WHILE all the credit to Tottenham's recent revival has been attributed to Harry Redknapp's arrival, one man does not think that's all the reason.
The much vilified former sporting director, Damien Comolli, on whom much of the blame for Spurs' woes was directed at, insists his time at White Hart Lane was a success.
He believes the team's upturn in fortunes is a result of his legacy. Redknapp is now reaping the fruits of his labour.
Comolli was sacked last month along with former manager Juande Ramos after a disastrous start to the season which saw Spurs claim just two points from their opening eight league games, leaving them four points adrift at the bottom of the Premier League.
Comolli had overseen transfer dealings over the previous three years but it was the sale of strikers Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov, to Liverpool and Manchester United, respectively, that apparently underpinned Spurs' struggles.
New acquisitions Fraizer Campbell, on loan from Manchester United, and Roman Pavlyuchenko failed to shine under Ramos while David Bentley and Jonathan Woodgate went public with their criticism of the team's displays.
Inspired
Since his arrival, Redknapp has led the side out of the drop zone and into the quarter-finals of the League Cup with the likes of Campbell and Pavlyuchenko inspired by the former Pompey boss' arrival.
But Comolli believes he is at least partly responsible for the side's improvement.
He told The Sun: 'My time at Tottenham went exceptionally well.
'I took a lot of pleasure in what I achieved. I had a lot of success. I did a lot of good for the team and left a club in great shape.
'The current results are showing what I did for Tottenham. The team is great and young.'
Comolli, who has since joined French side St Etienne in a similar role, continued: 'I am still asking myself what happened in the end. I don't understand it.
'I advised the club to take the manager (Ramos) and it went well at first. But when he had problems the club turned on me.
'I am leaving a club with a lot of assets, many, many good players.'
