Redknapp's hopes of bringing in a star striker appear to have stalled, with Spurs unwilling to break their strict wage structure to sign a forward of the calibre of Diego Forlan or Luis Fabiano from Spain. Whilst clubs like Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea can afford to pay well in excess of £100,000 a week to their biggest players, Spurs' top earners take home much less. Tottenham are currently going head to head with West Ham in the race to occupy the Olympic Stadium after the London 2012 Games. Redknapp is in favour of moving to the 60,000-capacity venue after the Games and believes that the extra revenue generated from matchday sales will help the north London club take a big step towards their development into one of the biggest and attractive clubs in the country. "Most Champions League players are on massive wages, it's very difficult (to sign them)," Redknapp said. "We don't pay massive wages. We've got a stadium that holds 36,000 people. "That's our problem at the moment, we can't make the next step. "We're that close, but making that extra step is difficult, because top players demand top wages, that is a simple fact, and we can't put ourselves in a position where we pay that sort of money. "If we had a 60,000 or 70,000 stadium it would be different. We can't go that extra yard at the moment. "We've got a great squad of players, but if you start talking about getting a top striker in, they cost incredible money." For that reason Redknapp admits the chances of him landing a striker before Monday's transfer deadline are impossible. "There's no chance, I wouldn't have thought," he added. "I'm not unhappy with the strikers we've got. Who's going to loan us a top player - someone who is better than (Roman) Pavlyuchenko, (Peter) Crouch or (Robbie) Keane? "Liverpool are not going to loan (Fernando) Torres to us are they, and Chelsea won't loan (Didier) Drogba." January has so far been a quiet month for Redknapp, with the arrivals of Steven Pienaar and Bongani Khumalo the only transfer activity at the club. Tottenham accepted an offer for Croatia winger Kranjcar this week, bur despite requesting a move last week, Redknapp hopes the 26-year-old will stay. "There is a German club (Bremen) that have come in for him. They have offered good money for him but I'm not keen to lose Niko," Redknapp said. "He is a fantastic player. I don't think he wants to go to Germany and play. "If that's the case then he will stay here and that's great for us as well." Kranjcar's first-team opportunities have been limited this season, in part by the outstanding performances of Gareth Bale down the left flank. Reports suggested on Thursday that Inter Milan were lining up a £40million bid for the 21-year-old Bale but the Italians denied that today, with Inter chief executive Ernesto Paolillo saying: "It is incorrect. It's not true." The former Southampton winger pulled up in the first half of Spurs' 1-1 draw with Newcastle last weekend with a back spasm and will be missing for Sunday's FA Cup fourth-round tie at Fulham. Redknapp allayed fears that Bale's injury was serious and insisted the Welshman will be fit to take on AC Milan next month in the San Siro - the stadium in which he scored a hat-trick against Inter Milan last October. "He won't need an operation. He should be fit in 10 days," Redknapp said. "He'll make the Milan game in the San Siro, all being well."
