Toon switch not a done deal - Redknapp
Harry Redknapp today responded to reports that Newcastle are poised to make a formal approach to Portsmouth in a bid to make him their new manager by insisting there has been no contact from Tyneside.
Redknapp is thought to be the number one target for Newcastle owner Mike Ashley following the departure of Sam Allardyce.
But Redknapp, who signed an improved three-and-a-half-year deal with Portsmouth in October, stressed this morning that there had been no approach to Pompey from Newcastle and dismissed rumours of a secret deal between the clubs.
“To say a deal has already been done is absolute rubbish,” he told The News in Portsmouth. “I couldn’t say anything else because that’s the situation.
“There has been no approach. All I’m doing is trying to get a couple of players in before the Sunderland game (Portsmouth visit the Stadium of Light on Sunday) but I haven’t got anywhere with that.
“Nobody from Newcastle has contacted me and in any case, that wouldn’t be allowed. Nobody has contacted Peter Storrie.”
Redknapp also insisted that money would not be an over-riding factor in any decision over his future should Newcastle make an approach for his services.
“Money would not be an issue to me,” he stressed. “I wouldn’t go anywhere just for the money.”
