Video: Throwback to Harry Redknapp’s brilliant deadline day story on Fletch and Sav

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Former football manager Harry Redknapp is always good for a story and once upon a time whist appearing on BT Sports football show ‘Fletch & Sav’ he had anther belter.

During the appearance on the ‘Fletch & Sav’ show Redknapp told the story of how he had to “shove” Benjani “out of the door” to join Manchester City.

Harry is very well known for his wheeling and dealing, especially on transfer deadline day when he would be seen on Sky Sports News hanging out the window of his car giving the desperate journalists updates on his dealings of the day.

Video courtesy of BT Sport

The story of how Redknapp got rid of Benjani is a fully one as he practically had to shove the player onto a plane to fly to Manchester to join Manchester City.

Redknapp was offered good money for the player saying “Only Sven [Sven Goran Erikson] could have paid nine and a half million pound for Benji at the time.”

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