HAMBURG NEARLY BOUGHR GARETH BALE FOR FIVE MILLION POUNDS , FROM TOTTENHAM HOTSPURS.

Gareth the Welsh footballer who started his career as a left back for Tottenham Hotspurs, but that position was not the right one for him, as he had very goodpace he was shifted to a wingers position. He was offered to Hannover for only five million punds then in 2008/2009, by Martin Jol the manager of Tottenham Hotspurs. He was finally sold to Real Madrid for a record fee of eightysix million pounds.