QPR boss Harry Redknapp has expressed his delight at bringing Glenn Hoddle on board as a first-team coach and hailed the former England manager’s “fantastic football brain.”

Hoddle has joined the newly promoted Premier League side and will form part of Redknapp’s backroom team alongside fellow coaches Kevin Bond and Joe Jordan.

And the Hoops manager cannot wait to start working with the 56-year-old, in a similar fashion to how he worked with previous coaches Steve McClaren and Wally Downes.

“We’re really pleased to have him. It was one million per cent my idea,” Redknapp told the Sports Bar.

“He said he had quite a few commitments but I think he’s done away with most of the commitments already because he really wanted to get involved and get back on the training ground. I think he’s got a fantastic football brain and I think he will be a big help to Kevin, Joe and myself.

“To be honest I don’t think you can have too many coaches. You’ve got 20 odd players so he can go work with one kid, work with the left-back and help him improve their game or do some work with the back four.

“We can split up and work with people and give them more attention than they usually get in football. So I think it will be great to have him around.”

Hoddle has not held any sort of coaching role since leaving Wolves eight years ago when he was boss and Redknapp tipped the ex-England midfielder to even possibly take over as the national side’s manager for a second time.

“Why hasn’t someone used him? When Roy [Hodgson] finishes with the job in a couple years time, if they’re looking for an England manager there’s a boy at Everton [Roberto Martinez], there’s a young manager at Liverpool [Brendan Rodgers] who are fanatastic and there’s Glenn Hoddle.

“They would be big contenders and I still put Glenn in that class. He’s still capable of managing at the very top level. He’s got so much to offer, he’s got a fantastic football brain and I think it has been wasted.”