Redknapp hits back

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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has angrily hit back at suggestions he unsettled West Ham's Scott Parker by making a play for the midfielder on Wednesday.

Hammers chairman David Sullivan levelled the accusation after announcing that Parker, who has three years remaining on his contract, was not available at any price.

The Spurs made a reported A$12 million offer for the 29-year-old, which was rejected outright by Upton Park.

Sullivan told West Ham's official website that there were 'no circumstances and no amount of money' that would persuade the club to part with the English international.

He also took a swipe at Tottenham, calling on the Spurs to cease their attempts to 'unsettle' Parker.

Redknapp, speaking after Tottenham's 4-1 friendly defeat by Villarreal, slammed Sullivan's claims as incorrect.

"Who made it public that we've made an offer?" Redknapp said.

"You can make an offer for a player if you want to. Someone can make an offer for anybody."

"I'm sure (Spurs chairman Daniel Levy) must have had some encouragement or he wouldn't have made an offer."

"So I don't think the full story has been told about that one. The chairman wouldn't have made an offer unless he thought there was a chance they wanted to do something."

"As far as I'm concerned Tottenham have acted totally within the rules. Any club is perfectly entitled to make an inquiry about a player from another club."

"This club has behaved correctly. We approached West Ham through the proper channels."

Redknapp has made no secret of his desire to bolster his squad as the Spurs prepare for life in the UEFA Champions League, but says there has been no progress in their bids for Parker or Manchester City's Craig Bellamy.

"I like Craig Bellamy but don't know whether they would sell him or what the situation is," he said.

"The chairman deals with all the transfers. He asks me who I want and I tell him."

"But I don't know where he's at with Bellamy, if anywhere. And Scott Parker, I haven't spoken to him today, the chairman, so I don't know."

"Maybe that's completely dead. If West Ham are saying now they don't want to sell him, then that's that."