Billy Bonds says 'pathetic' Harry Redknapp has been 'very liberal with the truth' over their West Ham feud
Billy Bonds says 'pathetic' Harry Redknapp has been 'very liberal with the truth' over their West Ham feud
The former Hammers boss has broken his silence over their 20-year bitter spat
In happier times: Billy Bonds with former assistant Harry Redknapp
Billy Bonds has branded Harry Redknapp “pathetic” and “liberal with the truth” after reigniting their 20-year-old feud.
Former West Ham boss and fans’ idol Bonds has not spoken to Redknapp for almost two decades after he claimed
’Arry had stabbed him in the back.
Bonds
left the Upton Park club, after 27 years as a player and manager, in 1994 when Redknapp – who had been his assistant – took charge of the first team.
In
his autobiography, serialised earlier this month Redknapp claimed he
was offered Bonds’ job after being approached to return to his old club
Bournemouth as boss.
According to Redknapp, Bonds was offered a role as the West Ham director of football but walked out – and
they have not spoken since.
But after waiting 20 years to speak his mind, the Hammers legend has broken his silence on their troubled relationship.
Redknapp’s
memoirs accused ‘Bonzo’, now 67, of being a “man out of time” and
presiding over a “shambles” – but the QPR manager will be stung by his
former best mate’s response.
Bonds
said: “For him to come out with what he said was disrespectful to the
players and one or two of the staff who were there. He has been very
liberal with the truth but that’s much as I expected.
“I haven’t spoken to him for 20 years. I find it quite pathetic that he comes out with stuff like that really.”
Such
bitterness
– in an interview on Hammers fans website Knees Up Mother Brown
(www.kumb.com) – will shatter Redknapp’s hopes of patching up their
friendship. Harry Redknapp poses with a copy of his autobiography
Charlie Crowhurst
Redknapp's book has already put him at odds with players, past and present, over his recollection of events.
'Arry
claimed several senior England players including Steve Gerrard sent him
text messages backing him to take over as Three Lions coach. Gerrard denies sending Redknapp such a text.
And former Hammers skipper Julian Dicks has also rejected Redknapp's version of his timekeeping and conforming to dress code.
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