GRANT BLASTED OVER HART AXE

HART: With his successor Grant

By Aidan Magee, 28/11/2009

AVRAM GRANT has been accused of knifing Paul Hart in the back.

The ex-Chelsea manager replaced Hart at Portsmouth this week - just 50 days after going to Fratton Park as director of football.

"Paul feels very strongly that he was knifed by Avram Grant," said a source close to Hart. "It was only a few weeks ago that Grant walked through the door at the training ground, shook Paul by the hand and told him he was not there to take his job.

"He said he was there to assist Paul in his role as director of football but the truth is that he was never around the place and he didn't even meet the players. We have an informal code of conduct in this country where if a manager thinks he may replace another one then he bides his time until he is offered the job.

"Grant went in as director of football knowing that even if Paul did well, he would still have a job at the club upstairs. He also knew that if the team were not winning he would be in a good position to take over.

"It's a selfish way of operating and another example of a foreign boss showing contempt for the code."

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Harry Redknapp did the same thing when he replaced Graham Rix.

By Alan.. Posted November 29 2009 at 12:33 AM.

Well if he hadn't lost almost every game his job would have been safe .Paul hart only has himself to blame .

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