Andy Robertson has revealed he once came close to signing for Everton in January 2014 while at Scottish Premiership side Dundee United.
The Liverpool left-back has developed into one of the best defenders in world football under Jurgen Klopp, but started his professional career in the Scottish Third Division with Queen's Park.
After a brief stint with the Spiders, Dundee came calling and it was not long before Robertson made his mark in the top-flight.
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The 27-year-old spent only one season at the club before earning a Premier League move to join Hull City in the summer of 2014, but a chance also arose to sign for Everton in the January of that year.
A season-ending injury to the Blues' left-back Bryan Oviedo during an FA Cup win over Stevenage prompted Roberto Martinez to scout Robertson, who opted to stay put and assess his options in the summer.
"My year at Dundee United, I loved it. I didn't want to leave," said the Liverpool left-back.
"I was only there for one year and when Hull came calling I thought it was too soon. I thought I was ready, but I loved Dundee United. We had such a good, young team then and we were all playing so well.
"In the January at Dundee, I remember Everton tried to sign me," Robertson told BT Sport.
"Roberto Martinez came up and watched me and they wanted to loan me back to Dundee. I knew there was going to be interest in the summer, but how strong the interest was going to be I didn't know."
Robertson added that his decision to join Hull in July 2014 was influenced by a phone call he had with the manager of the Tigers at the time, Steve Bruce.
"I remember going down and saying to my agent 'I'm going to go down, see the place and come back up - I'm not going to sign at the weekend'.
"I spoke to Steve Bruce on the phone for about half an hour and he was just like 'You're ready'. And that gave me the confidence to think that, if the manager believes me, I believe in myself."
