redknapp was capped 17 times for england but played just 39 minutes at a major tournament, which was during the euro 96 campaign when he appeared as a substitute against scotland in the group stage. rob smyth later wrote in "the guardian" that redknapp's "slick passing greased some slow-moving wheels". injury later ruled him out of contention for both the 1998 fifa world cup and 2000 uefa european championship.