Redknapp wanted Tevez, Tevez wanted to come, an even in Redknapp's article which you have linked it says "Daniel made some enquiries" What's he making enquiries about CJJ? The loan rules... no, a fee was well within reach. But, the stumbling point was wages. Levy didn't want to pay 200k a week. If he had, we would have finished minimum 3rd. Redknapp's throw away quote about having him on loan and City subsiding his wages is just that... a throw away quote. I will trust what I know about that period and not what a Frank / ENIC sympathiser concludes from a few Sky Sports links in 2012. Or to translate into a style you might understand: