{"id":7036,"date":"2012-01-14T08:40:39","date_gmt":"2012-01-14T06:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/soccer-spurs-not-getting-carried-away-with-title-talk-redknapp\/"},"modified":"2012-01-14T08:40:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-14T06:40:39","slug":"soccer-spurs-not-getting-carried-away-with-title-talk-redknapp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/soccer-spurs-not-getting-carried-away-with-title-talk-redknapp\/","title":{"rendered":"Soccer-Spurs not getting carried away with title talk-Redknapp"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LONDON<\/span> Jan 13 (Reuters) – Tottenham Hotspur have
\nbecome the talk of the English title race this week after moving
\nlevel with second-placed Manchester United and within three
\npoints of leaders Manchester City but manager Harry Redknapp is
\nkeeping his feet firmly on the ground.<\/span><\/p>\n

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“We are not getting carried away,” he told a news conference
\nahead of the visit of Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday. “I am
\ncertainly not anyway. As I said at the start of the year, we are
\nlooking to try and get back in the Champions League this year.<\/p>\n

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“It is going to be difficult because the top six are all
\ngood sides. They have all improved and it is going to be very
\ntight. I still see it being that way. But we are in a good
\nposition at the moment.”<\/p>\n

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A win over Wolves – which would be their ninth in their last
\n10 home league games since they lost 5-1 to City in the second
\ngame of the season – would put Tottenham level with Roberto
\nMancini’s pacesetters who visit Wigan Athletic on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Spurs are the form team having won 14 of their last 18
\nPremier League outings after thrashings by United, who beat them
\n3-0 at Old Trafford, and City in their first two league games of
\nthe season but Redknapp is cautious about their title chances.<\/p>\n

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“It is going to be difficult, very difficult. We are
\ncertainly not the favourites. To finish above Manchester United
\nwill be in our wildest dreams. I never thought I’d be thinking
\nabout that. It is going to be difficult, let’s see how it goes.”<\/p>\n

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BIG SIGNINGS<\/p>\n

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Redknapp also ruled out bringing any marquee signings to the
\nclub in the January transfer window because of the cost.<\/p>\n

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“We can’t quite buy those players,” he said. “We are not in
\na position to go and pay 40 million pounds ($60 million) and
\n200,000 pounds a week (wages).
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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