Former England manager Terry Venables has stated that the FA should hire Harry Redknapp as soon as possible to give the Tottenham boss the best opportunity to excel at Euro 2012.

The Three Lions have been without a permanent head coach since Fabio Capello walked away from his job earlier in the year, and Redknapp has emerged as the favourite to replace the Italian.

Venables has stated that the next national selector should be given as much preparation time as possible and that the FA should stop dragging their heels.

“I think Harry is the candidate and he has done such a capable job,” Venables told Mirror Football.

“The more time you can get in, the better. There’s nothing for you doing it off cold. You need everything to be in your favour because it’s such a big job.

“They have to get someone in there straight away do to something about it.

“I don’t see any benefit at all in coming in at the last moment with a rah-rah-rah. He’s got to know those players, not just from what he has seen, but how they talk and what they feel is important, really getting into the individuals.

“The cogs have got to be strong to make that chain strong.

“It just seems to have gone on too long for me. There’s now a double take, and no-one seems to really know what’s going on, apart from those who are in the seat,” he concluded.

By Gareth McKnight

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