but that's what gives us the hunger and desire to get in there next year."
Spurs are braced for a series of bids for their stars from a number of clubs who can offer them Champions League football. Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is known to be a keen admirer of the brilliant Luka Modric and Rafael van der Vaart is also on the radar of AC Milan.
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