Harry Redknapp

Whichever Manchester club signs Robin van Persie will win the Premier League. Robin was so good last year that I really do see him as the kingmaker in the title battle. Him and Wayne Rooney would be as good a pair as you can get, while City would have just about the finest array of attacking talent one club has ever assembled. Van Persie is just a fantastic talent who can change a game on his own. Think of Spurs' 5-2 defeat at Arsenal last year, Robin single-handedly turned the game upside-down and he did it time and time again throughout the season. The Dutchman is odds-against to stay at the Emirates and I think that's right as I can't see him staying at Arsenal. The sums just don't add up. Do you take a £25m hit on transfer fee and wages for one year of RvP or sell him...

Betfair customers can hardly split Germany and Spain in the Euro 2012 betting with both trading at an identical 2.76 today and it's hard to argue with that. After all, Spain are reigning champions and Germany are irresistible. A clash between the two in the final would be something special, wouldn't it? Having tipped Spain to win as well as a Spain-Germany final at 8.0 I'm feeling pretty confident, but I couldn't put anyone off new to the market having a bet on Germany now. They've looked the most complete team so far. Well-balanced, knitted together by the Bayern Munich boys and with top performers in every department. From Philipp Lahm at the back to Mario Gomez upfront they are a bit frightening to be honest! Italy were good last night and they'll give Germany a game, but...

England have another penalty shootout defeat to add to the collection but I think everyone will accept we were second best. And however close the result looks on paper we know the reality was that we were well beaten in most departments. It's a depressing way to go out as we were dominated by an Italian team that hasn't looked that special at Euro 2012. There's always a period of soul searching after we exit a big tournament, but we have to look at the performance and act on it at club and national level because we can't accept that this is as good as we are. In Andrea Pirlo, Italy had a magician on the pitch last night, but England do have one of our own in the shape of Jack Wilshere and that's one reason to believe we can improve in the future. I wouldn't advocate wholesale...

'England, Euro 2012 Group D winners' - sounds nice doesn't it? We had a little bit of luck on our side last night, but we got the job done again, to make it two wins from three and top spot in our group (landing one of Harry's pre-tournament bets). And with the bonus of Sweden beating France, we've been handed a quarter-final against Italy rather than Spain, but let's not get ahead of ourselves, Sunday night is going to be tough and tight. I don't know about you, but I'm thinking penalties already! I see the Betfair markets are having a tough time splitting us (Editor's note: England are currently 3.0 to win the match, Italy 2.84; England are 9.6 to win Euro 2012, Italy 9.8) and I'm in the same boat. This is a real 50/50 game for me, with both teams capable of cancelling each ...

Three great goals and three points - what more could you want? England's win against Sweden was terrific. After an eventful week for me, I really enjoyed watching us and I thought we were superb in attack. Before the tournament, I said organisation in defence was key but, against the Swedes, England showed how threatening they are up front. Every other team at the Euros will have taken note and nobody will fancy playing us. I was delighted to see Theo Walcott score and Danny Welbeck's finish on the turn was exquisite. But my favourite goal was England's first. Shrewd move from Roy to bring in Andy Carroll. He did his homework, knew the Swedes were vulnerable in the air and the way Carroll rose above Andreas Granqvist to power in his header was devastating. Top cross from Steven Gerrard...

Every team has now played at least once at the tournament and from what I've seen so far I won't be changing my original prediction of Spain to win. But I think they might need to start playing one of the Fernandos upfront and it would be nice if they chose Llorente as that man - and not just because I tipped him up to be top scorer after all! Everyone could see what a difference Fernando Torres made to the team when he came on. He's not in any kind of form, but Torres had three golden chances to nick that game from the Italians. Llorente would surely have nailed one of those chances. I can't see Vicente del Bosque making the same mistake over and over, and I think Spain will improve with a striker on the pitch for their next two group games. I know it's not original but, away from...

First game out of the way and I have to say 'job done'! Before the tournament, we all knew the opener was going to be the toughest game but I thought the boys acquitted themselves well, and did what they had to do. Beating the French would have been something else but a point apiece is fair and we've got a platform to build on now, and from what I saw of Sweden we should be winning the next fixture. Against France we took the lead, looked very solid in general, and it was no shame to concede once to an attack containing Franck Ribery, Karim Benzema and Samir Nasri. But there were good displays from the Three Lions right across the pitch and I think we have to give the lads a pat on the back and show them a bit more respect. We tend to over-rate other teams and downplay our own ...

Spain have been there and done it at every tournament in the last four years and they can do it all over again in Poland/Ukraine. Yes, they're favourites, but I'm backing the Spanish to win Euro 2012. And, I fancy Fernando Llorente to be the man who fires them to a third major tournament victory in a row. If you want to follow my advice you can back Spain at 3.85 on Betfair and Llorente at 22.0. Fernando Torres is a shorter price than the Athletic Bilbao forward, but 17 La Liga goals compares very favourably to the Chelsea man's six and I think Llorente can win the battle of the Fernandos. Uncontroversial, I know, but Germany are surely going to be Spain's nearest challengers and likely final opponents. Sometimes it pays to keep things simple! Elsewhere, if we're looking ...