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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits that he has to buy players on a shoestring budget, as he has wage and transfer financial limitations that keep him from buying the best players on the market.
Emmanuel Adebayor is one example. The Togo international earns a reported 200,000 GBP per week at Man City, but at Tottenham his temporary club only pays around half.
Redknapp is therefore forced to find a bargain, and his methods seem to be working quite well so far.
"Players play for a club and they enjoy being there, but if someone comes along and offers them a contract that could blow their current one out of the water, then you've got a problem," he said.
"I'd be talking rubbish if I said people wanted to stay at Tottenham just because we're playing good football. I'd be dreaming. If you want to keep the best players, we have to find a way of doing a deal that's near to what they can earn elsewhere, otherwise it will be a problem.
"If you're a top player and someone wants to give you a fantastic contract, it's very hard to hang on to them."
Written by Samuel Turnbull
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