How Harry Redknapp took Tottenham to the Premier League heights Spurs confirmed the 65 year-old's departure in the early hours of Thursday morning after negotiations over a contract extension with chairman Daniel Levy broke down. And despite outperforming Trevor Francis, Ossie Ardiles, Cristian Gross, Glenn Hoddle, David Pleat, Martin Jol and Juande Ramos, whom Redknapp took over from with Tottenham Hotspur in the relegation places, the former West Ham and Southampton manager felt his dismissal was inevitable. Spurs lost out on Champions League football despite finishing fourth in the Premier League, because of Chelsea's Champions League final triumph over Bayern Munich last month. "We finished fourth and were unlucky at the end, but I think the same outcome would have happened," Redknapp said. Even if we had finished fourth, the chairman would have gone down the same road. But that is football. I had four great years at Spurs. All you can do is leave the club in a better state than you found it and I did that, for sure. Roberto Martinez, David Moyes, Andre Villas-Boas and the German coach Ralf Rangnick are four of the managers under consideration to take over at White Hart Lane.