Harry Redknapp wants Spurs to 'swarm all over' Young Boys

Spurs must overturn a 3-2 first-leg deficit at White Hart Lane if they are to reach the lucrative group stage for the first time. Redknapp is confident they will do so, but said yesterday: "Listen, if we can't win tomorrow, then we don't deserve to be in the competition. If we can't win tomorrow, what chance have we got anyway? So, we find out how good we are tomorrow."

Tottenham had been expected to roll over Young Boys in last week's first leg in Berne. But a wretched first half-hour on the Swiss runners-up's plastic pitch saw the visitors forced to fight back from 3-0 down.

So horrendous was their defending, Redknapp confessed he feared they might have fallen as far as 6-0 behind.

And he urged his side to produce the kind of fast start their opponents inflicted on them last Tuesday. "We've got to swarm all over them if we can," said Redknapp, who also wants the home fans to create an "intimidating" atmosphere.

"I wouldn't sit here saying we've got to be patient. I think we've got to get after them."

He added: "If the players play as they can play, we're going to be very difficult to beat."

With a minimum 10million prize money on offer just for reaching the group stage, tonight's game is arguably one of the biggest in Tottenham's recent history. Everton were the last club from outside the Barclays Premier League's so-called 'big four' to take part in the final qualifying round of the Champions League. But they lost their tie, missing out on a cash bonanza that might have helped them challenge for a top-four spot on a more regular basis.

Redknapp said: "I don't think about the money. It would be a great honour to get the club into the Champions League group stages now. It'd be fantastic to bring that to White Hart Lane."

Should Spurs progress, Redknapp will join a small band of Englishmen to have managed in the Champions League but the former Bournemouth, West Ham and Portsmouth boss refused to brand tonight's match the biggest of his coaching career. "I've had loads of games like that: relegation games, promotion games," said the 63-year-old. Redknapp's injury problems have eased ahead of the game but he will not be able to call on new signing William Gallas.

The Spurs manager expects the defender, who joined from Arsenal on Sunday, to be match fit after the international break and revealed the 33-year-old would be forced to withdraw from the France squad in which he has already been named.

Gallas is Spurs' second summer signing and may be the last according to Redknapp, who all but ruled out a move for Sevilla striker Luis Fabiano. He also rubbished reports linking Tottenham with a swap deal involving Peter Crouch and Everton's Steven Pienaar, insisting he had never spoken to David Moyes about the midfielder. Pienaar will remain at Goodison Park this season, according to Everton assistant manager Steve Round.

Round responded: "The manager (David Moyes) has said all along he wants Steven to stay. He is under contract and as far as we are concerned he will be an Everton player this season. There is no truth in the speculation. Steven has been a terrific player for us and is a terrific asset."

Redknapp reiterated his interest in Real Madrid's Lassana Diarra but believes the former Portsmouth midfielder is highly unlikely to move to White Hart Lane.

"He's on big, big wages at Real Madrid," said Redknapp, who revealed Diarra's agent had been in contact with Spurs' chief scout.