Five of the best to have worn Spurs and Manchester United shirts

Throughout the years Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United have both bought and created some of the best talent ever seen in the Premier League.

The likes of Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale, Wayne Rooney and Harry Kane have all either donned the white of Spurs or the red of United, but which players have worn both?

Garth Crooks

Garth Crooks
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Crooks made the move from Stoke City to Tottenham in 1980 for a fee of £650,000, where he would spend five successful seasons.
Garth went on to strike up an impressive partnership with Steve Archibald, scoring 75 goals in his 183 Tottenham appearances.
Crooks is credited as the first black player to score an FA Cup final goal.
He was later loaned to Manchester United in 1983 where he managed two goals in seven appearances.
Honourable mentions
Louis Saha- 42 goals in 124 games for United, 4 goals in 12 games for Spurs.
Zeki Fryers- 6 appearances for United, 16 appearances for Spurs.
Frazier Campbell- 4 appearances for United, 22 appearances and 3 goals on loan to Spurs.
Chris McGrath- 38 appearances for United scoring 1 goal, 46 appearances for Spurs scoring 10 goals.
Terry Gibson- 23 league appearances for United scoring 1 goal, 18 league appearances for Spurs scoring 4 goals.

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