Redknapp says ‘joke’ about Tuchel ‘badly backfired’

Calling England’s Thomas Tuchel “a German spy,” according to former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp, was a “joke” that “badly backfired.”

Redknapp appeared to make a Nazi salute while speaking at a charity event last month, and he made the comment about the German manager.

Redknapp was discussing England having a foreign manager in Tuchel when he appeared on Saudi Arabia’s state-owned Al Arabiya News on Wednesday, saying, “A German spy as you said. “.

The former West Ham, Tottenham, and Portsmouth manager responded, “No, don’t go there.” Oh my goodness, it was a joke that had a terrible back-firing, I bet you. However, the joke was genuine.

In his first two years in charge, former Chelsea manager Tuchel led the nation to victories over Albania and Latvia in the inaugural season.

Redknapp, 78, was asked for his thoughts on the German when he addressed an audience at a London event prior to those matches.

I think he’s a German spy, I’ll be honest with you. In a video clip that the Guardian obtained, Redknapp is spotted saying, “I’m telling you.”

He’s been sent over to [expletive] us up, he says seriously. He does . He reminds me of Lord Haw Haw in the war, “We have your best soldiers captured, and all that.

During World War Two, William Joyce, better known as Lord Haw-Haw, broadcast Nazi propaganda to the United Kingdom.

Redknapp also imagined Tuchel being told to “go over and ruin that team” by Redknapp.