Harry Redknapp has revealed he came close to signing Eden Hazard for Tottenham Hotspur in 2012.
The Belgian winger joined Chelsea from Lille instead and eventually became a superstar at Stamford Bridge.
And Redknapp says Spurs missing out on Champions League football that season swayed Hazard to join the Blues.
He said: "I lost Eden Hazard, he wanted to come to Tottenham but he said he would only come if we got Champions League football.
"We finished fourth that year, Chelsea finished sixth, they won the Champions League and we didn't make it.
"He ended up going to Chelsea."
