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Redknapp critical of Newcastle over Carroll sale

ESPN staff
February 1, 2011
Harry Redknapp feels Newcastle will be happy with the sale of Andy Carroll © PA Photos
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Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has hit out at Newcastle over their handling of the sale of Andy Carroll to Liverpool.

The Magpies rejected bids from Tottenham and also attempted to fend off interest from Liverpool, only to agree a deal in the region of £35 million when the England striker handed in a transfer request.

Carroll sealed his move to Anfield shortly before the window closed, with the club insisting it was with reluctance that they agreed to the sale.

It was a chain of events that amused Redknapp, who feels Newcastle are anything but unhappy about the sale of the striker.

"I had a good laugh this afternoon watching the interview from Newcastle," Redknapp told Sky Sports News. "I thought it was one of the most amusing things I'd seen. 'How hard Newcastle had fought to keep him and pulled out all the stops and they had battled it all the way, even when he put in a transfer request'.

"Every time these clubs sell a player they seem to have to get the player to put in a transfer request to make it look like they did not want to sell him.

"He is a good prospect the boy, but I think they will be quite happy with the business they have done."

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