Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has spoken of the some of the foreign characters he had at West Ham United.

After admitting Paolo di Canio was his favourite, Redknapp detailed some of the problems he had with other imports.

He told the Daily Mail: "I also had Florin Raducioiu, a World Cup star for Romania. One day we went to play Stockport County and he went shopping at Harvey Nics instead. He took the in-laws.

"Then there was Paulo Futre. He was a wonderful player, too, but the first game of the season we went to Arsenal. Paulo walked in, holding up his shirt. He says 'Futre not 16, Futre 10. Maradona, Pele, Eusebio, Futre 10.'

"I tried to explain about squad numbers and team sheets but he gave me some almighty grief. So I said put your shirt on or kindly leave the dressing room ... in so many words. The next thing I know he's gone. So I went outside to the ref and said look, Frank Lampard Snr has made a mistake. I said he's put Paulo Futre's name on the team sheet and he's not even here!

"Then Arsene Wenger comes out and says 'what is this, tactics?' I said 'No, it's Frank's cock-up'. He then let me change the names on the team sheet - and they still beat us 3-0.

"The matter was resolved when Paulo lent John Moncur his villa on the Algarve for two weeks and got the No 10 shirt in exchange."