Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has incredibly joked that Thomas Tuchel had been 'sent over to f*** us up' after taking the England job.
Speaking at a venue in London last week, Redknapp was discussing the appointment of Tuchel as England's head coach, and whether he was the right person to replace Gareth Southgate.
The decision to appoint the former Chelsea and Bayern Munich boss met with a mixed response despite his proven record of winning silverware at club level.
He did however make a comfortable, winning start to his tenure last week, with a 2-0 win over Albania and a 3-0 victory against Latvia to kickstart the Tuchel era.
Talking about the England boss, though, Redknapp admitted he was a fan of Southgate, but was not sure of Tuchel.
Some reports had also alleged Redknapp appeared to make a 'Nazi salute', however video footage was far from conclusive.
'I liked Gareth Southgate, I liked him a lot, but we should have won something,' Redknapp began, before aiming a joke at Tuchel.
'I'll be honest with you, I think he's a German spy,' he claimed, prompting laughter from his audience.
'I'm telling you. Seriously, he's been sent over to f*** us up. He has. I'm telling ya, he's like Lord Haw Haw in the war – "We have your best soldiers captured" and all that.'
'"Go over and ruin that team",' he continues, before saying: 'Ja' in a German accent.
He then leaves the stage claiming he needs to 'see my accountant' and stating that he had not been paid for his appearance at the event.
Footage of the event is thought to have been taken from before England's recent round of international matches.
Redknapp has been approached by Mail Sport for comment.
nooampstyz
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That's why foreign players are never on the front page.. british people are very selfish and Son Min son could have been famous if he played somewhere in the league..all are victims apart england brought up
labcilotyz
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Get a life… People can’t deal with humour of the old school English. I suppose you’d have been born here to really understand Constantly offended light weights🙄
Bro, u sure make lot of grammar mistakes for a native English speaker..
labcilotyz
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Two things wrong with this entire time 1. The dude is having someone fun in private. it's wrong to film him n then put it on internet 2. Rednapp should know that if England had. decent English coach, the job would gone to him. meaning the English don't count any of the current English coaches upto the job, that includes Refknapp
Cihdeikloy
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German spy. I always liked Tuchel he speaks his mind, not like scaredy Southgate. You need a strong 💪 iron fist to get under performimg England back to best.
Therealreddevil
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At this point people can't even make jokes in their own backyard anymore
malablata
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Why all this racist remark towards Tuchel? It's sincerely wrong.
Austine8Peaks
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I thought they said old age comes with wisdom?
konbckmpty
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Get a life… People can’t deal with humour of the old school English. I suppose you’d have been born here to really understand Constantly offended light weights🙄
mapbcelt
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the authentication of tchel as a German spy has no basis or truth it's all a fabrication created by Rednapp
of course it's a lie lol
faaamopryz
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the authentication of tchel as a German spy has no basis or truth it's all a fabrication created by Rednapp
ExiledDon876
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MFs can't have private convos anymore, everybody is shooting a documentary 24 mother fucking 7 🙄🤦🏿♂️