Difficult time: Hutton felt unwanted at Tottenham

'I'd go and see him [Redknapp] and my questions weren't being answered. In the end I didn't care what was said - who is going to be happy not playing?'

He faced an even tougher daily challenge when he went home to his wife, Kylie, and two sons. With the anguish of those times still in evidence, he explained: 'Who wants to come home angry and take it out on your wife?

That's not what you want to do. I'm more family-orientated than anything.'

Hutton needed his family more than ever after he played badly in the 4-0 defeat by Fulham last January, a performance which he believes cemented his lowly standing with Redknapp. 'I had a poor game,' he admitted. 'And that was it.'

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