How can Spurs' Harry Redknapp expect to make a profit on flops Bentley and Pavlyuchenko?

Tottenham signed David Bentley for £15m, rising to £17m 18 months ago.

The move hasn't worked out. And yet, incredibly, Harry Redknapp says the clubs wants to make a profit on Bentley and their other big signing of that summer, Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko.

Harry has a reputation as a great wheeler and dealer. But even surely he can't expect to make Spurs a profit.

After all, if they were worth that much money, how come they are not in Harry's team every week?

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