According to Yahoo it was Mrs Redknapp who persuaded Arry against it -they live on Sandbanks which means a commute to the Essex training ground for the manager, whereas the FA want the England manager to be close to the Staffordshire centre they have invested in, and Mrs K thought it would be too tryin on Mr K's heart to drive up there and back.
I would like Mr Hodgson to clear the decks, and get rid of Terry, Ferdinand, Lampard, King, and bring in younger players who may not win in the Euros -assuming that the boycott of Ukraine does not materialise- but who over the next few years will play with each other enough times to gell: Sturridge, Hart in goal now looks a certainty, Walcott when fit. I think even a thug like Gerrard has a year or two in him. It is about building up to Brazil and the long term.
Sadly, the Murdoch press have already decided to insult and ridicule a man who speaks five languages -including Norwegian- which is more than any of the third rate hacks in Murdoch's pay can manage.