Redknapp ignores Big Sam row

Spurs boss will not be dragged into war of words

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Redknapp ignores Big Sam row

Redknapp: Expects tight finish

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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp does not want to get involved in the war of words between Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez and Blackburn Rovers' Sam Allardyce.

Benitez and Allardyce have been exchanging criticism for several years and this season the argument has fiercely continued for almost two weeks since Blackburn lost at Anfield.

Redknapp, though, has refused to become embroiled in the tit for tat as he prepares his side for Saturday lunchtime's kick-off against Rovers.

"Everyone plays how they play, they have their own style," he said. "I have the way I want to play, Blackburn have their way of playing.

"Whatever Sam does, he has been one of the most successful managers, doing what he's done with what he's had.

Fantastic manager

"In the last 10 years he's done fantastically and nearly got the England manager's job - he was in the final interviews for that.

"I wouldn't criticise anything Sam does because he is a fantastic manager."

Redknapp previously rated Liverpool as favourites to finish fourth in the Premier League, but, with Spurs currently occupying the crucial last qualifying position for the UEFA Champions League, he believes the Reds have lost their edge.

"I think Manchester City are favourites, but Liverpool and Aston Villa will be right there. City have a game in hand," he said.

"It's going to be so tight, you could easily finish fourth or seventh, it's going to be that close between the four of us."

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