Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp cannot win with England First: the pleasure of waltzing each day into Spurs Lodge. It may only be a training ground in Chigwell by the side of the M11 but, boy, does that place hum with positivity. Tottenham are the Premier League's most entertaining side now that Manchester City dazzle less and Redknapp has always measured out his life in thrills. Spurs will almost certainly qualify for next term's Champions League, thus resuming a journey that took them to Milan's San Siro and the Bernabeu in Madrid a year ago. England's 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign will take Redknapp to Moldova, Montenegro and San Marino. After, that is, he has attempted to chuck together a side capable of avoiding mortification in Poland and Ukraine at the European Championships. The portents there are not bright, even without the shadow over John Terry. The country's best young midfielder, Jack Wilshere, is still injured and the best striker, Wayne Rooney, misses the first two group games through suspension. There is a strong sense that Euro 2012 will work less as a trophy-winning opportunity than an archway England need to pass through to a better day. Then fate serves up a World Cup in Brazil, where John Bull himself would not stake a quid on England winning. Redknapp has already conceded the improbability of England prevailing over Argentina, Brazil and Spain in South American conditions. So: with a two-year, two-tournament contract from the Football Association, what would be the point in taking the job, beyond the money and the lighter workload? This is the dilemma as it might look through Redknapp's eyes. A counterview is that Spurs are hardly guaranteed to win the Premier League or Champions League either. Here we the enter the maze of whether Gareth Bale, Luka Modric and Emmanuel Adebayor will still be at White Hart Lane in August. When the FA's offer drops, Redknapp will have to look not at where Spurs are now but how they might shape up in 2012-13. Bale will probably end up at Barcelona or Real Madrid. The only issue is when. Adebayor, on loan from Manchester City, is not certain to stay beyond May. Daniel Levy, the chairman, uncurled Chelsea's fingers when they thought had grabbed Modric last summer but could face that scuffle again, especially if Bale leaves. This is only one scenario: the darkest Spurs could face. Equally they could retain all three stars and reinvest cleverly again. Redknapp will have his hunches, but he has no real way of knowing. The timing of Capello's resignation, with Spurs on the cusp of great things, means he can only trust his nose. He knows the England job is "assle. He knows the country will expect miracles. He can be sure he lacks the players to win Euro 2012. As things stand you would stride boldly over the white line with Joe Hart, Wilshere and Rooney, on a good (and calm) day. But largely this England squad is made up of unprovens, who may or may not develop international lustre. In this group fall Chris Smalling, Phil Jones, Kyle Walker, Jack Rodwell, Tom Cleverley, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Danny Welbeck. Redknapp will feel he can bring his alchemy to all those lives and his record says he will. But there can be no forays into the transfer market. The cosmopolitanism on which he thrives will be snatched away. Coldly: is the England job a demotion, a backward step? And would Redknapp tire of walking his dogs along promenades and crave the old electricity of Chigwell? The odds are that he will say yes to the FA, but it will hurt him, somewhere inside. These real "football" men say they want a quieter life but are drawn to the rush of daily management. The Godfather line runs across their thoughts: "Just when I though I was out, they pull me back in."