Redknapp hints at Pompey raid

Redknapp: Transfer options

I can categorically say, 'no we won't sell Crouch and Defoe in January'.

Peter Storrie
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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has hinted that he could consider offering a host of his former Portsmouth players a January reunion at White Hart Lane.

Redknapp surprised the Premier League by leaving Pompey to join bottom-of-the-table Tottenham at the weekend.

And now at White Hart Lane, Redknapp has been linked with a number of his ex-players, who have impressed this season.

Sylvain Distin, David James and Lassana Diarra are rumoured to be set to follow Redknapp's example of swapping the South Coast for the capital.

Strike duo

Strike duo Jermain Defoe and Peter Crouch, who have already spent spells in North London during their careers, have also been linked with Redknapp and the 61-year-old is refusing to rule out a raid on Pompey in the New Year transfer window.

He said: "If Portsmouth want to sell some of their players, there's an open market.

"They've got some fantastic players there, absolutely top, top players, they really have."

However, Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie insists that no player will be sold without the full consent of the next permanent manager at Fratton Park.

Defoe offer

"Harry knows no player is sold without first discussing it with the manager," Storrie added in the Daily Mail.

Storrie has also revealed that he received summer transfer deadline day offers for Defoe and Crouch from unnamed sides, but insists the duo would not be for sale unless a club was prepared to pay over and above an asking price.

"We had offers for Defoe and Crouch on the last transfer deadline day, but they were rejected and they would be rejected again," he continued.

"I can categorically say, 'no we won't sell those two players in January'. We might want to sell if someone offers stupid money"