Media Career
Redknapp began his career in 2004 as a pundit studio-based pundit on BBC during the European Championships. Since retiring he had gone into punditry full-time and is a regular studio pundit on Sky Sports alongside former England teammate Gary Neville. He is also a regular columnist on the Sky Sports website.
In 2005, Redknapp launched a bi-monthly magazine with his wife Louise and former team-mate Tim Sherwood named Icon Magazine, aimed at professional footballers and their families.
In 2010 he was made host and mentor on the Sky1 show Football's Next Star.. In January 2011, a video was leaked of an off-camera conversation with Richard Keys discussing past sexual escapades with woman named "Louise". Keys was filmed asking Redknapp if he had "smashed it".
Redknapp is a team captain in the Sky1 sports game show A League of Their Own.
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