Gary Lineker has revealed that he came close to joining Arsenal instead of their rivals Tottenham in 1989.
Lineker was looking to move back to England after a spell at Barcelona and Arsenal, who had just won the league title, were interested in signing him.
However, George Graham, then manager of Arsenal, weren't willing to pay the required transfer fee and Lineker ended up joining Tottenham instead.
Lineker told The Sun: 'It was 1989, a year before the World Cup (in Italy), so I thought I was perhaps better off going back to England (after Barcelona).