Soccer: Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has been quick to deny talk he could be Chelsea's new boss. Weekend reports claimed that the Spurs chief was emerging as a shock candidate to replace under-fire Blues boss Carlo Ancelotti in the summer.

But Redknapp, who is odds-on favourite to become the new England coach with Fabio Capello due to step down next year, insists he does not even listen to the speculation.

"I don't take a lot of notice. I just get on with it. It's speculation," he told the Daily Mirror."I've never spoken to anyone from Chelsea. No-one's come to me and said that Chelsea are interested in me or anything else.

"I've got a job to do here. I love it here. I'm happy here."

Redknapp insists that he can still turn Spurs into title contenders with a little more work on his squad.

"I keep saying, this club isn't that far away - if they want to push on - from winning the championship," he said. "You can't stand still. It means improving. Better players make you a better team. With one or two additions, I think we can go on and push for the title.

"Everyone will go at it in the summer. Arsenal will. Liverpool will - Liverpool are going to be a team to be reckoned with next year. They've been out of the Champions League, but I don't see that happening again after next season. With Kenny Dalglish there, I think they'll have a real go for it.

"If you want to be a top club, you need top players. There's no other way of doing it. There's no magic formula."