Beckham wants Spurs move

It's understood Beckham himself decided over the Christmas period he wished to return to Europe in order to maintain his fitness.

And while Redknapp has yet to speak personally to the 35-year-old, he has been informed of Beckham's desire to move to the club where it all began for the world's most famous footballer.

"He just said that he would like to come and play here at Tottenham," Redknapp said after Spurs' 1-0 Barclays Premier League win over Fulham today.

Beckham's apparent declaration further increases the possibility of him making a sensational return home seven-and-a-half years after leaving Manchester United for Real Madrid.

The final decision over whether he joins Tottenham, however, lies with the Galaxy and Redknapp admitted the north Londoners would need to move quickly.

"We'd have to (move quickly)," said Redknapp, who revealed the job of persuading the Los Angeles club lay with director of football administration Darren Eales.

"I've left it to the people at the club. I've passed it on them.

"They're talking to whoever they have to talk to at his club."

Redknapp insisted that far from being a luxury acquisition, Beckham would provide much-needed cover for right winger Aaron Lennon.

"We've got no-one else to play on the right," he said.

"David Bentley keeps picking up injuries on Friday morning.

"It's a no brainer."

Redknapp admitted Tottenham could have done with Beckham as they ended their London derby with Fulham clinging on to their 1-0 lead.

"He could've come on when we were under pressure," he said. "He might've kept the ball for us.

"When I took Teddy Sheringham to Portsmouth, I used to just say, 'Watch him train. Watch everything he does. He does it 100% right.'.

"And I think Beckham's like that. They tell me after training, he spends an hour out there practising.

"If young players see that, it's better than all the coaching in the world."

Spurs looked tired after a virtually-unchanged side played for the third time in six days to propel the club back into the top four.

"You're in a no-win situation, aren't you?" said Redknapp.

"If you go and make seven or eight changes, like Arsenal did (at Wigan), everybody goes, 'Why did he change his team?', if you don't get the result.

"I stuck with the ones who have played.

"That's what I consider the best team for today and we clawed a result out.

"I thought (Michael) Dawson and (William) Gallas were outstanding when we were under pressure.

"It's been a good week. Nine points, you can't ask for any more than that over the Christmas period."

Redknapp revealed Gallas played through the pain of his recent hamstring injury in what was his first appearance for more than a month.

Defeat saw Fulham slump to second bottom of the table and pile the pressure on manager Mark Hughes.

Once again, they were made to pay for a lack of cutting edge in the absence of injured striker Bobby Zamora as the pressure they piled on Spurs came to nothing.

Hughes said: "In the last six or seven games, I think we've been arguably the best team in all those games and we've only picked up one win.

"Once again, we've come here, we've come to the in-form side, a team that's absolutely flying at the moment, and we've made it really difficult for them, and they're hanging on at the end.

"We had one kicked off the line, a few scrambles.

"You just need that little modicum of luck that enables games to change and obviously goals always change games."

Hughes is working hard to sign a target man during this month's transfer window.

"There are discussions going on every single day," he said.

"Some you think may progress, others don't progress very quickly at all.

"We just have to wait and see."