"Charlton obviously let the move happen so you can read into it what you want but I suppose in a way it was good of them, because they did not have to do that," he remarked.
"But I don’t mind admitting I was the first one to express to Charlton and the manager that I wanted to go when Tottenham came in this time."
Murphy was sent off by referee Steve Bennet for bouncing the ball in frustration in what was to be his last appearance for Charlton at The Valley.
"The majority of my time there was fine and we got on fine, and it was only in recent weeks that we didn’t communicate as well as maybe we should have."
It was surprising to everyone at the club after press reports had first linked Newcastle United and a move for Murphy this month. A proposed swap deal for Lee Bowyer wasn't denied by Graeme Souness when the Scot was asked to comment.
The rumours that evolved into an unsuccessful bid by Newcastle coincided with Alan Curbishley leaving Murphy and others out the side - players who had been key to the Addicks’ good start to the season made way in an effort to turn around a sudden bad run of results.
Murphy added: "I think it was just a case that due to the speculation he (Curbishley) felt that I maybe wasn't in the right mind-set. He didn't want to put me in the side because he didn't think maybe I was 100 per cent focused, which wasn't the case."
"There certainly weren't any demands on my part that I wasn't available for selection or anything like that and there is no ill feeling."
Richard Murray, the Charlton chairman, said: "I'm bitterly disappointed that he has decided he no longer wishes to play his football at Charlton."