Redknapp's Spurs team are challenging for a Champions League place but he insists the country's top knockout competition is just as important - and he is desperate to repeat his efforts of 2008 when he won the trophy with Pompey. Redknapp left Fratton Park five months later and Pompey have plummeted on and off the pitch and this week could have gone out of business due to their dispute with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. "I didn't see it coming when I left," Redknapp said. "They were selling players for fortunes and suddenly it's been like musical chairs with four owners there this season." HMRC have lodged a winding-up petition against Pompey - which will be presented before a High Court judge after February 19 - but Redknapp is hoping his former club can be saved. "It would be a disaster," he said. "We can't allow it to happen and there is always a way in the end. Before I went there they were in the same situation and Milan Mandaric came out of nowhere to save the club. "I'm sure there are people out there, they'd be buying a club with a great tradition. "I've been speaking every day to people there and hoping it will get sorted out. "It's an amazing situation they've found themselves in but it's not just Portsmouth, there are so many clubs with an amazing amount of debt. "At some of the biggest clubs there is an incredible amount of debt. Hopefully Pompey will find a new owner and they will move forward again." One report suggested the Premier League may help Pompey's situation by pushing through emergency financial measures, with Redknapp adding: "Whatever it takes I'd go along with - 100%. Whatever any club can do to make sure they stay, we should do." Redknapp wants to emulate his success at Portsmouth on the pitch and is therefore not taking this weekend's FA Cup trip to Bolton lightly. With Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool knocked out, the cup represents a decent opportunity for success for Spurs. "It's a big priority for us," Redknapp said. "We want to get to Wembley this year so it is a massive game. Owen (Coyle, Bolton manager) will want to win, his first priority is to keep them in the division but he'll want to win. "We're still in the race for fourth but we want to be involved in the cup. It's a great opportunity for us." With that in mind, Redknapp will resist the temptation of resting players for the Reebok Stadium trip. He added: "I'll pick what I consider the strongest team to win the game because it's an important game for us, the same as midweek was. "I made a few changes at Wolves to freshen it up but the people I brought in were top international players." Spurs will be looking to bounce back from the midweek defeat to Wolves, with Redknapp looking for his players to get back on the goal trail. He said: "A lack of goals have been the problem, we haven't been conceding sloppy goals too often. We're just haven't been scoring as regularly as we did - we had a great run when we were scoring every week. Suddenly it's dried up a bit. "It's hard to say. We maybe need to weigh in with goals from other areas like we did earlier in the season when everyone was scoring from all different positions. If Jermain Defoe is not scoring we need others to score."
