Source: Team_Talk
Spurs call-ups delight Redknapp
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp feels having six players in England's provisional World Cup squad shows just how far the club has come.[LNB] Spurs - who also reached the FA Cup semi-final - secured fourth place in the Premier League and with it a crack at the Champions League.[LNB]It is a remarkable turnaround under Redknapp, who took over a team battling against relegation just 18 months ago.[LNB]Defenders Michael Dawson and Ledley King, midfielders Tom Huddlestone and Aaron Lennon and forwards Peter Crouch and Jermain Defoe have all been named in Fabio Capello's initial 30-man squad for South Africa, which will eventually be cut down to 23.[LNB]Redknapp said: "It is fantastic, great news for the club to have six players in the squad and they all deserve to be there.[LNB]"We expected Peter, JD and Aaron to be there. I thought Ledley would also make it and I was hoping Michael and Tom would as well, so the fact they are in there is great.[LNB]"It shows the strength of the playing squad here now and it is a great honour for the players and for the club, their families and everyone involved.[LNB]"I just hope no one is left disappointed when the squad gets cut down."[LNB]Spurs are also well represented in other World Cup squads, with Benoit Assou-Ekotto and Sebastien Bassong (Cameroon), Giovani dos Santos (Mexico), Wilson Palacios (Honduras) and goalkeeper Heurelho Gomes (Brazil) all in line to play in South Africa.[LNB]Redknapp said on the club's official website: "It is a dream for all those players, a great honour.[LNB]"We are delighted for them. I hope they all go."
