Tottenham Hotspur came close to signing Diego Maradona in the 1990s, according to the club's former captain Teddy Sheringham.
Sheringham says Ossie Ardiles, who managed Tottenham in the 1993-94 season, held talks with his fellow Argentine Maradona, before deciding against the move and signing Germany striker Jurgen Klinsmann instead.
Maradona was in his late-30s that year and spent the campaign in his homeland with Newell's Old Boys after leaving Spanish club Sevilla.
"I got on really well with Ossie and I think I was the captain at the time, and Ossie came to me one day and said, 'I want your opinion, I'm thinking about signing someone,'" Sheringham told Stadium Astro.