World Cup 2014: Steven Gerrard tells Harry Redknapp to name and shame Spurs stars who turned down England

Steven Gerrard has challenged Harry Redknapp to “name and embarrass” the Tottenham Hotspur players who he claims did not want to represent England.

Redknapp said yesterday that he managed “two or three” players at Spurs who told him that they did not want to play for the national team. England captain Gerrard said Redknapp must not protect the players’ identities and reputations.

^{Angry: Steven Gerrard has urged Harry Redknapp to supply the names of players who tried to dodge England duty}

“I tell you what, I’d be interested to find out who those players are,” said Gerrard, who insisted that every member of the England squad that has already been eliminated from the World Cup has been fully committed to the cause. “If Harry is making a comment like that, he should name them and embarrass them. No one in this group wants to go home. No one wants to go home.
Should Harry not name them? If it’s the case, it’s disgusting. For me, if a player doesn’t want to be [with England], he doesn’t deserve to be here at a World Cup. The comment is a comment, like ‘them’. ‘They’ didn’t want to play for England. Who? Name them. Is it Aaron Lennon, Kyle Walker, Andros Townsend? I don’t know who he means. Five years ago? Ten years ago?”
Redknapp, who was the favourite to land the England job ahead of Hodgson in 2012, told Radio 5 Live: “I can tell you when I was at Tottenham, when full internationals came around, there were two or three players who did not want to play for England.