http://sportwitness.ning.com/forum/topics/lisandro-with-tears-of-goodbye-tottenham-welcome-him-with-tear-st
L'Equipe claimed in February, that for a forward Lyon paid €24m plus bonuses to Porto for, Tottenham offered just €6m! He was 29 at the time and obviously his value will have dropped but not to that level, Lyon already thought Tottenham were unprofessional in transfers after the issues with Hugo Lloris last year and the bid was dismissed out of hand with Lyon not even wanting to go into further negotiations.
On one hand there's being clever in transfer negotiations and on the other there's putting an outright insult of a bid in, when you could really do with an additional striker to help push for the lucrative Champions League. Perhaps annoyingly, given how little was offered, L'Equipe say that the player was keen on a move.
Just after the €6m revelation, L'Equipe spoke to Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris about the club almost singing Lisandro Lopez, his former team mate, and the Frenchman was positive and obviously a little rueful.
"Apparently, he almost came to Tottenham... (Smiles) He's a great player, charismatic, gives Lyon an enormous amount. This is a necessary player, someone who works for the team, who is decisive and wins matches."'