Did I enjoy transfer window deadline day? No. It could be a nightmare. The truth of it was pretty simple. You always want to be in a situation in which you do not need to do anything but, most of the time, I had come into a club that was struggling around at the bottom of the league. So obviously we were trying to change it.So many deals go down to the wire because teams bluff each other, attempting to get more money, hanging on until the last minute and not wanting to be the one who shows their hand first.The next 24 hours is certainly one part of football that I will not be missing. It certainly throws up some situations and, when I look back, two in particular stand out.The one I still get asked about is when we were trying to get Peter Odemwingie to Queens Park Rangers from West Bromwich Albion in 2013.He actually drove down to Loftus Road but ended up waiting outside and could not be let in because the clubs had not reached agreement.It can be just as difficult getting a player to leave, as we found out at Portsmouth in 2008 with Benjani Mwaruwari. Sven-Goran Eriksson was manager of Manchester City at the time and they came in with a bid of £9.5-million.Benji went something like the first 15 games at Portsmouth without scoring. The offer was a lot more than we had paid but we had a problem. He did not want to leave.He sat at Southampton Airport, two planes went to Manchester and he had not moved. I was begging him to go. It was a case of pushing him out of the door, saying: "C'mon Benji, you've got to go. It's a great move." But he was saying: "I'm happy in Portsmouth, boss. I don't want to go."I think the transfer window should be closed before the season starts. It is a distraction to managers trying to win matches and get off to a good start when you might have players with their heads being turned.It will have been very difficult for Everton with John Stones, West Bromwich Albion with Saido Berahino and Southampton with Victor Wanyama.Nothing is done manager to manager any more. You are not driving up and down watching players four or five times before signing them like in the old days.Previously you watched a player, you would ring the manager and then do the deal. Now it is all done by chairmen and chief executives with agents. Managers have very little input.It can then get very complicated because players will often give a mandate to more than one agent. It gets really cut-throat.The agent will be saying: "I've got this player", but also you will be getting five or six other agents ringing up saying they have got the same player. It is difficult to work out who controls the players.The agents bad-mouth each other to the clubs and the players. Clubs give mandates to several agents. It is like selling a house.Someone sells a house someone else had on their books and they want a percentage. Then they come on to the club and complain: "I mentioned him first and I'm entitled to X amount."There will be plenty of arguments in the next 24 hours. Am I looking forward to the madness this year? If I am home, I will turn on the TV but, more than likely, I'll be out having a game of golf .- Redknapp is the former manager of several English League clubs..