They strongly denied going behind Mark Hughes's back to get a new manager too, lol. Think most clubs abuse their power to be honest (Man Utd/Berbatov, Tottenham/Ramos a couple of recent examples).
I dont know how Harry "he's a triffic player" Redknapp dares,he is no stranger to dirty tricks tactics when he wants a player. The bloke is constantly unsettling players by publicly declaring intrest in them.