Harry Redknapp - he is too fat and I won't pick him to play...

Adel Taarabt is three stone overweight and unfit to play for Queens Park Rangers, claims manager Harry Redknapp.
The Moroccan midfielder, 25, has not started for QPR since 27 August and was not in the squad for his side's 3-2 Premier League defeat by Liverpool.
"I can't protect people who don't want to run and train, and are about three stone overweight," said Redknapp.
"Taarabt is not injured. He's not fit. He's not fit to play football".


Taarabt was a second-half substitute in QPR's last match before the international break - a 2-0 defeat at West Ham - but has not started since the League Cup defeat at Burton.
The newly-promoted Hoops are bottom of the Premier League after taking four points from their opening eight games.
Redknapp, 67, added: "He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did. I can't pick him.
"What am I supposed to keep saying? Keep getting your £60,000, £70,000 a week and don't train? What's the game coming to?
"I pick people who want to try, who deserve to be at a good football club like QPR, who come in every day and want to work, train and show a good attitude. When he starts doing that, if he ever can do it, maybe he'll get a game."

Fair play to Harry for going public, I suspect there are players like fat boy Taarabt at most clubs.

Clubs only have themselves to blame though, if they're happy to agree a contract where a player can get 3 stone overweight and still pick up £70k per week then they can't really moan too much.

Good on him I think. If players think they can pick up massive wages and not even make an effort they should be outed. QPR fans were probably thinking Harry redknapp is an idiot not picking his best players. It would take the average supporter 3-4 years to make what he makes in a week. The lad is a disgrace

This smacks of bad management. How was he allowed to become so overweight? There must be plenty of training staff around whose job is to monitor the fitness (and presumably fatness) levels of the players on a weekly, if not daily, basis. Even at half a stone overweight the wheels should have been set in motion to do something about it. Harry's not doing himself any favours here, the buck stops with him.

3 st is taking the piss if true. Sounds like Taraabt has retired.

Sounds to me like 'Arry keeps getting his wages every week and doesn't do much managing.

There's a picture of him in the sun which shows he's not 3 stone overweight. Sounds like a bad relationship between the 2.

i've seen the picture of him and if he's 3 stone overweight i wish i was the same!

This made me laugh, I think that Harry is ace.

Harry's having a paddy because people are noticing that he's not that good a manager

Is the picture of him in the paper a recent one though?

A clash of egos here I think, one guy thinks he is one of the best players to ever grace a pitch and the other thinks he's gods gift to management.

I'd put good money on 'arry walking before the end of 2014, he is obviously pissed off at the appointment of Les ''going to my ex clubs and getting paid for doing fuck all'' Ferdinand.

It's complete rubbish, he said he's 3 pounds below his heaviest ever weight as a professional.

Harry obviously had a falling out with him and he's made it public so the front office make their allegiances known.

Redknapp talks absolute bollocks and is one of the most overrated managers in the game.

And he's bent.......

I can't believe he's apparently so well respected by his peers, the man's a saggy-faced knob.

More Redknapp nonsense to deflect away from the shite job he's done at QPR.

Should have got rid of Tarabt by now, he isn't interested in playing for QPR and hasn't been for a least a year.