Former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Jamie Redknapp has claimed that Andre Villas-Boas has left the side in a worse state than it was when he took over.

Villas-Boas was sacked by Spurs earlier today following a 5-0 drubbing at the hands of Liverpool at White Hart Lane yesterday, leaving the club after 18 months in charge.

Redknapp, whose father Harry was replaced by Villas-Boas at Spurs, believes that the Portuguese manager was lucky to get the job in the first place and then failed to impress when he was forced to mould his own team.

"After the job he did at Chelsea he was incredibly lucky to get that job in the first place. He had a nightmare at Chelsea and then they went and won the Champions League without him, but he finds himself as the manager of Tottenham with a squad of Modric, Bale and players like that," Redknapp told Sky Sports News.

"Last year he did well with the previous manager's team, but now he's had his chance to do it, it hasn't worked out for him. When you get beat 5-0 at home it's a bit of a tell-tale sign. It's not something Tottenham fans are accustomed to and I feel sorry to a certain extent for the fans.

"Having seen the team that was built - you look at Gareth Bale on the wing - and you've ended up with players who aren't in the same league."

Spurs are currently seventh in the Premier League table, five points adrift of the top four.