 Assistant manager Harry Redknapp was also now taking a bigger role in the transfer of players , with the club 's approval . With rumours of his old club Bournemouth being prepared to offer him a position , the West Ham board and their managing director , Peter Storrie , made a controversial move . The board were anxious not to lose Redknapp 's services and offered Bonds a place away from the day @-@ to @-@ day affairs of the club — on the West Ham board . This would have allowed them to appoint Redknapp as manager . Bonds refused the post offered and walked away from the club . His accusations of deceit and manipulation by the board and by Redknapp have continued to cause ill @-@ feeling . Peter Storrie claimed they that they had handled the situation correctly , saying , " If Harry had gone to Bournemouth , there was a good chance Bill would have resigned anyway , so we were in a no @-@ win situation . We 're sad that Bill is going , and it 's a big blow but it 's time to move on and we have appointed a great manager . " Redknapp became manager on 10 August 1994 . 
