Actually both of these clubs Tottenham Hotspurs and Sheffield United swanted to sign up the young Argentinean footballer Diego Maradona, who who was only seventeen.
1) First Sheffield United went too Argentina for a meeting with Diego Maradona agent nd club.
But the deal did not go through as their demands were far to much for the English club.
2)Tottenham Hotspurs owners and scout flew to Argentina to try and get a deal done, and they succeeded..
The amount was 1,500 pounds for a seventeen ear untried youngster..
But then the militarry police arrived at ghe hotel where the English were staying.The military police demanded a commission of another 1,500 pounds.Tottenham Hotspurs refused to pay and the deal collapsed.
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