Belgian reveals he was left surprised after move to Spurs fell through

Former Everton winger Kevin Mirallas enjoyed a successful time at Goodison Park after moving to the Merseyside club from Olympiacos in the summer of 2012.

The Belgian international spent five and half seasons at Everton and for most of that time he was one of their best attacking players.

The 32-year-old, who now plays for Royal Antwerp, has revealed that he came really close to a move to Tottenham in 2015.

The pacey wide man said he was keen on making the move to North London but Everton rejected Tottenham’s offer.

Speaking to the Atheltic, Mirallas said, “I scored a lot of goals in the first part of the season and in January, my agent called to tell me a lot of teams were interested.

“I told him I didn’t want to go in Ja...