Editing Harry Redknapp (section)

===Portsmouth===
Redknapp became [[director of football]] for [[Portsmouth F.C.|Portsmouth]] in 2001, and when the [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] manager's job became vacant with the dismissal of [[Peter Taylor (footballer, born 1953)|Peter Taylor]] that autumn, Redknapp was widely tipped to take over at the [[East Midlands]] club, but stayed loyal to ''Pompey'', with the Leicester job going to [[Dave Bassett]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leicester_city/1573145.stm |website=BBC Sport |title=Who's next for the Foxes hot-seat? |date=1 October 2001}}</ref> It was reported in the national media that had Redknapp taken over, Bassett would have been on his coaching staff at the [[East Midlands]] club.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bassett-could-team-up-with-redknapp-630092.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220509/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/bassett-could-team-up-with-redknapp-630092.html |archive-date=9 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=The Independent |first=Alan |last=Nixon |title=Bassett could team up with Redknapp |date=3 October 2001}}</ref>

However, after the club's poor form, he replaced manager [[Graham Rix]] in March 2002. Redknapp managed the club to the [[Football League First Division|Division One]] title in the [[2002–03 in English football|2002–03 season]], gaining promotion to the Premier League, replacing his former club West Ham.

Redknapp kept Portsmouth in the Premier League in the [[2003–04 in English football|2003–04 season]], but had a dispute with Portsmouth owner [[Milan Mandarić]] over his assistant [[Jim Smith (footballer, born 1940)|Jim Smith]]. Redknapp had another disagreement with Mandarić over the appointment of [[Velimir Zajec]] as director of football and resigned as manager in November 2004.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Redknapp quits as Portsmouth boss |website=BBC Sport |date=24 November 2004 |access-date=28 January 2008 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/p/portsmouth/4037591.stm}}</ref>