‘I’m a Celebrity’ Favourite Harry Redknapp’s Odds Slashed

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A flurry of bets on I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here favourite Harry Redknapp has seen his price shorten to an odds-on chance with multiple online bookmakers.

The former Tottenham boss has won legions of fans with his anecdotes on the hit ITV reality show, and after a sustained period of bets over the weekend and during this week, Redknapp has replaced Nick Knowles and Emily Atack at the head of the betting.

The 71-year-old was originally priced at 8/1 to win ‘I’m a Celeb’, but after stories about watching racing with Sir Alex Ferguson and going for dinner with Princess Beatrice, his odds have been slashed, cut after Tuesday night’s show to 8/13.

Other bookmakers have reacted in similar fashion, with heavyweights Bet365, Ladbrokes and Paddy Power all shortening their odds on Redknapp to win the reality TV show to 8/11.

DIY SOS presenter Knowles is second favourite to win the show at 9/2, while Inbetweeners actress Atack is a longer-shot 8/1 third-favourite.

888Sport make Redknapp as short as 1/7 to reach the final – with Knowles (2/5) and Atack (3/4) also odds-on to make the last three.

Harry Redknapp’s Next Job?

The online bookmakers also think Harry could have another big football job in him, making him 6/4 to be handed the reigns at a Championship club by the end of the 2019/20 season.

An 888Sport spokesperson said: “Harry Redknapp has been a revelation in the jungle, and he’s proving just as popular with our punters as he has been with the other celebrities.

“After taking plenty of bets over the last few days on the football boss, our categorically-not-a-wheeler-dealer is now our odds-on favourite.

“We don’t think his managerial career is over quite yet either, and we go 6/4 for him to be in charge of a Championship club by the end of next season too.

“It’s not looking quite as good for Sair Khan – we make the former Corrie star most likely at 5/4 to be the first celebrity voted out when the evictions begin on Sunday.”

888Sport don’t think another Premier League job might is quite out of reach for Redknapp, offering 5/2 for him to manage in England's top flight by June 2020 having initially rated his chances at 5/1.

After briefly managing the Jordan national team in 2016, he was recently linked with the Republic of Ireland job before Mick McCarthy’s appointment. Redknapp is 5/1 to take up any international team job before July 2020.

Who is Harry Redknapp?

Harry Redknapp is a former professional footballer who played for West Ham, Bournemouth and Brentford – among other clubs – but is perhaps best known for managing a string of Premier League clubs.

Although not yet officially retired, he spent his longest managerial stint with West Ham between 1994 and 2001, while his biggest achievement is winning the FA Cup for Portsmouth in 2008.

His success in his second spell with Pompey helped him land the Tottenham job and in 2010 he was named Premier League manager of the season for guiding Spurs to Champions League qualification against the odds.

Spells at Queens Park Rangers and Jordan followed, before Redknapp’s most recent managerial role at Birmingham City, who he helped avoid relegation from the Championship before being sacked for poor results early in the 2017-18 campaign.

In his personal life, Redknapp has been with his wife Sandra for 54 years, with whom he has two children – Jamie and Mark – while he is also an uncle to former Chelsea and England star Frank Lampard.

His wife Sandra is expected to greet Harry when he leaves the jungle and 888Sport have also priced up his son Jamie and notable former player Niko Kranjcar at 8/1 to meet him at the other side of the rope bridge.

Fellow former player Peter Crouch is available at 10/1 to meet him on the outside, while nephew Frank is 50/1.