In the summer of 1995 Tottenham chairman Alan Sugar was not happy. A year previously, he had secured a major coup by signing German star Jurgen Klinsmann. When Klinsmann opted to leave Spurs for Bayern Munich at the end of the season, Sugar launched into a tirade about mercenary "Carlos Kickaball". Meanwhile, Spurs - who had just finished above Arsenal - were offered the chance to sign Inter's Dennis Bergkamp. Writing in the Express a few years ago, high profile journalist and Tottenham fan, Harry Harris explained that, in 1995 a Dutch footy writer phoned to say Bergkamp wanted out of Italy and fancied his chances in England. Using his connections, he immediately saw to it that...
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