(to) Tap Up
To illegally or secretly, approach another team’s player, and try to persuade them to join your club.
- Example: Tottenham have accused Manchester United of tapping up their player. They think Manchester United didn’t follow the rules about buying a player and met Berbatov secretly (2009).
- See The Language of Transfers main report.
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