Harry Redknapp says Spurs are digging in for an assault on the Premier League big boys

18 September 2009 12:06
Harry Redknapp believes Tottenham Hotspur are setting themselves up for a return to their glory days.[LNB]The manager this week checked out progress on the club's new Enfield training ground, which will open in 2012, and is also excited by plans to redevelop White Hart Lane into a 58,000-seat stadium.[LNB]And he invokes memories of the 1960-61 Double-winning season with his belief that Spurs can match ambitious plans off the pitch with an assault on the Big Four.[LNB] Building dreams: Harry Redknapp (left) and defender Ledley King check out Spurs' training ground site at Enfield[LNB] Heroes' welcome: Spurs' 1961 Double winners[LNB]'I don't see why Spurs can't get back to the very highest level,' Redknapp told the London Evening Standard. 'It is an ambitious club, with a new stadium on the way, so there's no reason they can't do that.[LNB]'There was a spell during the 1960s when this club had the best team in the country, so why not again?[LNB]'The club will be moving to a new training ground, which looks as though it will be something really special, up there with the best in the country. [LNB]'In terms of attracting top players to the club, it's very important to have a good training ground, and it looks as though that will be the case.'[LNB] ALL THE WEEKEND'S PREMIER LEAGUE TEAM NEWSSpurs bench-warmer Pavlyuchenko lined up for £9m January move to ZenitSpurs boss Harry tells Chelsea they're a long way off matching Man UtdWIN tickets to see Chelsea v Spurs courtesy of BT Total Broadband TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FC

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