Redknapp says he was sacked, relegated and conned by a Irish pub worker

Trust issues: Racing fan Redknapp, seen chatting to jockey Robert Thornton, fell for a conman's hard luck tales a fake jockey took me harry redknapp for a ride...he was conned into paying for £150 taxis, giving him seats in a private box and signed shirts from Bale. Three years later, found out he was just a potman in the pub By harry redknapp....He was a conman preying on the racing scene and the little Irish rogue had us all. I’m told he was working the same racket with Liverpool’s Glen Johnson, plus a couple of football agents and other managers. I can imagine him now, in his room full of signed shirts —Robbie Keane, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, all collected through me. So I’d got sacked by Tottenham, relegated with QPR, my mate of three years turned out to be an Irish crook, and my last memory was of him disappearing off to Lime Street station in Liverpool with another £150 of my money. Oh yes, it had been one hell of a year. these was Extracted from Always Managing.....My Autobiography by Harry Redknapp with Martin Samuel, published by Ebury on October 2013