Gylfi Sigurdsson: Snubbing Liverpool transfer to join Tottenham WAS the right decision

Former Swansea loanee Brendan Rodgers wanted a reunion with at Anfield insists he's not kicking himself over choosing Spurs instead

To err is to do? SIgurdsson could be fighting for the title now if he'd picked Liverpool over Spurs

Tottenham midfielder Gylfi Sigurdsson insists he has no regrets about rejecting a move to Liverpool.
Brendan Rodgers, who had the Icelandic international on loan at Swansea three years ago, wanted to work with him again at Anfield, and made a move in the summer of 2012.
Sigurdsson, however, was convinced Tottenham were the better bet and opted for a move to the north Londoners from Germany's Hoffenheim.
Liverpool, then a side in transition, are now set for Champions League football next season and are challenging for the title.
Spurs, by contrast, sold Gareth Bale last summer, sacked Andre Villas-Boas in December, have his replacement Tim Sherwood under pressure from fans and are set to miss out on the top four for the second year running.
Nothing less than an away win will do for them when the two teams meet at Anfield on Sunday.
But, regardless of that result, Sigurdsson - who hit the late winner in last Sunday’s pulsating 3-2 victory over Southampton - maintains he made the right choice in snubbing the Reds.
“At the time, I was really happy to come to Tottenham,” he said, “And I still am.
“I’m really enjoying it. It’s a fantastic club and in the last couple of seasons we’ve shown the ambition to become better. Hopefully in the next couple of years, it will be really good.

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 "Because they didn’t qualify for Europe, Liverpool are playing one game a week and it’s benefited them quite a bit, because they’re fresh and ready to go in every game.”
Everton have leapfrogged Spurs to provide the biggest danger to faltering, fourth-placed Arsenal in the race for the top four.
The fifth-placed Toffees, still to entertain the Gunners at Goodison Park, are six points behind them with a game in hand. Spurs have slipped to sixth, seven points behind their arch-rivals with seven games remaining.
Sigurdsson admits Tottenham will have underachieved if they finish fifth for the third time in four seasons, but is convinced they have the players in the squad to punch their weight next season.
Roberto Soldado, Christian Eriksen and Nacer Chadli - three of the seven players drafted in as part of the club’s well-documented £100million spending spree last summer - have all impressed in their most recent games.
Sigurdsson added: “It will be a disappointment if we don’t finish higher than fifth.
"We brought a lot of players in last summer and we know it’s going to take time. It depends on some of the players coming in — some of them fit in straight away, some need a few months or a season just to get used to English football. That’s life.
"If we can finish in the top four, it will be fantastic.
“Would continuity help us for next season? I don’t see why not. There are fantastic players here and we have good staff all around.
“If we start next season well, then everything is possible. Most of the new players will be in their second season so they will be used to English football by then and they will have settled in.”

 By Darren Lewis