Speaking while co-hosting a special edition of talkSPORT's Drivetime show, Redknapp claims the Belgian duo had agreed to move to White Hart Lane during his time as Spurs boss but the club did not act quick enough to close out the deals, allowing London rivals Chelsea to pounce.
Hazard has since developed into one of the world's best midfielders at Stamford Bridge, while Courtois has emerged as arugably the finest young goalkeeper in the game.
And Redknapp, who left Tottenham in June 2012, has spoken of his disappointment that he did not land the duo, claiming it could have turned Spurs from top four contenders into title winners and kept him in a job.
"I was with Hazard in Paris, four hours I spent with him. He wanted to come to Tottenham, but the deal dragged on and didn't happen," he revealed on talkSPORT Drivetime.
"The goalkeeper, Courtois, we had him for next to nothing when he was 17 and that was another deal that dragged on forever and we didn't get it over the line. He should have been at Tottenham.
"If we had of bought one or two players in at that time that we could have got, I felt we would have had a team capable of winning the league."
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