Harry Redknapp: ""They (Newcastle) have got some competitors there.
"They have a few players who know how to win, like (Joey) Barton and (Kevin) Nolan."
Spurs accepted Blues' £6million bid for Keane last week before the Midlands outfit pulled the plug on the deal, claiming in a statement from acting chairman Peter Pannu that the striker's wage demands were out of their reach.
Harry Redknapp: "There was never a deal with Birmingham.
"He never asked Birmingham for money.
"He never got around to discussing a deal with them so when they said they couldn't meet his wage demands that was totally unfair on Robbie because he never made any demands. He never even spoke to them.
"I don't see how the deal could've fallen down on wage demands when he didn't make any. That's a strange one."
As for the mugging in Madrid ...
Harry Redknapp: "I'm walking round the outside of the stadium, it's a fantastic atmosphere, there's all little stalls there selling sweets.
"I got some sweets, me and Kevin, and it was so packed. The next thing there's two guys on their knees in front of me and I felt someone pull my overcoat.
"I thought 'What's that?', and didn't take any notice. The next thing there's two guys on their knees in front of me and they've got my trousers and they keep doing this (tugging) with them, pulling them.
"I thought 'What are you doing?' The next thing he's got my keys on the floor.
"I didn't know whether to knee him in the gob or not.
"And I thought 'Is he a blind man or someone having trouble walking properly. What are they doing, these two blokes?'
"I'm going: 'Let go of my trousers', pushing them away. While I'm doing that they're rifling my pockets, there were about six of them. And then they went.
"I thought 'What are they doing?'. I went to put my hand in my pockets and realised what they'd done.
"They took everything. All my money, credit cards, everything really."