{"id":146254,"date":"2023-12-16T18:09:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=146254"},"modified":"2023-12-16T18:09:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T18:09:56","slug":"liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/sport\/liverpool-legend-dirk-kuyt-reveals-he-snubbed-deadline-day-premier-league-transfer-a-year-before-anfield-move-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool legend Dirk Kuyt reveals he snubbed deadline day Premier League transfer a year before Anfield move | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DIRK Kuyt has revealed he snubbed a move on deadline day to a Premier League club before he became a Liverpool legend.<\/p>\n<p>Kuyt, now 43, was signed by the Reds for a fee of around \u00a39million in 2006.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/2011-liverpools-dirk-kuyt-right-5048865-1.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coach-dirk-kuyt-ado-den-855127231.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>However, a year before he could have been turning out for a different club.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch forward claimed that Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy tried to convince him to join Spurs.<\/p>\n<p>Levy made the call on transfer deadline day, and urged him to make the switch.<\/p>\n<p>But Kuyt decided against the move because he didn&#x27;t want to leave Feyenoord without a replacement.<\/p>\n<h2>Read more football news<\/h2>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/TOB-PP-COMBO-6.jpg\"><\/picture><span>POWER UP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Get \u00a340 in free bets when you stake \u00a310 with Paddy Power<\/h3>\n<p><source media=\"(-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 1.5)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><source data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24786636-1700411780458.jpg\"><\/picture><span>MIC DROP <\/span><\/p>\n<h3>I starred with Richards at Man City but retired at 25 to be assistant head teacher<\/h3>\n<p>One year before I left for Liverpool, I was able to go to Tottenham Hotspur on the last day of the transfer market\u201d, Kuyt told the\u00a0KieftJansenEgmondGijp\u00a0podcast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpurs chairman Daniel Levy called, he wanted me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought that was a very strange moment to leave Feyenoord behind. 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