Source: Team_Talk
Harry hits back at Hammers over Parker
Harry Redknapp has slammed West Ham's claims that Tottenham have unsettled Scott Parker by making an offer for the Hammers midfielder. [LNB] Spurs made an approach for the England international on Wednesday which was immediately rejected by the Upton Park club, with co-owner David Sullivan insisting the 29-year-old is not for sale. [LNB]Redknapp and Tottenham have since been accused by the Hammers of unsettling Parker with their reported £7million bid, but the White Hart Lane boss has hit back at those claims. [LNB]"Who made it public that we've made an offer?" Redknapp said.[LNB]"You can make an offer for a player if you want to. Someone can make an offer for anybody. [LNB]"I'm sure (chairman Daniel Levy) must have had some encouragement or he wouldn't have made an offer.[LNB]"So I don't think the full story has been told about that one. The chairman wouldn't have made an offer unless he thought there was a chance they wanted to do something."[LNB]Redknapp added: "As far as I'm concerned Tottenham have acted totally within the rules. [LNB]"Any club is perfectly entitled to make an inquiry about a player from another club. [LNB]"This club has behaved correctly. We approached West Ham through the proper channels." [LNB]Spurs have also been targeting Manchester City's Craig Bellamy, but Redknapp says there have been no developments as far as the striker and Parker are concerned. [LNB]"I like Craig Bellamy but don't know whether they would sell him or what the situation is," he added. [LNB]"The chairman deals with all the transfers. He asks me who I want and I tell him. [LNB]"But I don't know where he's at with Bellamy, if anywhere. And Scott Parker, I haven't spoken to him today, the chairman, so I don't know. [LNB]"Maybe that's completely dead. If West Ham are saying now they don't want to sell him, then that's that."
