Redknapp had no need to sue Panorama and never said he would. Panorama accused him of saying he liked Andy Todd and would sign him if offered the player. He said the same thing on the back page of the Portsmouth News a year before, and there is no rule against that. So much for investigative journalism.

As for abandoning scumhampton, you can't criticise the man for having taste.

And as for the police, they got a warrant and arrested him because some money is missing from a transfer. No-one knows where it is. That's how they got the warrant. However, if they are not going to question him about it then why arrest him?

Simple, because as usual this clueless bunch of clouseau impersonators are under pressure to make arrests, so they did.

Mike Hall, Gosport, Hants

has nobody ever read tom bowers book?if they had the would not want harry for the england job.

william rogers, caerphilly,

i also find this disgusting and an act of evil. i think we all know harry has nothing to do with it. As far as the england managers job i hope he will not get it as it is harry who has got us where we are today and i feel we will go down hill without him, however i also feel that harry will be the best man for the job

good luck harry we are all behind you

paul, portsmouth, uk

Of course Harry shouldn't be ruled out of the England job before he is convicted or even charged.

Maybe he should be ruled out because he has never won anything.

Simon, Southampton, England

His loss is our gain. Apart from the feeling that this one is less than special and has more in common with Del Boy than Mourinho, he has not proved himself at international or European level. Big Phil, Fabio Capello etc. These are the kind of names we need to be thinking of.

David GArdiner, Wolverhampton, England

The police need to have 'reasonable cause to suspect' that an individual has commited an offence before they can arrest. They would also have needed a warrant granted by a magistrate to search Mr Redknapp's house. That won't have been given lightly. If Mr Redknapp is unhappy then he should file a complaint with the Independent Police Compaints Authority. Strangely after the Panorama programme two of the individuals threatened to sue but to my knowledge neither has.

Honest John, Margate, England

Everyone should get behind Harry. This sort of mud slinging forced our last good English Manager (Venables) out of the job. Now they've done Harry before he even had a chance.

He gets my vote because he clearly knows how to get a team playing better than the sum of its parts - something England badly need.

As for the police officers involved, stop trying to make a name for yourselves and do your job properly for once.

Tim H, London,

Let the people decide whether you're suitable Harry ....

The PC brigade might question this incident but I doubt whether 100% of the fans would give a damn... I don't. To lead the national team you need respect and you need to be able to inspire a squad within a shortish period of time....

On those scores you're head and shoulders the best man for the job. One of the few top-flight Managers since Cloughy and Robson that the players actually seem to want to play well for. If you want the top job (given that you've nothing you need to prove) and all that goes with it I think you should stick in there.

Either way, you're a top bloke.

Richard Mee, Cambridge,

I find this disgusting. The police have bigger problems to deal with and should not be "storming" a house at 6am in front of paparazzi to ask about one payment from a football tranfer.

What a waste of time and money. Why not just discreetly have a word at the training ground?

I feel sorry for harry and his family.

Nick, Manchester,

For me, Harry is still the number one candidate, England have a stupid habit of binning their managers for non football reasons. Venables and Hoddle for instance. Is Redknapp going to go the same way before he has even been appointed?

B.T., Cardiff,

until i'm told differently, i can only believe what i've heard: that police investigations concern only one payment, from an agent to a player. why 5 people need to be arrested (rather than questioned) about this i cann't imagine. i would also be suspicious about the timing.
harry for england.
(and i'm normally supportive of foreign managers for the england job).

maccer, veria, greece

The police arrest, then bail Redknapp, yet he claims to have no connection. Odd!
Even odder is his arrogant claim the only reason for his arrest was to add "a bit of profile" to the case.....who does he think he is?
All this from the man who behaved so dishonourably when he abandoned Southampton to return to Portsmouth.
Personally, I not not trust this man as far as I could kick him.

Rupert Nathan, London, UK

If the Police dont bring charges then there are serious questions about thier action.

Remember what happened to big Sam ......just before the appointment of the worse England Manager ever.

Good luck Harry I hope you make it

Red Scouse

Robert Davies, Southort, Merseyside

If they can't even check that the suspect is even in the country no wonder they shot the wrong bloke in the tube. Press there as well, something stinks.

Gareth Davies, Munich, Germany

Nothing could demonstrate the way in which the police waste their (our tax) resources and leak to the press more than the completely over-the-top manner of Harry Redknapp's arrest. Did they imagine Mrs R. was waiting at 6 a.m. with a machine gun at the ready. Really, the people and its representatives need to get police accountability and root out police corruption (which I classify having press photographers at the ready). I wish the police were half as good at protecting the public than HRedknapp is at his.

John, Birmingham,