Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp insists Niko Kranjcar has arrived not as simply cover for Luka Modric.
"We went for Niko Kranjcar in the last couple of days of the window and we got him," Redknapp said.
"It was always my intention to bring Niko in, regardless of the injury to Luka Modric.
"I know Niko from my time at Portsmouth. He is a great talent and a terrific lad.
"He was in the last year of his contract and I know there were other Premier League clubs trying to take him but I felt he was a terrific signing for us."
