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.