Harry Redknapp Quotes (52 Quotes)

He was getting through games last season on pain-killing injections.

He doesn't deserve that. He'll answer them back with a couple of goals, for sure.

It was a terrific point, a massive point for us. That's five games unbeaten and that's great at this stage of the season.

It was a good time to play them, but what a run by us and what a great situation we are in now. The players are up for it and so are our supporters, but we all know there could be a few twists and turns yet. Birmingham could beat Aston Villa and I'll suffer watching that. It ain't over yet.

It was a massive mistake leaving Portsmouth and I am looking forward to starting again. All that matters is staying in the Premiership.

If we can pick up six points from two games then we can close up on the teams above us and make a real fight of it.

We deserved to win. There was no doubt about that. We were by far the better team but it didn't happen so we've got to go again.

I'd love to have seen one of them get the job...give it to any of them and I'd fancy us to win the (2008) European championship when they do take over from Eriksson because the players are so good.

At half-time, we could have had the game sown up.

Gregory has not been in my plans and the club have come to a mutual agreement for his departure.

If Clive was walking into the dressing room at half-time and telling me stuff, I wouldn't have that,

This is a massive signing at the club for sure.

The whole thing is a lot of old tosh. It is not true. But let them investigate if they want let them charge us if they want - I don't care.

He trained all week, played in the reserves and said he felt really good. Then he came in on Friday with a back injury.

We'll need some size about us against a team like Manchester City and I'd hope to be able to play both these two.

I'm hoping to get a bit of money, but we will have to wait and see, although he sounds like he is quite a wealthy man. But I certainly won't pay over the top. I won't give other clubs the pleasure of taking our money because if I think someone is worth 2m, I am not going to pay 3m. Players have got their values. We just have to make sure we pick up the right ones.

Clive is here to learn. He is not a fool and he knows he is not going to walk straight into management with no experience - he wouldn't last five minutes,

At no time did I use abusive language.

Had we had another injury to one of our central defenders, I would have had to put a full-back in there - and neither of them can head the ball

Gus has given him a great reference and talked him up so he might be worth a go.

He's got pace, ability and great close control. He's a good kid with a level head.

You get disappointed and feel low but I just wanted some clarification of where we wanted to go, I wanted to make sure there was not going to be a fire sale of the better players.

If we had won today we could have almost put it to bed because it would have shattered the other teams. We've got to pick ourselves up again.

He may turn into a top manager, he may not, only time will tell. But there is absolutely no problem.

When he picked the ball up, I'd be a liar if I said I thought he would score. I thought he was going to head it

The sad part is that the ones who do well want to go, but you cannot move the ones who are useless,

The boy is a really influential playmaker and you can't have too many of those. This is a massive signing at the club for sure. I'm delighted with the way things are working out because we've got together some players who can have a huge influence on matches and this lad is one of them.

The referee has done us, he had a terrible time of it,

I thought they'd started to run out of ideas and we'd be ok, but it wasn't to be. It's going to be hard (avoiding relegation) but we're having a go.

I still think we have a big chance of pulling clear.

I need them all over the next four games. But the good thing is that not many of the new players are on long-term contracts. We need to bring some players in who are going to make us a better team.

He tweaked a hamstring and we took him off hoping it would not be too late to save him doing more damage.

When I came back I felt we had a very slim chance of getting out of it, to be honest. A couple of friends who come here every week said we had no chance. But it was a challenge, and I took it on. I've never regretted it. I feel comfortable here. I enjoy coming into the training ground in the morning. I think that's important. It ain't the best training ground in the world but I feel comfortable there, you know

When Milan spoke with me and told me about this guy, I never asked for any assurances. The chairman just said 'I'm looking to do something with someone Harry. It's going to be good for the club, they desperately want you this that and the other', so I said 'that's fine'. It sounds as if he will be exciting for the club.

I will now spend a short period of time to rest, recharge my batteries before contemplating my future

We are crying out for a wide man and to get someone in the mould of Wayne is tremendous because he will really give us the width we have been missing.

I was unsettled anyway, so it wasn't as if Milan's comments unsettled me at all. I never felt settled in all my time there unfortunately.

I've not discussed it with Milan yet. I don't know where it's at yet. But if someone's going to come in and we are going to be able to improve the playing squad, which we need to do, it's got to be good for the football club.

I was really happy up to that moment and looking forward to going in at 0-0. But then we got a really harsh decision against us.

He should be okay for Saturday but he's going to have play through the pain barrier.

He is interested but it is down to being able to convince Celtic to sell him.

Draws are no good at the moment. It was a game where we really needed to look to attack.

I don't care about Christmas, we are going to train on Christmas Day,

I had to throw a team together at Christmas.

Because our pitch is quite narrow and not very long it perhaps suits an impact player more, but his game is developing and he will eventually become a very big player.

I bought a player and within two weeks he doesn't want to be in England. He doesn't like the way we play and he doesn't like to be tackled in training

I won't even eat my Christmas dinner. I'm going to be the most miserable person you've ever seen.

I think there's a bit of belief there now. We've given ourselves a real chance.

That last five minutes was like a lifetime to me. I've headed every ball, and kicked every ball out there. When I saw the referee put that whistle to his mouth I can't tell you how fantastic that felt for me. It was like winning the pools.

The crowd loves him and I'm pleased to have him back.