JINGLE BELLS ... Craig is loyal to
Sparky
The Spurs chief tried to sign Bellamy from West Ham
last year, matching the £14million asking price. But the player
chose to join his former Wales boss Mark Hughes at City.
Yet Sparky's ruthless sacking has angered the
hot-headed forward and Redknapp is ready to end his Eastlands
misery.
City will demand they recoup the cash they paid to West
Ham as Bellamy, 30, has been the outstanding performer since the
Arab owners took control of the club.
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has told Redknapp he
needs to sell before he can buy.
But the manager hopes to finance the deal by flogging
Roman Pavlyuchenko.
The Russian is attracting attention from Liverpool and
it is understood Spurs will do business with the Anfield club even
though the Reds are a major rival for a Champions League place next
season.
Spurs paid £13.8m to land hitman Pavlyuchenko from
Spartak Moscow but he has dropped to fourth-choice striker.
