Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has revealed he once came close to signing Chelsea winger Eden Hazard. Redknapp also indicated he considered trying to bring then-Liverpool striker Luis Suarez to north London.
Speaking to TalkSport (h/t Joel Watson of the Daily Star), Redknapp revealed the extent of Tottenham's interest in both players:
I was managing a Tottenham team I thought could go on and win the title, I genuinely believed that.
We got Louis Saha and Ryan Nelsen on free transfers – we were short, we had injuries at centre-half and I had no striker.