Lord Alan Sugar has sensationally threatened to sue Jamie Redknapp and Sky Sports over comments the former Tottenham and Liverpool star made about his tenure at Spurs.

Redknapp, 52, was working as a pundit for Sky Sports during the broadcaster’s coverage of Tottenham’s trip to West Ham and later Chelsea‘s clash with Brentford.

Ahead of the first London derby, Redknapp reflected on chairman Daniel Levy’s shock exit from Tottenham, which stunned world football last week when he called time on his 24-year-long spell at the club.

Spurs have undergone significant changes after winning their first trophy since 2008 under Ange Postecoglou last term, first replacing the Australian manager with Thomas Frank before parting ways with long-standing chairman Levy.

Keen to focus on the positives after Levy’s exit, Redknapp urged that Spurs fans should view the future with optimism.

In doing so, the former England international said that Sugar, who acted as chairman of Tottenham between 1991 and 2001, left the north London club ‘in a mess’.

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Lord Alan Sugar (above) has sensationally threatened to sue Jamie Redknapp and Sky Sports over comments the former Tottenham and Liverpool star made about his tenure at Spurs

He labelled the former England international an ‘idiot’ for the comments he made on Sky Sports

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Redknapp was speaking about chairman Daniel Levy’s shock exit from Tottenham last week

Furious with Redknapp’s comments, Sugar posted to social media on Saturday: ‘Jamie Redknapp is a double barrel idiot. He talks a load of rubbish.

‘He said when Daniel Levy took over Spurs, Alan Sugar left the club in a right mess. He and SKY will be hearing from my lawyers Monday.’

The British billionaire, 78, followed his post up with another separate message almost an hour and a half later, which read: ‘I am coming after you Jamie Redknapp idiot.’

Redknapp appeared on Sky Sports alongside host Kelly Cates and former Chelsea legend Gianfranco Zola.

The ex-England international admitted he was ‘surprised’ by Levy’s exit and spoke highly of the former Tottenham chairman, whose tenure was widely met with criticism from Spurs supporters.

‘Well, first of all I was incredibly surprised but probably not as surprised as Daniel Levy was,’ Redknapp said. ‘I’m sure it was a shock to him, nobody expected it.

‘They won their first trophy in 17 years and then we see the manager and the chairman go within that six month period.

‘I think from Spurs’ point of view, it’s a great time to be optimistic. You mentioned Vinai (Venkatesham), I think he’s going to be a really good CEO of the club, he’s got a great way about him – make the club a bit more friendly to everybody.

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Redknapp is confident Tottenham fans should be optimistic about the future after Levy’s exit

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Lucas Bergvall inspired Tottenham to a 3-0 win over London rivals West Ham on Saturday

‘I think that’s maybe been a problem, there’s been a disconnect with the fans when Daniel Levy was there.

‘One thing I will say, and I’ve been critical with Daniel – there were a few things I didn’t like with how he operated – but in terms of the training ground, the facilities, the infrastructure, one of the best stadiums in world – he’s done a great job.

‘The one thing I’ll say is the wages at the club – everyone applauds that – but I think what that’s done is not get the best players for the club. So that’s always been a bit difficult.

‘But whoever takes over – you think back to how Alan Sugar left the club, it was a complete mess – Daniel Levy has left this club in a really good way and Vinai will know that and the people in charge now can look at this club and really believe that this can go forward.

‘And maybe, no disrespect, but a bit more likeable. I think that’s what they’ll be looking to do and get that relationship with the fans, with the club and make everybody proud to be Tottenham fans. It’s a huge fanbase – so many opportunities for the club to move forwards now.’

Tottenham enjoyed a dominant second-half display against West Ham at the London stadium to triumph 3-0 in their first game without Levy, scoring all three goals after half time.

Pape Matar Sarr netted the first with a powerful header at the back post before Lucas Bergvall looped a stunning header of his own past West Ham’s sprawling Mads Hermansen to double the lead, shortly after Irons midfielder Tomas Soucek was sent off for a poor tackle.

Micky van de Ven put the game beyond any doubt with a cool finish inside the area, handing Spurs their third win of the season from four matches so far.