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By Miles Chambers<\/h3>\n

22 Jun 2011 09:02:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n
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EPL : Jamie O’Hara, Bolton Wanderers v Wolverhampton Wanderers<\/p>\n

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Wolves’<\/a> new signing Jamie O\u2019Hara<\/a> has admitted he felt he had to leave his boyhood club Tottenham<\/a> because he wasn\u2019t getting first-team football.<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara moved to Mick McCarthy\u2019s side on a five-year-deal after the club activated a clause in last season\u2019s loan deal that allowed them to buy him for \u00a35 million.<\/span><\/p>\n

O\u2019Hara, 24, left White Hart Lane for Molineux because he felt wasn\u2019t given the opportunity to prove his worth under Harry Redknapp.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s painful to leave because I always wanted to play for Tottenham,\u201d O\u2019Hara said of his old club.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI played over 50 games for them and I was part of the club for a long period of time.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I joined them when I was 17 and I was a Spurs fan so I always wanted to play for the club, but I never really felt like I had the opportunity.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Juande Ramos played me in a lot of games but then I kind of fell out of favour when Harry Redknapp came in.<\/span><\/p>\n

“I had a really good pre-season when Redknapp took over but I still got left out and I think from that point on, I realised it was time to move on.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It just wasn’t happening for me. Sometimes your face fits and I just need to play regular football.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It’s hard to leave them because I’ve always supported them and I still love the club. It’s a fantastic club. But now I’m a Wolves fan and a Wolves player.”<\/span><\/p>\n

In O\u2019Hara\u2019s loan spell at Wolves he played 14 times and scored three goals, one of which won him the club\u2019s Goal of the Year award.<\/span><\/p>\n

The former England Under-21 midfielder had been loaned out from Tottenham to other clubs prior to his Wolves switch, including an impressive spell at Portsmouth.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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