Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has admitted that he is "surprised" at Danny Rose over comments the player made about the club's transfer dealings.
The left-back has been linked with a move away from White Hart Lane after expressing his frustration at the lack of summer arrivals.
However, current Birmingham City boss Redknapp has leaped to Spurs' defence, urging Rose not to speak publicly about the club's business matters.
"I'm surprised at Danny," Sky Sports News quotes Redknapp as saying. "Danny is a great lad, an outstanding player, the best left-back in the country in my opinion. I don't know why he's said that really, it's up to the manager and the owners whether they spend money really, and buy players.
"It's a difficult club to buy players at because their starting XI is so good I don't know if you were trying to sign a player what you would say to him? 'Come to Tottenham', and the player says 'I'm a striker where do you see me playing', and you say 'on the bench really because we've got Harry Kane'. A No 10? 'We've got Dele Alli'.
"I don't know where they can improve the team so all they can do is bring squad players in. When everyone is fit I think they're the best starting XI in the country. Man for man I wouldn't swap them with anyone, that starting XI is a top, top team."
Rose has been linked with Chelsea and Manchester United since expressing his transfer frustration.
