Redknapp warns Tottenham of top-four disappointment

“I think the only way it will be deemed a success by the owners and people than run the club, Joe Lewis and Daniel Levy, is Champions League football next season,” Harry Redknapp told

. “Anything other than Champions League football will be deemed as a massive failure.

“If they don’t make the Champions League I think it will be a really disappointing year for Tottenham, even if they win the Carabao Cup. The top four is a must for them.”

Pressed to predict the Spurs’ upcoming clash with Manchester United, Redknapp added: “I fancy Spurs. If I had to put my money down, which I normally do, I’d have to go for Tottenham. Tottenham need it badly if they want to make top four. Liverpool and Chelsea won yesterday, West Ham and Leicester playing today - I’ve got a feeling Tottenham will do it.”

Mourinho himself previously admitted that their destiny this season is out of their hands after his team's disappointing 2-2 draw with Newcastle last weekend.

“To reach a Champions League position I don’t think we depend on ourselves," he told reporters.

"We depend also on results from other teams. I’m not going to say we are going to do it or not going to do it. We are going one game at a time and the last season was a very good example.

“We were quite a distance, we had a big distance to the top six positions and in the end, in the last minute of the last match we confirmed that position and we have to go in that direction.”

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