Former Spurs forward Les Ferdinand has agreed to return to White Hart Lane as a consultant.
Redknapp brings in ex-England international as striker consultant
Former Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Ferdinand has agreed to return to White Hart Lane as a strikers' consultant.
New Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has been looking to make additions to his coaching staff and has already brought in Tim Sherwood.
At his presentation as Juande Ramos' replacement last week, Redknapp suggested he would also discuss a possible role for Ferdinand.
The 41-year-old has now accepted an offer to work with Redknapp as a consultant for the club's strikers.
Ferdinand spent five-and-a-half years as a Spurs player, scoring 39 goals in 149 appearances after his £6million arrival from Newcastle United in 1997.
Redknapp is hoping Ferdinand can have a similar impact to the last time he tried such an experiment during his first spell as Pompey boss.
Big help
"I will speak to Les, I want to bring Les in to do a bit of coaching and Les can work with the strikers," said Redknapp on
Sky Sports News.
"I think it's great to do that. I did it a few years ago at Portsmouth with Yakubu, I brought Luther Blissett in.
"Luther came in and worked with Yakubu when the Yak was going through a bit of a barren spell the season he came.
"But, from working with him, he had an amazing finish to the season and he got 14 goals in the last 16 games or something like that.
"He enjoyed working with Luther and Les can come in and work with the strikers here and be a big help to them."