Harry laughs off Chelsea link

Redknapp: Quick to deny Chelsea links and insists he is happy at Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has been quick to laugh off links with Chelsea.

Weekend reports claimed that the Spurs boss was emerging as a shock candidate to replace under-fire Blues chief Carlo Ancelotti in the summer.

But Redknapp, who is odds-on favourite to become the new England coach with Fabio Capello due to step down next year, insists he does not even listen to the speculation.

“I’ve never spoken to anyone from Chelsea. No-one’s come to me and said that Chelsea are interested in me or anything else.”
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“I don’t take a lot of notice. I just get on with it. It’s speculation,” he told the Daily Mirror.

“I’ve never spoken to anyone from Chelsea. No-one’s come to me and said that Chelsea are interested in me or anything else.

“I’ve got a job to do here. I love it here. I’m happy here.”

Improvement

Redknapp insists that he can still turn Spurs into title contenders with a little more work on his squad.

“I keep saying, this club isn’t that far away – if they want to push on – from winning the championship,” he said.

“You can’t stand still. It means improving. Better players make you a better team. With one or two additions, I think we can go on and push for the title.

“Everyone will go at it in the summer. Arsenal will. Liverpool will – Liverpool are going to be a team to be reckoned with next year.

“They’ve been out of the Champions League, but I don’t see that happening again after next season. With Kenny Dalglish there, I think they’ll have a real go for it.

“If you want to be a top club, you need top players. There’s no other way of doing it. There’s no magic formula.”