Redknapp attacks Hammers' Olympic stadium bid

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<p> Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has criticised West Ham's plans to retain an athletics track if they move to the Olympic Stadium, saying the venue would become a desolate graveyard . </p><p> Redknapp's current club are competing with the Hammers, who he managed from 1994 until 2001, for the right to move into the stadium in Stratford, east London, after the 2012 Games. </p><p> While Spurs propose to transform the stadium into a football-only venue and redevelop the Crystal Palace athletics stadium, West Ham intend to retain the running track so that the stadium can be a multi-use site. </p><p> Redknapp believes the Hammers' proposal would kill the atmosphere at the stadium. </p><p> Try to mix football and athletics and you end up with a great big bowl of nothing, he wrote in his newspaper column. </p><p> The windblown no man's land between a pitch and the stands can kill football. </p><p> He added: We keep hearing about the Olympic legacy and the need to have a world-class athletics stadium after the 2012 Games in London. But my big fear is that if West Ham move into a stadium in Stratford with a whacking great running track around the pitch, the only legacy for them will be a nightmare. </p><p> And what if West Ham are relegated this season and then find themselves in a 60,000-capacity stadium in a Championship match. </p><p> Can you imagine? Half the seats would be empty and it would become a desolate graveyard for a once-great club. </p>