Harry Redknapp wants to sign Benoit Assou-Ekotto — but defender is more interested in becoming a porn star
Harry Redknapp says he wants to sign former Tottenham Hotspur defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto for Birmingham City – but that the player has told him he is more interested in a career in pornography.
The Cameroon full-back signed a one-year contract with Metz at the start of the 2016/17 season, and previously played under Redknapp at both Spurs and Queens Park Rangers.
The 33-year-old is renowned for being something of a maverick and has previously spoken openly about how he doesn’t consider football to be a passion and how he instead treats his career as a professional player as “just a job”.
Redknapp jumps for joy as Birmingham beat Bristol to dodge the drop
And now Redknapp has revealed that the defender, who represented Cameroon 24 times, has set his sights on an altogether different career.
When asked if there was a chance of Birmingham signing the veteran full-back, Redknapp told the Spurs Show podcast: “The only trouble is that he’s admitted he wants to be a pornstar.
“Maybe I can get another year out of him before he decides to do that.
“What a good player. He could well end up in the Birmingham colours next year, Benoit.”
Redknapp has joked the defender is considering a career in porn (Getty)
Assou-Ekotto wouldn’t be the first footballer to express an interest in adult entertainment.
Last season, the Brazilian centre-back Anderson Conceicao made headlines when he revealed that former Real Mallorca manager Joaquin Caparros used pornography to try and motivate his players before a La Liga game against Athletic Bilbao.
“In the team talk ahead of the game Caparros showed us a video with images from a porn film. We were shocked, we didn't understand anything of what we were watching.
“He told us: ‘On the pitch, you need to play as hard as this guy’, and he pointed at the screen.”
Harry Redknapp wants to sign Assou-Ekotto - but footballer is more interested in becoming a pornstar
Harry Redknapp says he wants to sign former Tottenham Hotspur defender Benoit Assou-Ekotto for Birmingham City – but that the player has told him he is more interested in a career in pornography.
The Cameroon full-back signed a one-year contract with Metz at the start of the 2016/17 season, and previously played under Redknapp at both Spurs and Queens Park Rangers.
The 33-year-old is renowned for being something of a maverick and has previously spoken openly about how he doesn’t consider football to be a passion and how he instead treats his career as a professional player as “just a job”.
Redknapp jumps for joy as Birmingham beat Bristol to dodge the drop
And now Redknapp has revealed that the defender, who represented Cameroon 24 times, has set his sights on an altogether different career.
When asked if there was a chance of Birmingham signing the veteran full-back, Redknapp told the Spurs Show podcast: “The only trouble is that he’s admitted he wants to be a pornstar.
“Maybe I can get another year out of him before he decides to do that.
“What a good player. He could well end up in the Birmingham colours next year, Benoit.”
Redknapp has joked the defender is considering a career in porn (Getty)
Assou-Ekotto wouldn’t be the first footballer to express an interest in adult entertainment.
Last season, the Brazilian centre-back Anderson Conceicao made headlines when he revealed that former Real Mallorca manager Joaquin Caparros used pornography to try and motivate his players before a La Liga game against Athletic Bilbao.
“In the team talk ahead of the game Caparros showed us a video with images from a porn film. We were shocked, we didn't understand anything of what we were watching.
“He told us: ‘On the pitch, you need to play as hard as this guy’, and he pointed at the screen.”
Harry Redknapp wants to sign Assou-Ekotto - but footballer is more interested in becoming a pornstar
