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# Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp reveals he wants to sign David Beckham on
loan in January transfer window
## Harry Redknapp has confirmed that he will make an audacious attempt to
lure David Beckham back to England to join Tottenham.
![David Beckham - Alan Hansen it's difficult to see what Tottenham Hotspur
might get out of the David Beckham loan deal][1]
Past his best: Harry Redknapp wants to sign former England captain David
Beckham on loan Photo: GETTY IMAGES
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The Tottenham manager wants the former England captain to help boost Spurs'
prospects in the Premier League and Champions League and will bid to sign him
on loan from LA Galaxy.
The January transfer window opened at midnight but, if Spurs can complete this
coup, few other arrivals in the Premier League will match this sensational
signing.
It is not the first time Redknapp has courted Beckham, now 35. Last year
Tottenham enquired about signing the former Manchester United winger but got
no-where. Having failed on that occasion, he will attempt again to lure the
Londoner back to his roots.
Redknapp insisted that he was serious in signing Beckham, claiming his
influence over the younger members of his impressive squad would only benefit.
It is understood that chairman Daniel Levy, an astute mover in the transfer
market, will give his backing to the move. In the past Levy has questioned the
sense of luring older players to White Hart Lane but Beckham would be the
exception.
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After leaving Real Madrid in 2007 for Los Angeles, he spent two spells on loan
at AC Milan, in 2009 and 2010. On both occasions he was a success and Redknapp
believes he can do a similar job at Spurs, while warning the player he would
have to fight for his place.
"I will be keeping a very close eye on it for sure," said Redknapp. "I don't
know whether he's going to be available; it's whether Galaxy will let him go
on loan. If they did we'd be interested and plenty of others would be as well.
"He would only be on loan until March but he'd be a good influence to have,
the type of lad you want at your club, and he'd give the whole place a lift."
In his first spell at Milan he played 20 games, returning for a further 13.
Curiously, if he was to be tempted to White Hart Lane he could feature against
Milan in the Champions League.
And Redknapp insisted that, despite his age, a player with 115 caps for his
country is still capable of performing in a league he last featured in 2003.
He suffered a snapped Achilles in March, while at Milan, but appears to be
fully recovered.
"He had no pace when he was 17 but he had a great brain and a great delivery
and strike of the ball. He's a worker. It's not as if he's suddenly lost
blistering pace. He makes the ball do it and plays around people."
Galaxy have so far resisted Beckham's plea for another loan spell in the new
year as he bids to add to his England caps tally. But if the Americans can be
persuaded, Tottenham will not be the only suitors.
He has indicated that any return to England would only be to Old Trafford.
However, his past links with Spurs could tempt him to pull on a white shirt
and Redknapp added: "David's got to come and fight for his place here,
wouldn't he? And he's not going to start every game, he'd know that."
When Beckham played in Milan he did not demand a huge salary and Redknapp
insisted a similar deal would have to be struck.
"He isn't going to come here and get big money, we aren't massive payers at
this club. The money is not the thing. That tells you about him.
"He might be a billionaire. No one knows. I've heard stories about how much he
earns, it is just incredible, mind-blowing. And there he is, he has got three
months where he can go back to Los Angeles, have a bit of sunshine, enjoy the
life, but he wants to come and play football in the freezing cold."
**Beckham's Tottenham links**
It is almost written in the stars that David Beckham could soon be wearing the
white shirt of Tottenham Hotspur. He was born in Leytonstone, and had trials
with local club Leyton Orient and Norwich City while attending Tottenham's
school of excellence between 1987 and 1991. He then signed schoolboy forms
with Manchester United at the age of 14.
One of the biggest influences of his career - and his life - was his maternal
grandfather, Joseph West, a lifelong Spurs fan. Beckham was devastated when
West died a little over a year ago at the age of 83. He acted as Beckham's
mentor, taking him to games as a youngster and the former England captain once
described his grandfather as his 'footballing inspiration' and it is
understood that, out of respect, he wore his blue Spurs tie at his funeral.
Beckham also owns property near to Spurs' Chigwell training ground. Dubbed
'Beckhingham Palace' the home, situated in 17 acres and bought for £2.5
million in 1999 by Beckham and wife Victoria, is in Sawbridgeworth, just 20
miles down the M11 motorway, to Spurs' Essex headquarters, and 25 miles from
White Hart Lane.
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