Redknapp 'bitter' at police probe

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has said he was "bitterly disappointed" at the way police have handled an inquiry into alleged corruption in football.

He was "deeply upset" that his home was raided at 0600 with press photographers in tow, when the allegations had "nothing whatsoever to do with me".

Mr Redknapp was one of five men arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud and false accounting.

Among those arrested were Portsmouth's former chairman Milan Mandaric.

Mr Redknapp told a press conference that his wife had been "petrified" during the raid, which took place while he was away from home at a Champions League match in Germany.

He added that he was at a loss to explain why he had been treated in this manner when the inquiry appeared to focus on payments made by an agent to a player.

The Portsmouth managed told reporters: "What an agent does with his player has nothing to do with me.

"I still feel I was only called in because I have a high profile. I add a bit of a profile to the investigation."

Source: BBC Sport