Harry Redknapp: Doesn't like others interfering in his business

The versatile Impey is poised to join Leicester and Redknapp was ordered to leave him out of the squad for Sunday's game at Derby.

He complained about "non-football people interfering in football" after the game but Storrie said on Monday: "We have shaken hands and he has said he regrets the things he said yesterday.

"I have had a close working relationship with Harry for the past five years and we both want to carry on working closely together for the good of the club. We are all very happy this has been resolved, and everyone is friends again."

Redknapp accepted the need to sell a player to balance the books but was angry that talks took place about the deal without him being involved, although he ruled out any possibility of him walking out of his job.

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"Of course I'm staying at West Ham. Other people can resign - I'm more important than they are," he said. "I've done a great job here. I've got no doubts about what I've done, I'm just disappointed in certain other people."

Redknapp and Storrie promised the board they would sell a player before the end of November, after being given funds to strengthen the squad during the summer.

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The sale of Impey will bring in around £1.5m and Storrie said: "If you get a bid for a player, you can't play him the day before he goes and risk breaking his leg."

The 2-0 win over Derby lifted The Hammers into sixth place in the FA Premiership table, but Redknapp fears Impey's departure will leave them "up the creek" if they are hit by injuries.

"It's a problem when you get non-football people interfering in football but that's how it is nowadays. It used to belong to football people but now it doesn't. At clubs, there are chief executives ringing up here and there. It's how the game's going," he added.

Redknapp said he would be seeking assurances that no further sales will be negotiated without his approval.

"If I let them get away with it once, it can happen again in three months' time. It might be Rio Ferdinand next time. I won't stand for it."

But his comments prompted an equally forthright response from Storrie, who accused Redknapp of double standards.

"You have to ask yourself why Harry has made this so public. This is the man who wanted to keep the John Hartson-Eyal Berkovic bust-up quiet. Why on the one hand did he want that kept quiet, yet on the other he wants this all blown up.

"If he has a beef with the board, he has it with the board - not in the public domain," said Storrie.