There has been daily speculation in British newspapers over whether he will be installed as England boss ever since Fabio Capello resigned earlier this month, while fans, players and fellow managers have also been touting his credentials.
While all the fuss over him has not gone unnoticed, Redknapp said his mind was firmly focused on Sunday's trip to League One Stevenage in the fifth round of a competition Spurs are favourites to win for the first time since 1991.
"People would find it hard to believe that all week I haven't gone away and got distracted," he told reporters at his pre-match briefing at the club's training ground in Chigwell, north of London.
"I've been thinking about Stevenage all week. It's going to be a tough game. That's all I've been thinking about - trying to get a result at Stevenage."
"I've not discussed the job with anybody. Last week I see a couple of managers ruled themselves out without even being ruled in, I'm not going to rule myself out but I've never been ruled in either," he said.
"In the long term it's not a job that could be done part-time, whoever they appoint it's a full-time job," he said.
"You couldn't run a Premier League club or any other club in any country in the world and do that job as well, it's impossible."
Last season he took them to a surprise Champions League quarter-final and this term he is on track to ensure they qualify for Europe's elite club competition. They are currently third, seven points behind league leaders Manchester City.
"I've really got a job to do here," Redknapp replied when asked if uncertainty over the England post would be resolved soon.
"My focus has really got to be on trying to get Tottenham as high as I can in the table - the Champions League is what we really want this year and the FA Cup is there as well, we've got a chance in that," he said.
"So I've really got to keep focusing on that, I can't start thinking about anythin
