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Good ol' Arry steps down ... because of his knee.

Harry Redknapp has resigned as manager of Queens Park Rangers, citing the need for “immediate surgery” on his knee. The club coaches Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey have been placed in temporary charge of the west London team.

Redknapp, who joined in November 2012, said he told his chairman, Tony Fernandes, of his decision to resign on the early hours of Tuesday morning.

“I was awake all night, thinking about it,” Redknapp told the Daily Mail. “I’m struggling so badly now. I can’t walk, I can barely stand and watch. I’m in pain all the time. I’ve been putting it off, and putting it off, but it has got to the stage where I cannot do the job.

“I went to bed thinking I would sleep on it, but then I couldn’t sleep a wink. That’s when I decided to call Tony. It must have been 5.30am.

“I just told him he needed someone who could properly coach and manage the team in the next 10 weeks. It’s such an important time. They need someone who can give it everything.”

http://www.theguardian.com/football/...ns-qpr-manager