Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry Redknapp has claimed that Manchester City are buying their way to success ahead of the clash between the two teams later today, and also suggested that Roberto Mancini does not have to be a genius to coach the superstars at his disposal.

 

Redknapp has admitted that he would buy City’s out-of-favour striker Carlos Tevez if he could afford him and also suggested that the Citizens have benefited from being able to break the bank for Sergio Aguero.

"If I could go and buy Carlos Tevez today – you ain’t got to be a genius really have you?", said the Spurs manager.

 

"You guys follow football", he said to the assembled press. "You sit there and watch Spanish football.

 

"When people starting talking last year about Tottenham bidding for Sergio Aguero, I thought ‘What a load of nonsense’. How can we afford Aguero? We aren’t going to pay £250,000 a week to a player, it’s not possible.

 

"Daniel [Levy, Spurs chairman] runs this club as it should be run. He is not going to put it in debt like that, it can’t happen here.

 

"When you can buy players like that [Aguero] you have got a chance, haven’t you? Same as when Chelsea started breaking the bank and buying all the top players at that time."

 

And Redknapp made fun of just how easy managing Manchester City with their array of stars would be, by pointing to a member of the press and saying: "I’d fancy you to manage them. You’d have a chance, wouldn’t you.

 

"It’s not rocket science. Good players give you a chance.

 

"If you have not got good players you don’t have a chance. I don’t care who you are. I might be knocking my own job or whatever, but if I have not got Gareth Bale, I am not half as clever.

 

"I’m one of the lucky ones. I’m sitting in the top six. I’m no cleverer than Roberto Martinez. He’s probably cleverer than me. He’s sitting at the bottom of the league because he hasn’t got the players. He can’t afford to buy the players."

 

Latest Features: