Heart scare won’t stop Harry

HARRY REDKNAPP’S heart scare will not force the Tottenham boss into retirement, his assistant Kevin Bond insisted yesterday.

Redknapp joined the long list of football managers to have heart problems and yesterday underwent a procedure to unblock two coronary arteries.

He is expected to be released from hospital in the next 48 hours and is said to be in “excellent spirits”, even claiming that he could be back at work tomorrow ahead of Sunday’s game at Fulham.

Fellow managers Alex Ferguson, Gerard Houllier and Sam Allardyce have all undergone heart operations recently.

But Bond, the man who will take charge of Spurs for the Europa League game at Rubin Kazan, revealed that Redknapp had been planning the procedure for some time and insisted the former Portsmouth boss would not be put off the prospect of football management.