Redknapp not bothered by Fulop transfer

(GSM) – Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp is not bothered after Manchester City were allowed to sign Marton Fulop outside a normal transfer window.

Shay Given suffered a serious shoulder injury and the Premier League gave City a special dispensation to bring in Fulop from Sunderland.

Redknapp, in his column in The Sun, said, “Whether Fulop should have been allowed to sign on loan from Sunderland doesn’t really bother me.

“Because in my view City have lost Shay Given for the run-in and he is irreplaceable.

“Shay is different class and his injury is a huge blow – where do you find someone of similar quality to fill his place at such short notice?

“I would have been far more upset had City been allowed to recall Joe Hart from his loan at Birmingham. As an England keeper you don’t want to be facing him.

“To me it’s no big deal Marton is going to Eastlands. If we win two more games then Aston Villa and Liverpool cannot finish above us and take fourth space. That still leaves the threat from City.

“But to be fair, who would have tipped us to be above Liverpool at this stage of the season?”