Redknapp hits back at Quinn
Redknapp's Pompey beat the Black Cats to the signing of striker Nugent
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Friday, 27, Jul 2007 09:20
Harry Redknapp has blasted Niall Quinn for claiming Portsmouth have inflated the transfer market.
Sunderland chairman Quinn accused Pompey and West Ham of paying inflated fees this summer.
The Black Cats have had a frustrating time in the transfer market, missing out on David Nugent, Leighton Baines and Craig Gordon.
Meanwhile Pompey signed Nugent for £6 million and paid £8.1 million for Nigeria international John Ukata.
A furious Redknapp warned Quinn to butt out of his club's dealings.
"They [Sunderland] offered the same money as we did for David Nugent. Have they got short memories or something?" Redknapp told Sky Sports.
"Did they pay too much for [Michael] Chopra, only time will tell. Did they pay too much for the other players they brought in? That is not their business is it.
"They should concentrate on their own club and we will do the same. It is nothing to do with anyone else what does it have to do with anyone else what we do.
"It is no one else's business how we run our football club."
Quinn claimed yesterday that agents are enjoying the benefits of club's overspending.
"There's six or seven new owners who are spending money but are they getting the type of player that the top four want? I don't think so," Quinn said.
"If I was going to spend a fortune breaking the bank, I would be going after the players Liverpool or Man United want to sign.
"You can see it with West Ham and Portsmouth. The agents are having an absolute beano. It's like a property market, where estate agents own half the property or, in West Ham's case, it looks like all the property," he finished.