Redknapp: I had to shove Benjani out the door! | Fletch and Sav

Harry Redknapp recalls the day he sold Benjani to Man City for a staggering £9.5m - but the player didn't want to leave Portsmouth!
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[@Therealgaz619]

And then they say players are the ones who don't show loyalty...

[@irGuilty]

harsh on benjani

[@TheRacketBoss]

and we wonder why modern football is in such a state

[@whateverhappenshappens5023]

That's the saddest story in world. He wanted to stay but they sold him

[@SirPeter6464]

Every man has his price.. And this was silly...

[@andynosretep007]

benjani himself probably knew he wasnt ready for the big move. That move ruined his carer.

[@danheri9624]

@@andynosretep007 He was 30 when he moved to City, no? His career wasn't going to get much better

[@user-ih3km4iu9c]

Harry (the wheeler dealer) Redknap wanted him out, no body else

[@pomponian]

This basically sums Redknapp up. Benjani was loved by the fans and loved being at Pompey but Redknapp wanted him out to take his cut of the profit made on him. He thinks it’s funny along with all the sycophants presenting these programmes but all they are doing is disrespecting the club and the fans.

[@harrymcgrath5165]

Interviewer was bang on. He's one of the biggest wheeler dealers out there

[@user-ih3km4iu9c]

He always worked his socks off for Pompey and we loved him for it

[@VillaBoys123]

Wonder where that 9m went. Doubt it went back to Pompey looking at what happened to them. You have a verynice house Harry btw....and how about those holiday homes and foreign bank accounts.

[@oscarross6485]

Bank account in his dogs name lol

[@The_Bit_Player]

Benjani was awesome at Pompey.

[@kudakwash]

Well too bad Portmouth went down the gutter when Benjani left 😄 That team was very descent! i guess they wanted 2 cash in.

[@wandizzle]

how classy from the wheeler and dealer

[@DeviantDevdog]

+wandizzle Cringing listening to thins. Benjani deserves better than this, he was a better player than Savage!!!

[@adamboujnane5402]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Blue-moon12]

@@DeviantDevdog Agree even 5 years later.

[@Littledunc1]

Crazy to see Ian Wright talk all the time about player mental health on podcasts and broadcasts now. Funny isn't it.

[@EddyS88]

Lots of British managers criticize Sven, yet his achievements were far superior than most that bury him.

[@kudajr]

I'm a Zimbabwean like Benjani and this story doesn't sound funny to me at all, not one bit. It's sad.

[@ejp9405]

It is kinda sad, but its the cutthroat world of business these people operate in.

[@brucemclaren-]

Aisada kunogara bench sekuru😂

[@svenschmidt6792]

What a mean bunch of fellas.

[@fonyuytata]

Comes across very condescending, the way he talks about Benjane.

[@uchihamadara1569]

Benjani wasn't even bad

[@AJ-dl2by]

Triffic Story Arry.

[@mohammedshittu2471]

Why are these guys laughing like this benjani is a great striker. I just understand why he did not clicked at City. Poor benjani his body and soul was in Portsmouth.

[@beterbutz]

Poor Benji

[@xmanmavra852]

Being sold against your will. Sad story this 😥😥

[@starbwoy133]

Ha! Now imagine slavery ☹

[@Cloughjordan23]

Happens all the time in football

[@LPOLE22]

They are all mocking the player here. In the next breath they will be pushing the "be kind" message.

[@mrjinro921]

Nowadays the fee for Benjani would be triple

[@kukolar87]

Thx Arry, thx to 2 min talking I got a clear picture how football really works, sob......

[@VooDooMaGicMan81]

Don't worry about Benjani everyone... I was brought up with people like 'Arry.. They love to exaggerate, anything for a good story.

[@wahiditsme]

Portsmouth went down the drain. Arry you effin busted

[@ALFIEA]

harry was never a good manager himself

[@SamuelDhinakaranofficial]

well he did bring a mid table tottenham to 4th and went to champs league quarters. jus sayin. He's jus exaggerating the story to have a laugh here.

[@Hakeem990]

Arry won the FA cup pal

[@darkkiwi6312]

@@Hakeem990 so did wenger..

[@mariosbouls7300]

Dark Kiwi he won it with pourtsmouth ever heard of them? No he won it with that kind of team

[@bluecheese20401]

This is funny but shows why players need a strong agent as if he didn't want to go its not good that he was compelled. A good agent should have stopped this

[@GeoffBoydCott]

9.5 million for Benjani? Shows where all the money went. The real figure was less than 4 mil.

[@Blue-moon12]

Yet he hates the wheeler dealer tag??!!!

[@alayasmahmood7031]

Harry could’ve been England Manager if it weren’t for his dodgy dealings

[@sam-ze8bz]

He went for 9and a half back then hed be a 100million pound player in 2019 😂

[@silentlessons4221]

i guess benjani didnt hv an agent back then and contracts & football laws were a bit lax. Now u cant just force a player out against his will.

[@JohnS7S]

Of course he had an agent lol it wasn't the 80s 😂 😂

[@Colonelboereieney]

I don’t wanna go massa

[@collinssaruchera4666]

The best thing that ever happened at pompey

[@Josh_J9]

King

[@yatesy117]

Arry aka Mr Bullshit. Benjani was signed at City for £3.87m not £9.5m!

[@bananaman7638]

Further payments could be made if the player makes up to 75 senior starts which would raise the fee to a total of £7.6 million. - wiki

[@yatesy117]

Yeah Benji only made 23 appearances - so that means diddly squat!

[@blamelessmike5583]

+yatesy117 ur making a mistake it was the money he said pls stop people are laughing at u

[@CallousCarter]

The rest went into Rosie's account probs.

[@yatesy117]

😄🐶​@@CallousCarter

[@neilvarghese6115]

Mockers the lot of them.

[@conor459]

Portsmouth never been the same since

[@sammason189]

Triffic little player he was, up there with Crouchy and Niko Kranjcar

[@tendaimariri9934]

That is so mean

[@SublimeStudiosAfrica]

Harry was good with African players. He got Benjani from Auxerre in France but in late 20s had to make a business decision. It's a funny story

[@TheOfficialYA]

😂👊🏾

[@user-ih3km4iu9c]

Gone but his replacement not so good imo

[@princetoughmupindu5099]

Poor Redknapp, rich Benji, 2007 early top goal scorer of the season, the lad was good at Pompey they sang "Benjan Benjan" the undertaker. Filthy racial audience!

[@nathand8523]

Tosser