Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has defended his club’s actions in their bid to try and prise midfielder Scott Parker away from West Ham United.
The Hammers have reacted angrily to Spurs’ offer, having previously made it known that the 29-year-old England international is not for sale at any price.
However, Redknapp is content that his club have gone about things the right way, saying: “Who made it public that we’ve made an offer?
“You can make an offer for a player if you want to. Someone can make an offer for anybody.
“I’m sure (chairman) Daniel Levy must have had some encouragement or he wouldn’t have made an offer.
“So I don’t think the full story has been told about that one. The chairman wouldn’t have made an offer unless he thought there was a chance they wanted to do something.
“As far as I’m concerned Tottenham have acted totally within the rules. Any club is perfectly entitled to make an inquiry about a player from another club.
“This club has behaved correctly. We approached West Ham through the proper channels.”
Football News 24/7
I’ve said this before and I say it again, and again if necessary. Sullivan only made the approach public for one of two reasons. Either to get Parker off his books by making it open knowledge that Spurs enquired after him, the player therefore would insist on knowing what was on the table and also knowing that Parker would jump at the chance of joining Spurs or suffering yet another season amongst the deadwood, would hopefully put in a transfer request, therefore saving the signing on fees and getting the player off the payroll and obtaining much needed funds, without having the Hammers fans on his back in the process. Otherwise why make it an issue, unless the other reason is that Sullivan needs to show what a big man he is, by spitting in the eye of his giant and far more successful neighbour.. well that’ll never change will, spit of no spit mate!
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You dont get to be a porn baron without learning a few sneaky,underhand moves along the way.A good friend of mine who follows BIRMINGHAM CITY was really pleased when him Gold and Brady went to West Ham.I guess West Ham have swapped one set of no goods for another.Whatever happened to the men of integrity who used to own and run our football clubs.
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