Redknapp :No approach yet for England vacancy

Fabio Capello resigned from the coaching position earlier in February over a disagreement with the FA regarding the stripping of John Terry as the Three Lions captaincy. The 64-year-old is the clear favourite to replace the Italian, but has insisted no approach has been made to remove him from his position at White Hart Lane and said the fifth-round FA Cup tie at Stevenage has been at the centre of his thoughts this week. “I've not spoken to anybody – I'm not going to rule myself out but I've not been ruled in either,” Redknapp told reporters on Friday. “I've just been thinking about Stevenage all week.” Redknapp’s success with Spurs has brought about suggestions of the coach taking up the England role part-time so he could continue at the north London club, but the man himself does not think such a situation is viable. “[In an interview with Abu Dhabi Sports] I was asked if someone could do it just for Euros,” Redknapp continued. “In the long term it couldn't be done part-time, it would have be done full-time. You couldn't run any club in any country in the world and do that job as well.” He told BBC Sport: “I think in the short-term maybe it’s possible for a European Championships, but I think in the long-term it’s not possible to manager a club team and manager a national team.” Spurs travel to the League One outfit on Sunday and the manager must be careful to avoid slipping up at the ground where Newcastle United were defeated in the same competition at the third-round phase last campaign. “My focus is on trying to get Tottenham as high up the table as I can,” Redknapp, who won the FA Cup with Portsmouth four seasons ago, added. “We want a Champions League spot and we also have a chance in the FA Cup. “We want to win the FA cup this year. It would be great for the club. We are in there with a big chance and we have a team as good as any left in there.”