Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp tells court he 'would rather pay too much tax than not enough tax' Asked by his counsel John Kelsey-Fry QC about his tax affairs Redknapp said: "I have always paid my tax, I have always gone to the best available people, I employ a top firm of London accountants, I would rather pay too much tax than not enough tax." "There is no-one I enjoyed being with more than Milan but we also had our ups and downs," Redknapp said. We were both, well I was a bit volatile I think, but even now there is no-one I would rather go out to dinner with, even now. I love his company. Redknapp told Mr Kelsey-Fry that in five years between opening the account, codenamed Rosie 47 after his dog and the year of his birth, he had never contacted the bank by phone or letter. Redknapp also joked with Mandaric's defence barrister Lord Macdonald QC, who had earlier suggested Redknapp had not played to a high level. "Well he's an Arsenal fan isn't he," Redknapp said. Earlier Mandaric denied that he paid £187,000 into a secret Monaco bank account opened by Harry Redknapp because of the manager's "greed." Giving evidence on the eight day of the pair's trial for tax evasion, the former Portsmouth chairman repeatedly denied that the payments were linked to the transfer of Crouch in 2002. Absolutely not true. Mandaric told jurors: "He was paid millions of pounds. He was paid fairly ... there was no issue whatsoever. The trial continues.