Harry Redknapp is resigned to missing top Spurs targets
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Harry Redknapp is resigned to missing top Spurs targets
Harry Redknapp fears he will not be able to buy the players he requires to sustain Tottenham's Champions League challenge this year because he is struggling to move players on to provide the transfer funds he needs.
Redknapp has been linked with Manchester City's Craig Bellamy and AC Milan's Klaas-Jan Huntelaar but would need to sell the likes of Robbie Keane, David Bentley, Jermaine Jenas and Alan Hutton before he could spend.
Redknapp said: 'We're not going to win the league, not unless we improve. But if we get the players I want then we've got a chance. I have three players on my list but I would say our chances of getting them are slim because it's very difficult to do deals at the moment.'
We won't win the league: Harry Redknapp wants more players
At least one opportunity may present itself this week, with James Milner moving to Manchester City for £26million, allowing Aston Villa to make a move for Robbie Keane.
The Tottenham striker was in fine form yesterday, scoring twice as Tottenham beat Fiorentina 3-2 in a friendly at White Hart Lane, and Redknapp claimed that his current form meant that he would not be easily parted from the Irishman.
There were two great finishes from Robbie and those are the type of runs and finishing he's been showing all through pre-season,' said Redknapp. 'I don't want to sell him. It's all very well talking of letting players go but you have to find some better.'
Still here: Robbie Keane celebrates his second goal against Fiorentina
Redknapp took a similar view of Giovani dos Santos, a target for AC Milan and a possible makeweight in any deal for Huntelaar.
The Mexican was a revelation yesterday and Redknapp said: 'He has outstanding ability and we want to keep him. He now has to show that he can do that consistently.'
Keane scored his first after a delightful through-ball from Tom Huddlestone. His second came with a minute to go, 20-year-old Jake Livermore providing on this occasion.
Dos Santos had earlier set up Spurs' first goal by robbing the dawdling Gianluca Comotto and dashing goalwards before pulling back for Roman Pavlyuchenko to tap in.