Redknapp: It’s all about psychology

Harry Redknapp accepts you have to be as much as psychologist as a manager nowadays as he looks to lift Tottenham as they prepare to return to action in the Premier League against Stoke tonight following the trauma of Fabrice Muamba’s cardiac arrest.

The news coming from London Chest Hospital concerning the condition of the 23-year-old, now described as “comfortable” in intensive care, is much more positive than immediately after the Bolton midfielder’s heart had stopped for two hours following his collapse during the first half of the FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane on Saturday evening.

Spurs’ players and coaching staff alike were all moved by the experience, with both counselling offered by the club as well as the opportunity for heart tests at the training ground in Chigwell.