Source: Daily_Mail
Spurs boss Harry hails the arrival of growler Palacios
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'We need to improve the squad and that is why I was interested in Palacios,' boss Redknapp said. 'He will come in here and get after it and play aggressively. He will work and close and run. I feel that we need a bit of that around the place.
'Palacios is a player I have liked since I first saw him, and he has the ability to go on to become a top, top player.
'I just like the way he plays. He is an all-round modern midfielder - he gets after it, he is box-to-box.
'I speak to people who have played against him, like Frank Lampard, and no-onehas had an easy game against him. He is after you all the time.
'You can have your life on (Jonathan) Woodgate, (Ledley) King and (Michael) Dawson. (Didier) Zokora's an aggressive player, but I just felt we needed one or two more.
''They used to sing, "We are Millwall, no one likes us, we don't care". Well, maybe it is Tottenham now.'
One that got away: Craig Bellamy
Sportsmail understands that the fee with Wigan will be paid over two years after a request to spread the payments over four years was rejected.
Spurs have come under fire for the way they have gone about some of their business during the transfer window with Redknapp put on the spot over chairman Daniel Levy's reputation for upsetting rival clubs with his moves for their players.
Middlesbrough and Sunderland are the most notable additions this month to the long list of the already aggrieved.
The north-east clubs have raged over Tottenham's approaches for the winger Stewart Downing and the striker Kenwyne Jones respectively.
'No comment,' said Redknapp, with no little sense of theatre. 'I have a history of upsetting chairmen. I don't want to get involved in that.'
Redknapp admitted his own chairman raised an eyebrow when he signalled his attention to bring West Ham's Craig Bellamy across London.
The well-travelled Welshman signed for Manchester City this week and Redknapp was left to rue missing out on the striker.
'Let's be honest, when I mentioned Bellamy to the chairman, he thought, "Surely not," said Redknapp. 'But Mark Hughes has had him at Blackburn and Wales and he's not a fool.
'Bellamy gets the needle with everybody because he wants to win all the time. He gets the hump when people don't train as hard as he does.
'That's what you need if you're going to be successful. You need a few Jamie Carraghers and Steven Gerrards at your club, people who want to win all the time.'
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