Redknapp’s about turn seems to have come because he has realised that the player is determined to leave the club.
“He’s had his head turned. I want to see him here at the start of the year, but if he goes then you get three or four players [in]. They’re your options: get the money and get four players and, in all honesty, have a better team, or keep Luka, who is a fantastic player,” said Redknapp.