Sandbanks football manager Harry Redknapp has denied avoiding tax by hiding two payments from his former club's chairman in a Monaco bank account.

Redknapp who's 64 is accused of taking tax-free offshore bungs in an account named after his pet dog...when he was manager at Portsmouth Football club.

The cash was allegedly paid to him by the club's then chairman Milan Mandaric who also denies the charges.

The trail's expected to last 2 weeks.