Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp was always confident of a successful season.

Redknapp insists he was never short of confidence that things would improve once the likes of midfielder Scott Parker, goalkeeper Brad Friedel and on-loan Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor were brought in.

"We were one or two players short and we had the [transfer rumour] situation with Luka [Modric]. There was a feeling around the club that it was a difficult period, that first couple of weeks," Redknapp said.

"But once we got that out of the way with the international break we were up and running. I knew that once one or two came in that we would push on and we did.

"The belief and the arrival of a couple of players in through the door made a difference to everybody."