Tottenham would love to make Emmanuel Adebayor pemanent signing

Adebayor was instrumental in his side's blistering start to the Premier League game, setting up Rafael van der Vaart's third-minute opener before Gareth Bale headed the second after 23 minutes.

Adebayor continued hunting for a goal of his own until the final whistle, despite Mohamed Diame reducing the deficit for Wigan, who had Steve Gohouri sent off.

Redknapp said of the player he borrowed from Manchester City: "If he keeps going like he's going I'd love to keep him around. He's been excellent so far. But the wages will be the problem because he's not cheap."

Redknapp had expected his side's stunning start to the game to fade, as recent injuries caught up with a number of players, including the recently returned Van der Vaart and Sandro.

Redknapp added: "It was complete domination in the first half and we could have come in three or four ahead. I said the only way they'd get in the game is if we did something stupid. 

"We gave a sloppy goal away trying to play it in the box, got punished and it changed everything. Our 'keeper didn't have much to do, but it was still too close for comfort in the end."