The former Spurs boss claims the USA international was a player targeted by Mauricio Pochettino, but the Borussia Dortmund star proved too costly <\/p>\n
Tottenham were keen on signing Borussia Dortmund playmaker Christian Pulisic, but were priced out of a market which saw Chelsea complete a \u00a358 million ($74m) deal, claims Harry Redknapp.<\/p>\n
The United States international has, at just 20 years of age, established a reputation as one of the finest young talents in world football.<\/p>\n
So impressive has his progress for club and country been\u00a0over recent years that a scramble for his signature was always expected to be sparked at some stage.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n The current transfer window has seen an agreement finally reached, with Chelsea having moved quickly to fend off interest from domestic and European rivals to secure the services of a much sought-after talent.<\/p>\n Pulisic will link up with the Blues over the summer, with his arrival at Stamford Bridge set to leave others disappointed \u2013 particularly Spurs, who opted not to bolster their ranks last summer and have now seen a potential winter target head elsewhere.<\/p>\n Quizzed on whether he expects any January moves to be made by Mauricio Pochettino, former Tottenham boss Redknapp told talkSPORT<\/em>: \u201cI\u2019ve got a feeling, I don\u2019t think they will.<\/p>\n \u201cI heard they were interested in the boy who went to\u00a0Chelsea\u00a0[Pulisic]. He was on their radar but was too expensive.<\/p>\n \u201cI think they will stick with what they\u2019ve got.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Spurs have fared admirably this season despite bringing no fresh faces onto their books.<\/p>\n They sit third in the Premier League table at present, with just six points separating them from leaders Liverpool.<\/p>\n Redknapp believes a title bid may be beyond Pochettino\u2019s side, but feels a top-four finish and a trophy are there to be shot at \u2013 with Tottenham preparing to open their FA Cup bid for 2019 against Tranmere before then turning their attention to a Carabao Cup semi-final tie with Chelsea.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all become about the top four now,\u201d Redknapp added.<\/p>\n \u201cNo disrespect – we see the cup competitions, with the FA Cup teams get to the quarters and put half a reserve team out.<\/p>\n \u201cI think it would be nice to see Tottenham win a trophy. They should go for it.<\/p>\n \u201cChelsea next week – that\u2019s a big game. Go to a final, go win a trophy.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The former Spurs boss claims the USA international was a player targeted by Mauricio Pochettino, but the Borussia Dortmund star proved too costly Tottenham were keen on signing Borussia Dortmund playmaker Christian Pulisic, but were priced out of a market which saw Chelsea complete a \u00a358 million ($74m) deal, claims Harry Redknapp. The United States…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n