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:lol: Gotta love HarryHarry Redknapp will recall Wilson Palacios today - to placate the Honduran international's formidable mother.
Tottenham messiah Redknapp bumped into Palacios and his mum, Orfilia, on a shopping trip in the West End - and she complained that her long-haul trip to watch her son playing for Spurs had been wasted.
Palacios has started only three Premier League games this season after being squeezed out of the frame in midfield by Jermaine Jenas and Tom Huddlestone, and King 'Arry's £13 million signing from Wigan is no longer a dead cert on the teamsheet.
But Redknapp, who always intended to "freshen up" his team after Spurs' dramatic 4-3 Champions League defeat by Inter Milan on Wednesday night, made his mind up about one position after his chance meeting with the daunting Mrs Palacios.
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He said: "I remember Wilson getting sent off against Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-final and thinking, 'Well, that's the end of our season' because he was so important to us.
"But then we beat Arsenal and Chelsea the following week, we went on to finish in the Champions League places and suddenly it's been difficult to get him in the side every week.
"Jermaine has done well, Tom has been in great form and Luka Modric has been fantastic for us while Wilson has had a little dip in form. But he's a great guy - he trains hard, he's ready to play again and he'll come back.
"He's still great to have around the place and I've got to play him against Everton, really - because I met him when he was out shopping with his mum the other day while I was in town with my wife.
"She can't speak much English, but Wilson's mum was telling me she had come to England to watch him play and I hadn't been playing him - and she was quite a big girl, so I've got to play him!
"I wasn't going to mess with her, believe you me - she didn't need a handbag, I reckon a right-hander would have been enough. So I went, 'Don't worry, Mrs Palacios, he'll play, he'll play.'
"To be fair, we wouldn't be where we are now without Wilson. When he first came here from Wigan, I thought he turned us round. He did great.
"And he hasn't been sulking since the World Cup because he's a grafter, a worker. He's come from a poor background, the kid, hasn't he? I think he loves playing here and he hasn't forgotten his roots."
Happily, Redknapp has yet to suffer the same fate as boxer Steve McCarthy in 1993, who was clubbed over the head with a stiletto shoe by opponent Tony Wilson's mother, Minna, after her son had been knocked down in a British light heavyweight title fight. McCarthy left the ring with blood seeping from a head wound and Wilson was awarded the fight on a technical knockout.
Meanwhile, the Spurs manager celebrates two years in charge at White Hart Lane on Monday. As a club, they are unrecognisable from the no-speaker-da-lingo era of Juande Ramos.
Redknapp said: "We've gone from having two points in eight games to playing at the San Siro in the Champions League, so we've come a long way in two years.
"The only thing that scares you is that it's another two years out of your life and you think, 'Where's it gone?' It only seems like 10 minutes ago that I was driving round to Daniel Levy's house to meet the chairman - and not really sure whether I wanted to come here or not.
"As much as it was a good move, I was very happy where I was. It wasn't an easy decision, I've got to be truthful. It was very difficult, and in my wildest dreams I never thought it could have gone so well.
"But I don't celebrate anniversaries in football - I can't even remember my own wedding anniversary. I've still got last year's card to the missus in my car, so I've got no chance.
"And I'm not the type of manager who eve sits back and thinks, 'Aren't I doing well?' I don't get carried away, mainly because it will be the end of the world again tomorrow night if we lose to Everton.