Redknapp keen on Beckham

Spurs could make a loan move for Beckham ahead of next year’s World Cup, according to reports.

Beckham is currently on loan at AC Milan until the end of the Serie A season.

“I have not thought about David Beckham, but it would be disrespectful of me to say I would not be interested in him, were he to become available,” Redknapp told the London Evening Standard.

“David Beckham is a fantastic player, but he is also a terrific role model and a terrific professional. If the opportunity was there to sign him, any club would have to think about it.

“He would still be a terrific player. His delivery of the ball remains exceptional, he is a great trainer and he is a local boy from up the road.”

“Imagine what the young players at the club could get from someone like that,” Redknapp added.

“When I signed Teddy Sheringham for Portsmouth in 2003, he was worth his weight in gold.

“He was such a great professional that the other players all looked up to him in training. He did everything right, he was superb around the place, and that is what it is about.

“I have met him only once or twice, but he seems a great lad. To have someone like Beckham at your club . . . if the opportunity came and someone said he was available, any club would have to think about it.”