For anyone that didn't realise, Vertonghen wasn't being subbed off. Yaremchuk replaced Darwin Nunez or another ex-Spur, Adel Taarabt. Benfica had asked the Ukrainian to take as much time off as he needed, but he wanted to play.
I read recently that BAE didn’t take kindly to Redknapp making that remark and he hasn’t spoken to him since.