Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy has explained why he's scrapped their sporting director role at the club following Harry Redknapp's arrival.

"People have misunderstood the issue of the sporting director, they forget we had European football here for three years with a sporting director," Levy said. "It's not about coach v manager or a sporting director, it's about the right people.

"The difference between Harry and other coaches we've had here is that Harry has certain abilities others haven't - particularly the UK markets in terms of transfers.

"Other coaches have skills in terms of coaching but Harry has both."

Redknapp, who has inspired a win and a famous draw against Arsenal since his arrival, is expected to have limited funds in the January transfer window.

"The stadium has no impact on our transfer policy," he confirmed.

"When Harry took the job we had a conversation about the current squad and we agreed we have the talent here. One or two small changes maybe but generally we have the talent here.

"There may be limited transfer funds available (in January) but the main transfers take place in the summer.

"Harry's confident and I'm confident that we can move up the table."