Trust me, the FA toddled of to Harry within hours of his "not-guilty" verdict and asked him to be the manager.
He told them £10mill a year and I'll be yours at the end of the season, if not, screw ya....this didn't include any payment to Daniel Levy either, and Spurs will want a pay out.
The FA don't want to damage themselves again in the media, by spending big again. So they called his bluff and turned to Hodgson thinking they were clever. Somebody they knew all along they could get, for nothing compared to what somebody like Redknapp would ask for. They knew it all along.