The best players Tottenham Hotspur nearly signed including Ronaldo and Mbappe

Tottenham Hotspur has entered into some striking contracts in its history, as Daniel Levy has spent large sums in recent times.
However, Tottenham also failed to bring some world -class players to northern London, and Iberici Easy was the last Tottenham transfers that stumbled. As the deal approaches the end, the fierce competitor swept Arsenal and the attacked midfielder signed under the eyes of Tottenham.
Unfortunately, it was not just Eas. Tottenham has been overpowered or rejected by a large number of myths, from Cristiano Ronaldo to Cillian Mbappe.
10 stars Tottenham were about to sign
10
Cristiano Ronaldo
Former Tottenham Scouts and player Rooney Rosental urged Tottenham to sign Cristiano Ronaldo when he was coming in Sporting Lisbon.
However, Tottenham did not listen, as Manchester United got the Portuguese star for a little more than 12 million pounds in 2003.
“There are hundreds of players if the clubs listened to … one of those whom I will never forget is Cristiano Ronaldo, who I saw because I was going a lot to Portugal at the time.”
9
Killian Mbappe
Once again in 2015, young striker Killian Mbappe raised the admiration of Tottenham presidents to Monaco during the European League match against Tottenham.
Those in northern London were watching the French and were looking forward to bringing him to the club, however, they soon realized that he was out of reach, with Mbappe’s choice instead of Paris Saint -Germain.
8
Diego Maradona
Tottenham legend Teddy Sheringham spent two periods with Tottenham and once revealed that the club was holding talks to sign Diego Maradona.
Aussi Erdelis had trained Tottenham in 1993-1994 and once told Sheringham that he was looking forward to his participation in the attack with Maradona.
“It was like Diego Maradona, so I said to him: Ossi, Ossi, really!? Are you?” “Do, just do it.” He said, “I am in conversations with him at the present time,” and I said, “Oh my God, do it, it will be great to play with him.”
7
Rivaldo
Levy missed the contract with the Brazilian symbol Rivaldo in 2002 when he was looking for a new club after leaving Barcelona.
Manuel Osit, a friend and lawyer for Rivaldo, said Tottenham offered the 30 -year -old to move to the Premier League, but he chose Milan instead.
“Tottenham offered him the opportunity to play in the Premier League and there was a meeting with me and an agent and Mr. Levy. Then we went to Milan, and we talked about it there, and we reached an agreement.”
6
Eden Hazard
It is now reported that Eden Hazard, who is now mentioned as Chelsea legend, was a player in Tottenham when he left Lille in 2012.
The former Tottenham coach, Clayef Allen, admitted that the Belgian star was “keen to come to Tottenham” but instead chose to go to Stamford Bridge.
“The head of the scouts and I met with Hazard and was keen to come to Tottenham at the time, but in the end he decided to join Chelsea.”
5
Bruno Fernandez
Mauricio Pochettino and Tottenham made a tangible effort to contract with Bruneo Fernandez from Sporting Lisbon in 2019.
Fernandez, who eventually moved to England with Manchester United, was once “truly angry” because of his failure to move to Tottenham after Bukitino convinced him to join.
“Obviously, I wanted to go to the Premier League. Coach Mauricio Pochettino was the one who wanted me there. It was a good offer but Sporting made his best to keep me.”
“The president spoke to me but he spoke to me on the wrong day. It was the day after their decision to reject the offer made by Tottenham and I was really angry.”
4
Sadio Mane
Tottenham and Pochettino Sadio Mane made their first goal in 2016, however, Liverpool outperformed Tottenham.
The Reds paid 34 million pounds against Mane, who will become a legend in Anfield, with Tottenham used instead the money that would have gone to the striker Mousa Moussa Cisoko.
Sadio Mane recorded against Tottenham |
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Victories |
9 |
He paints |
5 |
losses |
2 |
Goals |
3 |
Help |
2 |
3
Virgil van Dick
Tottenham Virgil Van Dick had the short list of defense heart goals in 2015 when the Dutch was still in Celtic books.
Instead of contracting Van Dyck, Tottenham brought Toby Alberefireld from Atletico Madrid, with Van Dick Lashhampton in the same year.
2
Jacques Grillich
At some point, Tottenham believed that he was on his way to contract with Jack Grilliche from Aston Villa for only 25 million pounds.
Grilliche was not happy with his failure to move to Tottenham in 2018, however, after three years, Manchester City cost a British record at the value of 100 million pounds.
1
Louis Diaz
Tottenham was in first place and pressed to contract with Louis Diaz from Porto in the transfer window for January 2022 before Liverpool kidnapped the transportation process.
The Reds paid a guaranteed fee of 37.5 million pounds for the Colombian international player, who will continue to win the Premier League at Anfield before selling it for a profit to Bayern Munich.
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2025-10-07 20:00:00