Harry tried to land AWOL Tevez in January

Tottenham failed in an audacious bid to sign Manchester City maverick Carlos Tevez in January, Harry Redknapp has confirmed.

Tevez was AWOL from City at the time and it is not known whether he would have been keen on a move to Spurs, who were then keeping pace with City in the title race, but a potential deal would not have happened anyway due to the forward’s wage demands.

“I said to the chairman ‘can you get me Carlos Tevez?’,” Redknapp said. “Daniel made some enquiries, but it wasn’t doable. If he could have done it, he would have.