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Bournmouth, who find themselves in around £4m worth of debt are hoping that Harry Redknapp can lead a consortium to save them from liquidation after the club has recently been put into administration. Harry Redknapp has said today that he is willing to help The Cherries, who he made over 100 appearances for as a player and spent 9 years as manager.

“I know some people there with money who I’m sure would be interested in taking it on.

“It’s a great little club, which means a lot to me.

“I have always said I would do what I could for Bournemouth and there’s no way I’ll see them go out of business.”

However Redknapp is unsure whether there will be any regulations or rules blocking a move for him to buy his old club while he is still manager of Portsmouth.

“If a consortium was put together and wanted me to be an investor, I would do it, yes,”

“I don’t know how that would sit with League rules. I could put my son in, couldn’t I?

“Hopefully, somebody else will do it, but if a consortium came to me and I knew they were good fellows who had the club at heart, I would get involved.

“I’ve also spoken to the chairman (Jeff Mostyn) and it seems that raising about £1m initially will keep them going.

“Bournemouth certainly need a league team. They have still been getting 5,000-6,000 gates even when they’ve been in trouble.”

Personally I cannot see there being too much that would block this move for Harry although he may find it hard to have much time for The Cherries but of course this depends on what duties, if any he will take up at Bournmouth and I cannot see why he would not be allowed to put his son in to do the admin work at the club. I do hate seeing league clubs face this kind of financial trouble especially when stupid ideas like the 39th Premiership game float about aimed at making even more money for Premiership clubs. The issue regarding the number of league clubs facing administration should be addressed as quickly as possible.

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