Redknapp gives verdict on team and owners

Former West Ham player and manager Harry Redknapp believes West Ham will be fine this season despite missing targets in the transfer window.

He insists we can finish mid-table in the Premier League this season pointing to recent winning performances against Wolves and Leicester City.

Harry told Jim White on Sky Sports News deadline day special live show “West Ham look ok Jim. Let’s be honest, they’ve gone to Leicester and what a performance, what a result. They can only cut their cloth accordingly if they haven’t got the money. It looks to me like they’ve made some good signings. The two Czechoslovakian boys they look very good players. They’ve kept Declan Rice. David is getting the best out of the players there, so let’s see how they go. I think West Ham will be fine this year.”

Later on, Harry added that West Ham was a massive club and perhaps needed new owners to take it to the next level.

Speaking about his mid-table predicted finish for the Hammers this season he told White:  ‘West Ham fans want to finish higher than that, they’ve got 60,000 people every week there now because that ground is full. What West Ham need in the long term and, no disrespect to David Sullivan and David Gold who have come in, they need somebody to come in and buy the club. They need someone with massive money to take the club where it needs to go. Because the support and the fan base is incredible.”

ClaretandHugh says: Harry – for all his faults –  is never one to sit on the fence as was the case when he was sacked by Terry Brown for giving an outspoken fanzine interview. And it’s no surprise to hear him making it clear that the present owners don’t have enough money to take the Hammers to the next level. And to be honest Sullivan can have no complaints after spending so much of the window moaning about how short of brass the club is at the moment.