Redknapp: Toon switch not done deal

Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp, who is favourite to take over at Newcastle, has insisted there has been no contact from Tyneside.

He was responding to reports that Newcastle are poised to make a formal approach following the departure of Sam Allardyce and dismissed rumours of a secret deal between the clubs.

Redknapp, who signed an improved three-and-a-half-year deal with Portsmouth in October, is thought to be the number one target for Newcastle owner Mike Ashley

He said: "To say a deal has already been done is absolute rubbish. I couldn't say anything else because that's the situation.

"There has been no approach. All I'm doing is trying to get a couple of players in before the Sunderland game (Portsmouth visit the Stadium of Light on Sunday) but I haven't got anywhere with that.

"Nobody from Newcastle has contacted me and in any case, that wouldn't be allowed. Nobody has contacted Peter Storrie."

Redknapp also insisted that money would not be an over-riding factor in any decision over his future should Newcastle make an approach for his services.

"Money would not be an issue to me," he stressed. "I wouldn't go anywhere just for the money."

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