“Spurs wasn’t the right move for me”

Darren Bent has finally hit back at Harry Redknapp for his jibe that his wife could have scored a chance that he missed.

The former Tottenham striker missed a simple headed chance during the 1-1 draw against Portsmouth at White Hart Lane last season.

“I missed chances at Charlton and I will miss chances in the future. But never once has a manager said what he said.

“If he was to have a go at me in the dressing room then I could take it. 

“But next morning when people were ringing me and saying, ‘have you heard what Harry said?’ – then it’s not nice.

“I felt hurt. I also felt frustrated and angry. But there’s not a lot you can do.

“I put it behind me and just concentrated on scoring goals.

“At Charlton I used to play every game but at Spurs I would just get 20 minutes here and 20 minutes there.

“But although you were hardly playing, people would still have the same expectations of you.

“I spoke to my mum and dad and people close to me about it. 

“They reassured me. They told me to bide my time because my time would come again.

“I tried to give my answer on the pitch. But the more goals I scored, the more criticism I got!

“It was pretty rough at White Hart Lane. Spurs wasn’t the right move for me. I think Sunderland is right.”

He added: “If I’m scoring goals and playing well there’s no reason why I can’t get back into the England team.

“It would be fantastic if I could score the goals that put Sunderland into the top ten of the Premier League and ended up going to the World Cup finals with England in South Africa.”

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