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The Portsmouth manager's house was searched in a dawn raid by anti-corruption police while only his worried wife Sandra was at home - and the former West Ham boss was returning from a spying trip to a Champions League match in Europe.

"I've had a meeting with the players and all the staff and told them to ignore what they might have read about me this week," Redknapp said.

Redknapp was one of five men arrested by the City of London force on Wednesday - along with club chief executive Peter Storrie, former chairman Milan Mandaric, former player Amdy Faye and agent Willie McKay - as part of their investigation into allegations of corruption in the game.

But Redknapp, released on police bail until February having answered questions about a transfer deal four years ago - intends to put all his energies into building on a club record Premier League run of nine matches unbeaten.

The 50-year-old admitted: "It is a massive match for us and we need to concentrate everything on it. Everton are in terrific form and just behind us in the table.

"I know what has been going on and I have nothing at all to be concerned about.

"I'm just bitterly disappointed that my family have been dragged into it and I'm wondering why I've been called in again for something like this.

"The crux of the meeting I had with the police was nothing whatsoever to do with me. I'm not involved.

"All I know is that we are playing our best football as a club for 50 years and in our best position in the league in that time. We just have to get on with it."