Source: Daily_Mail
Unhappy Niko Kranjcar tells Harry Redknapp: I want to leave Spurs
Tottenham are willing to listen to offers for Niko Kranjcar after manager Harry Redknapp revealed the midfielder wants to leave White Hart Lane.[LNB]I'm off: Niko Kranjcar (right) wants to leave Spurs[LNB]The superb form of wingers Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale has restricted the Croatian to just 12 appearances so far this season.[LNB]His hopes of pushing for a place in Redknapp's first team took a further blow this week when the Tottenham boss signed Steven Pienaar to compete with Bale for Kranjcar's favoured position on the left wing.[LNB]Kranjcar said two weeks ago that he was determined to stay and fight for his place in the team, but it appears that Pienaar's arrival has convinced him that he has no future at the club.[LNB]'Niko really is looking to move,' Redknapp said. 'I had a chat with him yesterday and he wants to play. He doesn't like playing on the right. He is not happy there. It doesn't suit him.[LNB]'He wants to play off the left but Gareth has been playing there and been playing fantastic. He understands that.'[LNB]Liverpool and Chelsea have been linked with a move for the former Hajduk Split man, whom Redknapp also signed for Portsmouth in 2006.[LNB]Redknapp believes Kranjcar will end up moving abroad and admitted that any deal for the Croatia international would have to be permanent.[LNB]Redknapp added: 'He'd like to play and I've said, "I understand that Niko and if someone comes in for you then you can go". Unless he can find a good club here then I think he'll go abroad.[LNB]'I think he'd look to go permanently. He's well regarded around the world, he's an international player, he got goals the other week for Croatia in the two games and he plays on the world stage.[LNB]'People know what a good player he is. He could play at a top team anywhere really.'[LNB] The Matt Lawton Interview: Spurs defender Assou-Ekotto is a Smart guyHammers chief Brady slams Spurs 'hysteria' over Olympic stadiumI've been mugged! Spurs boss Harry Redknapp is robbed in street on Spanish scouting tripChelsea don't need Pienaar! We're good enough already, insists Ancelotti Spurs chairman Levy pens open letter to fans after final Olympic submissionAll the latest Tottenham news, features and opinion[LNB] [LNB][LNB] Explore more:People: Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, Harry Redknapp, Niko Kranjcar Places: Liverpool, Croatia
