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Redknapp: Hart needs to play
- Updated: August 19, 2016
Jamie Redknapp has no problem with Pep Guardiola dropping Joe Hart – but says the England No 1 cannot afford to be sat on the bench.
We’re in the early days of the Pep Guardiola era at Manchester City and the manager is still finding out about the players he has in the squad and what he can get out of them. We’ve already seen he doesn’t fancy Joe Hart – and I’ve got no problem with that.
After the England No 1 was left out against Sunderland and Steaua Bucharest some people have said Guardiola was out of order. That Hart, who has been at City for 10 years, deserved to be treated better. But it’s Guardiola’s job to make those calls.
At the end of the day it’s Guardiola’s reputation on the line and if he doesn’t think Hart is good enough then unlucky. Get on with it. That’s football. We’ve all had to suffer that at some stage in our careers.
There are only a handful of players in world football who haven’t had a new manager come in and think ‘he’s not for me’. It’s not the first time it’s happened to Hart and it probably won’t be the last.
The important thing for him now is to go and play some football somewhere, even if it’s just leaving on loan for a while. I don’t think anyone at Manchester City would begrudge him that. If he was a defender, midfielder or forward I’d tell him to stick around because things can change. But being a back-up goalkeeper can be a lonely role. He’s been a No 1 all his life and he shouldn’t be sitting on the bench, he should be playing somewhere.
A lot has been made about Hart’s ability with the ball at his feet. It’s not like Hart can’t kick a ball, he’s decent. But he’s perhaps not at the highest level. If you can get a goalkeeper who can do both the passing and shot-stopping well – and Claudio Bravo, Barcelona’s goalkeeper City are reportedly at, looks like that sort of player – then fine.
But if you asked me as a manager would I sway towards a goalkeeper who is better with his feet or better with his hands, I’d go with his …
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