Redknapp regrets not signing Odemwingie for QPR

Queens Park Rangers manager Harry Redknapp, says he regrets signing Nigerian international Peter Osaze odemwingie.

The former Tottenham Hotspurs boss says his struggling side, would not have been fighting relegation, if he was able to complete the signing of the West Brom striker.

Odemwingie was in the middle of a dramatic transfer saga in January, when he drove to London on the last day of transfer, to try and seal a move to QPR.

“I would not have changed an awful lot [this season], really,” Redknapp said. “I’d have probably tried harder to get the boy from West Brom, Odemwingie.

“He might have really given us something up there with Bobby Zamora not being 100 per cent fit. He might have scored four or five goals that make the difference.

“He did no different to what about 50 other footballers did on the same day. He made one big mistake. He was too honest, he turned up at the football club, he was silly.”

QPR are almost certain to go down this season, as they sit 10 points adrift of the safety zone and Redknapp has compared it with his time at Spurs.

“That’s life,” Redknapp said. “I started off at Bournemouth for 10 years and I loved every minute of it. I love football. The San Siro was great. I loved it. Fantastic.

“It was great going to Milan and winning but this is where I am now and I will get on with the job. I’d rather us have the challenge of building another Premier League team here which I would have done and we wouldn’t be in trouble.

“If I had started at the start of the year and we’d have been where we are I’d have gone ‘Yeah, I put the team together lads and I’m sorry I’ve put a bad team together and that’s where we are’.

“But this is where we are. I’ve tried my best with what we’ve had and it’s not been good enough.”

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