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Exclusive – part two: in an extract from his new book In Search of Alan Gilzean, James Morgan recalls the moment the striker clinched a deal at Tottenham Hotspur

After a protracted and bitter struggle to leave Dens Park, and failed bids by Torino and Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur made their move for Alan Gilzean.

Bill Nicholson, the great Tottenham Hotspur manager, would recall the intense haggling that went on, first with Dundee and then later with Gilzean himself.

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