redknapp started out on the road to professional football as a schoolboy at tottenham hotspur but began his professional career, at the age of 16, in 1989 at bournemouth, then managed by his father, harry. he made 13 appearances for the club before attracting the attention of liverpool, who signed him on 15 january 1991. kenny dalglish had paid £350,000 for redknapp, who was still only 17 at the time. he was one of the most expensively signed teenagers in english football around this time.