Sullivan is trying to organise an auction through the media.
As Redknapp said, it was him who told the press Spurs had bid, he just wants to put Parker in a position where he has to request the transfer, and thus Wham! make more dough.
Anyone thick enough not to see this after having spent years watching how he constantly played those dipshits down the road renders themselves open to ridicule.
I think he is just positioning himself so that when Parker says he wants to go he has an alibi for the WH fans.