Forlán, who previously spent two and a half years at Manchester United, was prominent on the Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp's list of January targets. Redknapp made a well-documented personal check on Forlán, when he was robbed outside Atlético's Vicente Calderón stadium by pickpockets.
Forlán was one of several players that Tottenham inquired about. The others included Villarreal's Giuseppe Rossi, Luís Fabiano of Sevilla and Forlán's Atlético team-mate Sergio Agüero.
It is believed that Tottenham indicated they were willing to pay €15m (£13.15) for Forlán but the 31-year-old said he had heard of nothing concrete. "There was no offer," he said. "There was a lot of talking but there was not a proper offer. Yes, Harry Redknapp came to watch me, they said that… he got robbed. It was a funny story.
"You are always flattered by every interest of every team, and also about Tottenham but in the end, there was nothing firm. There was not any offer on the table. There was a lot of speculation ... nothing else."
Forlán was asked whether he would be open to the possibility of a transfer to the Premier League in the summer. "You never know," he said. "I have two more years of contract at Atlético. I don't know what's going to happen. I continue playing and if there is any team that wants me, they have to make a good offer and then you will see. But at the moment, I don't think anything because there is nothing."
