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I’m an Arsenal Invincible and Tottenham made cheeky offer to sign me at the end of my career
No matter how much he was paid, donning a Tottenham shirt would never have been an option for Martin Keown.
The Arsenal legend make 433 appearances for the north London club while getting his hands on three Premier League titles.
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But Keown has revealed to talkSPORT he had the option of joining his beloved Gunners' arch north London rivals when his career was coming to an end.
But not only did he turn down the chance, he refused to even look at their offer.
The 57-year-old was asked by Jim White and Simon Jordan if, had he been offered £400million and a three-year contract at Tottenham, would he have taken it.
He replied, firmly: "No. I wouldn't have gone to Tottenham.
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"I was being offered the chance to go to Tottenham at the end of my career, and I didn't even look at it.
"I did not want to know! Money is not going to buy me everything in my life.
"So no, I wouldn't have taken it. And you're asking a pathetic question, I'm not going to Tottenham!
"I was finished anyway. I gave everything for Arsenal Football Club and at the end of my career there, I was done.
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"I ended up at Leicester, and then went Reading, but really the best of me was gone."
Keown, who also plied his trade with Aston Villa, lavished praise on Unai Emery's side following their 1-0 victory over Manchester City in mid-week.
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The Villans take on Arsenal on Saturday, and the former defender praised ex-Gunners boss Emery.
"It is going really well, you have to look at [Unai] Emery" he told talkSPORT.
"There is a bit of an edge to this one. He finished fifth in his first season at Arsenal, and then took them to a cup final, probably the only one he ever won.
"Very good coaching, and an interesting system, it like a straight forward 4-4-2 in possession, but when out out possession they switch to like a 3-5-2.
"They have good footballers, Ollie Watkins is full of confidence, Youri Tielemans is now demonstrating the player he was, and even Emi Martinez, the goalkeeper."
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