David Bentley made seven senior England appearances but did not score a goal for his country

Bentley was once billed ‘the next David Beckham’ but ended up retiring at the age of 29 with no major honours to his name.

The highly-rated right midfielder spent five years in Arsenal’s first team set-up but played just one senior game for the Gunners.

He left for Blackburn and eventually joined Tottenham in a £15million deal in 2008.

But Bentley says he regrets playing a prank on Redknapp that he believes started the end of his career.

Spurs beat Manchester City 1-0 in May 2010 which sealed them a place in the next season’s Champions League and the inevitable celebrations got out of hand.

Bentley, who made seven appearances for England’s senior team, was convinced by other players to pour water over their manager, but he didn’t realise Redknapp was doing an interview until it was too late to back out.