Former Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp believes his side were just one quality player away from mounting a serious Premier League challenge during his time at the helm between 2008 and 2012. Lille’s Eden Hazard and Ajax’s Luis Suarez were two of Spurs’ main targets. “I met Hazard and spent three hours with him in a hotel in Paris – I met him at the airport and he was dead keen to come to Tottenham,” he told talkSPORT. Hazard eventually joined Chelsea in 2012 and Suarez moved to Liverpool in 2011. “We were right down the road with Hazard.
The huge transfers that never quite crossed the line, including Costa, Hazard and Aubameyang
