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·23 September 2022
Atletico Madrid midfielder Axel Witsel: Everton move was close
Atletico Madrid midfielder Axel Witsel: Everton move was close | OneFootball
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Atletico Madrid midfielder Axel Witsel admits he came close to joining Everton in the past.
Asked whether a move to England was ever on the cards in the past, the Belgian pointed back to the summer of 2016 and a failed move to Everton.
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Witsel admitted he had been close to joining a Premier League team in the past, and when asked by ESPN if he could expand, the Belgian said: “Yes, I can.
"It was Everton and one time Tottenham."
Witsel, 33, left Borussia Dortmund over the summer for Atletico.
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