Southampton legend Matt Le Tissier admits Tottenham came closest to tempting him away.

Le Tissier is one of English football's most famous one-club-men, having played for the Saints from 1986 to 2002, making over 440 appearances for the club.

He had offers to leave Southampton though, and when asked what was the most tempting he had to leave the Saints, Le Tissier cited Tottenham.

"That would have been from Spurs in 1990. I was a Spurs fan as a kid – and that was the one that tempted me the most," he told Sky Sports.

"They were the only other club I personally spoke to in my whole career so that would have been the closest [I came to leaving Southampton].

"Spurs got to the FA Cup final the year after I turned them down.

"[There was] Liverpool a couple of years after that, and Chelsea a few years after that were the other two that showed a decent amount of interest, but I didn't actually ever speak to them personally."