Former Tottenham star Andros Townsend has revealed just how close he came to signing a deal at Burnley this summer.
The 32-year-old, who was most recently at Everton, did not make a single competitive senior appearance last term.
He suffered an ACL injury in the Toffees' 4-0 FA Cup quarter-final defeat to his former club Crystal Palace the season prior.
Townsend departed Goodison Park at the end of the previous campaign and is still seeking a permanent deal at a new club.
The winger has been training at Burnley this summer and came close to signing a contract with Vincent Kompany's side.
However when speaking exclusively to talkSPORT, he has revealed why the potential deal collapsed.
«At the end of June, beginning of July I was invited first and foremost to go and train at Burnley, just to keep fit and get going. Then they soon realised, 'This guy has still got it, still got what it takes.'
»So the manager pulled me into his office and said, 'Listen we're interested, we want to see you against good opposition. We're going to take you on tour to Portugal and see you against high level opposition.'
«Went to Portugal, played a couple of games, Genk, played very well against Benfica, played 90 minutes. The next day I was offered a one-year deal, got back to England, went for my medical straight away.
»Passed the medical, I thought, 'Right, I'm ready to sign', I'm in the shower ready to go to the CEO after my shower and go and say, 'Shall I wait around, is the contract almost ready?'
«As I'm in the shower, somebody from the coaching staff pulls me and says, 'Andros, the manager wants to see you in his office whenever you're done'.
»So I went and got dressed, went up to the managers' office and for one reason or another, the contract
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