Saturday, April 30, 2011

Tottenham Manager Harry Redknapp Needs to Look Back not Forward

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Harry RedknappIt seems strange that after scoring eight goals in their last three league games that Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he is "chasing around the world" for a new striker.

You'd think that by conceding seven in those same three games that he would be combing the continent and beyond for a defender - or at least a defensive midfielder - to add a bit of steel to his side.

Redknapp has been linked with a move for Atletico Madrid forward Diego Forlan and his name has cropped up again this week, following the Spurs manager's admission that the strikers on his books such as Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch have failed to meet expectations.

Forlan is out of the question due to wage demands according to Redknapp, who admitted: "I'd like to get another frontman, if I can. It's been one of those years. Normally Defoe would have had 18 goals by now (and) Crouchy hasn't scored many.
"We're still in it without the frontmen having scored the goals they should have done. But strikers are difficult to find. They're big money. We went for Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi last year and he was suddenly £35 million."

In the next breath Redknapp added he must trim the squad, concentrating on the likes of Jamie O'Hara and David Bentley, who are both out on loan. But what should be high on his summer list is a defender to stop goals going in at the other end.

They have let in more goals than any of the other teams in the top five of the league, meaning their goal difference is tantamount to Spurs being an extra point behind fourth-placed Manchester City.

Where they would be if they had a Patrick Vieira-style midfielder to break up play, or a gnarled centre-half who let nothing past him along the lines of Nemanja Vidic is anybody's guess.

But once the season is over and Redknapp wonders what might have been if they do miss out on the last Champions League place, he would do worse than chase around the world for a defender, rather than a striker. Plus, men for the back tend to be a lot cheaper.

 

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Source: http://www.fanhouse.co.uk/2011/04/30/tottenham-manager-harry-redknapp-needs-to-look-back-not-forward/

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