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Redknapp keen to take Tottenham to Seattle

Harry Redknapp admits he would love to take his Tottenham side to Seattle for a summer tour.

The Spurs boss, who began his coaching career in Northwest USA in the late 1970s in the NASL, said in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he is hoping he can return to the city with his current squad.

"I'd love to go back to Seattle and take the team there. We're talking about going to America again," Redknapp said.

And Redknapp also reflected on some good times he had with the Sounders back when soccer was just starting to become known in the States.

"I started coaching [in Seattle] with Jimmy Gabriel and Bobby Howe. We went over together from Bournemouth," he added.

"Geoff Hurst played for us. So did Bobby Moore. They were great days, a time when everybody was in America. The Cosmos had Pelé and Beckenbauer and Carlos Alberto. Every player in the world was out there at that time: Gerd Müller, all the great Dutch boys.

"I played in the first game ever played indoors. In Houston. We played Real Madrid! They were the European champions then."

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