What Redknapp said is a lie says Fred's agent

Spurs are in the market for a forward, with Redknapp linked with Robbie Keane, Fred, Kenwyne Jones and Roque Santa Cruz in the January transfer window. Bids for Jones and Keane have come to nothing and, according to Fred's agent, his client will also not be moving to White Hart Lane. Redknapp claimed a scheduled meeting with Fred, which was due to take place before Tottenham's 3-1 win over Stoke on Tuesday night, did not materialise because the player failed to turn up. Redknapp said: "I don't know what happened, the plan was for me to meet him and have a chat with him."However, Fred's agent and brother, Rodrigo, has hit back, stating it was Redknapp who stood them up in France last weekend. He told the Mirror: "What Redknapp said is a lie, Fred never said he would come to a meeting. "Redknapp said he would come to see us in France on Sunday but he did not come. "Then everything changed, they suddenly wanted us to come to London on Monday. But here they would pressure him. "He wanted to come to Tottenham but they let us down so he will not be joining them. It's as simple as that."It leaves Brazilian club Palmeiras as the only party to have made a concrete bid for Fred, and Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas believes there is now only a one-in-two chance the striker will move on before the transfer window shuts. "All I know is I haven't received a single offer concerning him, in any case from a European club," Aulas said. "The only one has come from Palmeiras of Brazil, but Fred doesn't want to go there. "Regarding Tottenham, we haven't talked. The last news is that there is a disagreement between Fred and the English club."

Source: Telegraph