Hammers star too expensive for Spurs

(20-12-2010) Tottenham will not make a move for Scott Parker in January because West Ham want too much money for the England midfielder. Spurs have long been linked to the 30-year-old who has starred for the Hammers this season despite the club’s lowly EPL position. "We haven't made any move for him. Midfield is the only area where I don't have many options, we are really short there,” Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp told the Sunday Mirror newspaper. "I like Parker, but he belongs to West Ham. He will be 31 next birthday and they will want £15m. Our chairman wouldn't buy players of that age, on big wages with no sell-on." Redknapp did however concede that the club may sell Jamie O'Hara to the Hammers. "O'Hara needs to play. He would be better off playing somewhere than not playing. He would do a good job for someone in the Premiership."