Run out: Alan Hutton made only his 11th appearance
of the season at Liverpool after a season blighted by
injury.
Harry Redknapp is predicting a busy summer as he tries
to wheel and deal to raise a £30million transfer budget.
The
Tottenham
Hotspur manager wants to bring in three
quality players but admits he will have to sell to raise funds
after his spending spree in January.
Redknapp is determined to muscle in next season on the
qualification places for European football, after narrowly missing
out to Fulham for seventh spot this time around.
'We need three players of the highest quality who can come in
and make a difference,' he said.
'There are certain parts of the team that need improving. I have
targets and I know what I want, and the chairman knows who I am
after.
'We will be working hard in the summer to bring a few in, if I
can create the money. We will have to be a bit creative with a few
in and a few out.
'We do not have enough money, things are going to be tight all
round. People will have to sell to spend, and so will we. It is the
same in business anywhere around the country, not just
football.'
The former Portsmouth boss was quick to trumpet his achievements
since taking over from Juande Ramos in the autumn.
'We have just missed out on a Europa League place, which is in
contrast to when I arrived at Spurs hoping to miss out on a
Championship place,' he said.
'That was all that mattered. It would have been nice to qualify
for Europe, but five months ago we were down at the bottom and we
have now finished eighth. That's a tremendous achievement
considering what we were like at the beginning of the season.'
Redknapp made a few changes for the final-day visit to
Liverpool, but indicated he was not impressed by what he saw during
his side's 3-1 defeat.
'I used the Liverpool game to see a few lads who have not been
involved too much, and it gives you a few answers. Probably telling
me what I already knew,' he said.
'But it has still been a remarkable season for us, after such a
bad start. Now we must improve. We can't sit back. That was
probably why we had such a bad start, you must keep getting the
best out of what you have got.
'I know who I would really like. There will not be wholesale
changes because we do not have many we can get rid of straight
away.'
Those that could be sold...
Bale
Hutton
Zokora
Bentley
Pavlyuchenko
Bent
Dos Santos
