William Gallas has called on his Tottenham team-mates to secure a win against Fulham on Sunday for ailing manager Harry Redknapp.
Stopper urges team-mates to get three points for ill boss
Defender William Gallas has called on his Tottenham team-mates to secure a win against Fulham this weekend for ailing manager Harry Redknapp.
Redknapp was admitted to hospital on Tuesday night to have tests after he started feeling breathless while running.
The Spurs boss had two stents inserted the following day to help unblock two coronary arteries and he was ruled out of the club's UEFA Europa League trip to Rubin Kazan.
Rest
The 64-year-old will now rest for the next two weeks and assistant manager Kevin Bond will continue to manage the team in his absence.
Redknapp is thought to have watched the Rubin defeat from his Dorset home and the former West Ham boss will do the same again this weekend as his team look to extend their unbeaten league run to eight matches at the home of their London rivals.
Gallas has urged the Spurs squad to give their manager a lift by registering their seventh win in eight games this weekend.
"We have to win because he is not well at the moment," said Gallas.
"The manager is a good guy so I think we have to do a good job on Sunday for him. We have to do it for the squad and the fans too."
Gallas played 70 minutes of Thursday night's defeat in Kazan after making a full recovery from a calf injury which had kept him out of action since the end of last season.
The Frenchman admits it was hard to watch on as his team-mates were easily beaten in their opening two games against Manchester United and Manchester City.
But since the 5-1 defeat to Roberto Mancini's men, Spurs have taken 19 points from a possible 21 to move level with fourth-placed Chelsea, who have played once more than their north London rivals.
Stronger
Last season the club fell six points short of qualifying for the UEFA Champions League following a mid-season stutter, but Gallas, who was a regular in defence last term, thinks the squad has a better chance of finishing in the top four this year.
"The squad is stronger this year," he said. "We believe we can finish in the top four and maybe win something.
"You never know in football. Everyone is talking about (league leaders) Manchester City. They are doing well, but I think we have to believe in ourselves and try to win every game and at the end of the season we will see."
