Ironically, the Duchess of Cornwall visited the Emirates Stadium to promote literacy in children with Theo Walcott on Thursday, while Harry Redknapp told the court he “couldn’t even fill in a teamsheet” because he doesn’t know how to write.
Theo Walcott and Camilla partnered up to encourage reading in schoolchildren. The pair held a meeting at Ashburton Grove with children and talked about the importance of reading at a young age. While many Gooners call Theo clueless, he is actually the author of four childrens’ books. We’re still waiting on the book about advanced football tactics and positioning.
At the event, Walcott said: “I love working with children. I think it is important for kids to read. For a lot of kids, we are role models to them, so anything I can do to encourage that, which hopefully my kids’ books have anyway, anything I can do to help them out.” (Source: The Press Association)
Instead of helping children, Theo and Camilla may need to teach a 64-year old man the basics of writing. Of course, Harry Redknapp is not a disadvantaged or mentally ill (debatable). The manager of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club is currently on trail for tax evasion. In court on Thursday, he said:
”I can’t work a computer, I don’t know what an email is, I can’t, I have never sent a fax and I’ve never even sent a text message. I have a big problem, I can’t write so I don’t keep anything. I am the most disorganised person, I am ashamed to say, in the world. You talk to anybody at the football club. I don’t write. I couldn’t even fill a team sheet in.”
”I pay a fortune to my accountant to look after me you know. He writes all the cheques for me and my wife. He pays my bills. He runs my life basically.” (Source: ESPN)
Redknapp is trying to get out of trouble by claiming stupidity, which could resonate with the jury given his obvious lack of intelligence. In fact, Redknapp’s dog has even taken advantage of the Spurs manager by running off to Monaco to set up a bank account. One wonders how (or if) ‘Arry even ties his own shoelaces.
In reality, this is a sad story of discrimination. According to Redknapp himself, he has only been charged because of his name and Cockney accent. Nothing to do with corrupt transfers or foreign tax-free bank accounts holding large amounts of cash in a dog’s name.
Isn’t it odd that our French manager has a much better understanding of the English language than Redknapp? Many in the press have called Redknapp a genius for what he has accomplished at Spurs this season while calling Wenger delusional. The man with a master’s degree in Economics and another degree in Engineering, who also speaks six languages, is the fool while the man who cannot write is the mastermind.
Spending loads of cash has been key to Redknapp’s relative success as a manager, but it may also be his downfall. If nothing else, this recent fiasco will keep him out of the England job. Hopefully, he will leave Spurs in ruin when he leaves White Hart Lane just like he did when he left Portsmouth and Southampton.
If the Duchess and Walcott are looking to further their charity work, they may want to venture down to White Hart Lane to help a future convict learn to write. The children can wait because Redknapp is growing old and heading to prison. If he is to ever learn to write, it has to happen now. Perhaps someday, if all goes well for ‘Arry, he can further his education by receiving an advanced macroeconomics course taught by Arsene Wenger.
