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After a luckless defeat by Liverpool, Redknapp lashed out at Morocco international Adel Taarabt, claiming the Morocco international has added a lot of weight.<\/p>\n
Redknapp claimed Taarabt is a lazy player, who does not like to train.<\/p>\n
“I can’t keep protecting people, who don’t want to run about and train, and are about three stone overweight,” said Redknapp said.<\/p>\n
“What am I supposed to keep saying? Keep getting your 60, 70 grand a week and don’t train? What’s the game coming to?<\/p>\n
“He’s not fit to play football unfortunately. He played in a reserve game the other day and I could have run about more than he did.<\/p>\n
“I can’t pick him. 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.<\/p>\n
“When he starts doing that, if he ever can do it, maybe he’ll get a game.<\/p>\n
“It’s the same old people. We’ve got two or three of them.”<\/p>\n
Taarabt didn’t feature against Liverpool and has made just two substitute appearances in the Premier League this season.<\/p>\n
But the 67-year-old is clearly gutted after seeing his men lose in madcap style, with the killer strike – an own goal from Steven Caulker – coming in the fifth minute of added-time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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