Duncan Edwards was my idol in the fifties... I was devastated after the Munich air disaster George Best, Bobby Moore and Sir Bobby Charlton all make my team of the sixties Duncan Edwards joins Billy Wright and Danny Blanchflower in my team of the fifties Harry Redknapp is one of the game’s most colourful and outspoken characters. Here, in the final part of his brilliant book, he reflects on a footballing world before pilates, ice baths and prima donnas. ........................................................................... Lionel Messi reminds me of George Best, the way he would run with the ball tight to his foot. Tap, tap, tap. He would take the ball up to defenders like that, and then swivel and go past them.
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Harry Redknapp's latest book, A Man Walks On To a Pitch, is being serialised by Sportsmail this week
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In the final excerpt, Harry discusses the enigmatic talents of George Best
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Training and preparation has changed vastly since the 1960s and 1970s
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The methods of Ron Greenwood, Redknapp insists, still hold true today
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