I think that Redknapp's offer is just an attempt to do what he can to help out someone that appears to be beyond help, unfortunately.
Trying to get Gascoigne back into the game that he clearly loves to try to give him some motivation and a reason to stay sober.
Even if the kids couldn't learn the magic that he had as a player, I'm sure that they'd learn something about the less glamorous side of football and something that often goes unmentioned.
Can't see it working, I'm afraid, but it's nice to see the offer being made.
Lots of ex-pros that don't stay in the game in some capacity end up drifting into bad habits and losing direction completely.
It can be very hard on some of them to go from famous heroes with a daily routine to nobodies with nothing to do and no idea what the future holds.
They're so used to having everything planned out for them and being told what to do that it can stump some people completely.
The game could probably do a little more to look after the interests of those who either don't quite make it or leave and don't know what to do with themselves.
Less of an issue now for a lot of the top players, as there's so much money around, so some of them never have to lift a finger again once they've retired, but those lower on the ladder are still affected.
That's true of most walks of life, of course, but in an era where some benefit so enormously from it, it'd be nice to see a little being set aside to help the less fortunate.