Redknapp: No case to answer

16 October 2009 21:54
Harry Redknapp has a message for any Portsmouth fans who blame him for the financial meltdown at the club: "It's not my fault."[LNB] The Tottenham manager returns to Fratton Park on Saturday afternoon for the first time since his move to White Hart Lane 12 months ago. He is likely to receive a volatile reception from sections of the Portsmouth supporters.[LNB] But Redknapp, who won the FA Cup with Portsmouth last year, believes he has no case to answer. Redknapp said: "Without what I did financially they wouldn't be there. I bought players and sold them for massive profits."[LNB] He added: "The wages they earned was nothing to do with me. I have no input into that. [LNB] "Lassana Diarra cost £7.5million including his wages and they got £22million for him. All I did was make them money. If they hadn't had such an astute manager who was so good in the transfer market they would have been skint.[LNB] "There was no money coming in from the owner. The only thing which kept them going was the buying and selling of players. [LNB] "Everyone goes on about Pompey being £35million or £40million in debt but that has nothing to do with me. That's to do with the people who handle the finances at the club."

Source: Eurosport