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Tottenham Hotspur came close to signing attacker Sadio Mane before he joined Liverpool, according to The Athletic journalist Jack Pitt-Brooke. Speaking on the reporter revealed that Spurs came close to securing the Senegal international from Southampton, before he made the move to Anfield. “Wilfried Zaha, they tried to sign him in 2016; they made a real lowball offer that annoyed Steve Parish,” said Pitt-Brooke.

“At that point, Spurs needed one more really explosive final third player.



This move obviously failed to come to fruition, and Mane instead joined the Reds in June 2016 in a deal worth Mane could have joined Spurs before Liverpool



During his six-year tenure at the club, Mane went on to make – during which he amassed


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