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Inside story on how Chris Waddle persuaded Paul Gascoigne to snub Sir Alex Ferguson over a pint

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Chris Waddle persuaded Paul Gascoigne to jilt Manchester United and sign for Tottenham instead over a Sunday lunchtime pint down the pub.

Gazza’s last-minute decision to join Spurs in 1988, when Sir Alex Ferguson believed a record £2.2million deal was in the bag, has always haunted Manchester United ’s Treble-winning manager.

Now former England winger Waddle, who linked up with Gascoigne for a season at White Hart Lane, has revealed his part in the move that stunned football. “I had one year with Gazza at Tottenham and that was long enough!

But I was instrumental in him signing for Spurs,” revealed Waddle. “It had looked like he was going to join Manchester United from Newcastle.

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