Harry Redknapp tells Saido to 'shut up'
Former Premier League manager Harry Redknapp has told West Brom striker Saido Berahino to 'shut up and start performing.'
The former Spurs boss criticised the 22-year-old's actions on Twitter.
Redknapp reckons Berahino's behaviour on social media will put clubs off signing him and has told him to focus on scoring goals rather than spouting off.
The forward hasn't started the last four games for Albion and has been an unused substitute for the past two.
This week he went on a tonque-in-cheek spree of 'liking' tweets by fans telling him to leave the club and joking he was being kept hostage in chairman Jeremy Peace's basement.
Redknapp said: "What Saido Berahino should do is shut up and start performing. Liking Twitter posts suggesting he will leave West Brom for Tottenham or Chelsea in January makes him look bad.
"He can't get in West Brom's team at the moment.
"If he starts scoring goals, people will take notice of him in the best way, rather than every time he opens his mouth spouting off about what he's going to do next."
If 'liking' those tweets is the striker's way of telling other clubs he is disillusioned at the Hawthorns, then Redknapp thinks it won't work.
He said: "The fact Berahino keeps going on Twitter every five minutes will put clubs off him, if anything.
"Managers will look at it and think 'Do I really need this hassle all the time? What if he doesn't like me? How will I control him?"
The former Portsmouth boss, whose last job was at Queens Park Rangers, compared Berahino to one of Villa's young stars.
He said: "It's the same for Jack Grealish at Aston Villa. Stop getting sidetracked and start dedicating yourself to playing football."
Berahino has been dedicated in recent weeks. He came into training every day of the international break – sometimes on his own – and played for the under-21s on Monday night.
But his actions on social media, which have landed him in hot water before, suggest he is growing increasingly frustrated at being left on the sidelines.
