Harry won't call it a day - Bond

Redknapp joined the long list of football managers to have heart problems and on Wednesday underwent a procedure to unblock two coronary arteries. Redknapp was admitted to hospital last night to have tests, and it was decided that the 64-year-old would have the procedure - which was carried out under local anaesthetic - on Wednesday morning. He is expected to be released from hospital in the next 48 hours and is said to be in "excellent spirits", even claiming that he could be back at work on Friday morning ahead of Sunday's game at Fulham. Fellow managers Sir Alex Ferguson, Gerard Houllier and Sam Allardyce have all undergone heart operations recently and Redknapp himself has been taking heart pills upon the advice of his doctor. Allardyce returned to the dug-out after two weeks, while Houllier left his post at Aston Villa this summer shortly after undergoing heart surgery. But Bond, the man who will take charge of Spurs for Thursday's Europa League game at Rubin Kazan, revealed that Redknapp had been planning the procedure for some time and insisted the former Portsmouth boss would not be put off the prospect of football management because of the scare. "This will not knock Harry's desire to manage, no chance," Bond said. "No, it won't happen. You give him two days off and he will come back rejuvenated. "It's nothing really for us to worry about. It's happened. The procedure has come and gone. I have spoken to Harry and he is fine. "While no-one wants to see anyone have any type of operation, it is a simple procedure and hopefully he will be back within a couple of days so everything will be fine." Spurs chairman Daniel Levy wished Redknapp a speedy recovery, saying in a statement: "We are delighted the operation went so smoothly and successfully. "Knowing Harry he will want to rush back, but it's important that he only does so when he has recovered properly." It will be left to medical staff treating Redknapp to decide whether he should be allowed to return to work after Spurs come back from Thursday night's Group A game in Russia. Redknapp gave Bond the team that will play on Thursday earlier in the week, but it will be the former Stafford Rangers man and first-team coach Joe Jordan who will be in the dug-out while their manager rests in London. Redknapp conceded last year that he struggles to cope with the stresses and strains of modern-day football management. After admitting taking heart pills, the Spurs boss said in March 2010: "After a game I cannot sleep, there is too much going on in my head as I go over moves, think about game plans, think about which player has had a good or bad game - and it's worse if you lose." Redknapp is a workaholic who regularly makes a 250-mile round trip from his Sandbanks home in Bournemouth to the club's training ground in Chigwell, Essex. He shares the journey with Bond, who admitted on Wednesday that he had seen no sign that the manager's health had deteriorated recently. "I didn't notice anything different in how he was," Bond said. "Maybe Harry felt a slight change in himself that nobody else could have noticed or picked up on." Tottenham will qualify for the last 32 of the Europa League if they win in Kazan - the Russian city over 450 miles east of Moscow - and Bond hopes three points will also put a smile on Redknapp's face. "It would certainly lift his spirits if we were able to bring him home some points from the game tomorrow," Bond added. "It would give him a big lift, for sure."