Boxing promoter and Arsenal fan Frank Warren came close to buying Tottenham
Frank Warren has revealed he got here ‘fairly shut’ to purchasing Tottenham regardless of his love for rivals Arsenal. The promoter is famed for his work within the boxing world however issues may have turned out very in a different way if he’d have tried his hand in soccer. 4 Frank Warren represents world heavyweight champion Tyson FuryCredit score: Getty The 72-year-old is the founding father of Queensbury Promotions, who characterize present WBC world heavyweight champion Tyson Fury. Warren has discovered success in selling and managing a bunch of previous champions together with Frank Bruno, Naseem Hamed, Nigel Benn, Chris Eubank and Ricky Hatton. However he got here near getting into into soccer enterprise within the Nineties when the chance to amass Tottenham got here to gentle. Warren linked up with former Spurs boss Terry Venables in hope of putting a deal regardless of his membership allegiances mendacity with the Gunners, Warren revealed how shut he was to purchasing Tottenham previous to Alan Sugar’s takeover of the membership in 1991. “I practically did, I practically did with Terry Venables years in the past,” Warren instructed That Peter Crouch Podcast when requested whether or not he…