Ole Gunnar Solskjaer still has the fax in his possession, signed by then Manchester United chief executive Martin Edwards and Tottenham chairman Sir Alan Sugar.
On it were the terms of a £5.5million deal that would have seen the Norwegian head to North London in 1998, needing only his approval to complete the set and finalise the transfer.
Those who recall a certain night in Barcelona a year later will put two and two together and know that Solskjaer never made the move.
But it's hard to comprehend how close he came and how that might have changed the course of history. United head to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the second game of their 2023/2024 Premier League campaign this weekend.
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