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‘Nearly got him’: Spurs almost signed ‘unbelievably good’ player before Liverpool, it’s not Diaz – Journalist
🐼Speaking on The View From The Lane Podcast, Jack Pitt-Brooke has been discussing some of Tottenham’s transfer near misses in recent years and Sadio Mane.
ꦜThe journalist was asked a hypothetical question, if he could turn back the clock and resurrect a failed Tottenham transfer, who would they want to sign?
👍Spurs have, famously, missed out on some top talents over the years such as Paulo Dybala and Bruno Fernandes, but, interestingly, Pitt-Brooke said that one player Tottenham came very close to signing was Sadio Mane.
Spurs nearly got Mane
𓄧Pitt-Brooke shared how close Spurs came to getting Mane.
🀅“Wilfried Zaha, they tried to sign him in 2016, they made a real lowball offer that annoyed Steve Parish. At that point Spurs needed one more really explosive final third player,” Pitt-Brooke said.
🦹“If they signed Zaha I think he would’ve been fantastic. The other forward they looked at in 2016 and they nearly got him I think, was Sadio Mane who has obviously turned out to be an unbelievably good footballer.”
Sliding doors moment
𝕴This is a real sliding doors moment in Premier League history.
🔜Mane would go on to be one of the single most important players in Liverpool’s all-conquering team in recent years, winning every trophy possible with the Reds, while Spurs failed to win any silverware during this period.
💃We can’t help but wonder if Spurs’ fortunes would’ve changed if they had Mane in the team. Just imagine a front three of Harry Kane, Mane and Heung-Min Son, they’d have been unstoppable.
💯Sadly, Tottenham didn’t manage to conclude this deal and Mane made himself a legend at Anfield instead.
