Dirty 'Arry's Game

It is about time the FA and the Premier League acted against the blatent tapping up being carried out by Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs have already annoyed Portsmouth, Middlesbrough and Sunderland this month with moves for their players but in tapping up Bellamy Tottenham have gone way beyond just bending the rules.

Despite being told that Craig Bellamy was not for sale Tottenham held a meeting with Bellamy on Thursday afternoon, according to The Mail (Thursday evening according to The Independent). When Bellamy was subsequently told by West Ham he did not have permission to talk to other clubs he then stormed out of training and, it is rumoured, is now refusing to play for the club.

Harry Redknapp claims he is innocent of tapping up Bellamy,

"I haven't done anything wrong. If Craig Bellamy says he wants to go to Tottenham because someone has told him we've made an offer then that's up to him. It's not my fault."

However holding a meeting with another team's player is about as clear a case of tapping-up as you can get. For the player then to refuse to play for his current club is very, very suspicious. I wonder where that idea came from Harry?

Now let's see how quickly the Premier League launch their investigation into Tottenham Hotspur.