Luka Modric was the latest Spurs player to be linked with a move from White Hart Lane on Tuesday morning, having enjoyed a brilliant season at the London club.
Redknapp, who took Spurs to the Champions League quarter-finals last season, is determined to hang on to his most prized assets, however, and has warned that selling such players as Modric would undermine his long-term project of making the club top four regulars.
Redknapp said on Tuesday: "All of our key players are under contract.
"The chairman and I have discussed this and we have no intention of selling any of them.
"They are at a top club and we are looking to improve the squad in the summer, not weaken it, in order to push for a Champions League place again next season."
The 25-year-old, who signed from Dynamo Zagreb in 2008, scored only four goals in the campaign, but his tireless work in the centre of the park and his creativity would make him a plausible option for Manchester United after Paul Scholes' retirement.
The midfielder told a Croatian newspaper that he was happy at Spurs, but admitted he would leave the club so long as they were happy to let him go.
Speaking before Croatia's Euro 2012 qualifier against Georgia, Modric said: "Everybody wants to know what will happen with me.
"I'm trying to stay calm as my national team has a really important match coming.
"So I will tell you the same as always - my club status is the same as it was before.
"But of course, if an offer comes which is good for Tottenham and for me also, then a transfer is of course possible.
"That doesn't mean that I'm bothered with leaving Tottenham. I'm not thinking about that every hour and every minute.
"I'm happy at White Hart Lane - my status is great, the fans like me and I do have everything I need.
"But then again, when you experience playing in Champions League, you want to keep playing in this tournament."
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