Originally posted by Shaggy
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I was trying to be a tad less explicit, in keeping with how it was reported at the time -
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Two very high profile players we missed out on in the 80s that we tried to sign having agreed terms with the selling clubs were Bryan Robson and Gary Lineker. Robson went with the bloke he knew well from West Brom - Ron Atkinson who'd moved on to Man U, while Lineker was put off by the fact that Rush was the man in possession of the centre-forward role so thought he'd be playing second string and went to Everton instead.Comment
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Never knew that about Lineker.Thanks very much for being ‘This Mornings’ Farmer’Comment
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Taribo west!
Eric Cantona: Was offered to Souness before he signed for Leeds but Souness thought he wasn't good enough.Comment
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It came out a few years back. I presume it was in Joe Fagan's time, but it might have been at the end of Paisley's time I suppose - can't remember the exact time line. Anyway whoever it was described the situation just as I explained it. The Liverpool member of staff who wrote the thing I saw about the situation said that they couldn't persuade Lineker that if they were going to pay the then astronomical fee of, I seem to recall, £800K then he would certainly figure all the time. But he just couldn't see Liverpool playing both him and Rush, so went across the park insteadOriginally posted by Shaggy View PostComment
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Souness said it was the problems Cantona had created in France rather than lack of abilityOriginally posted by liverpooltj View PostComment
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I think the link was that Ronaldo wanted **** loads more money a week compared to what the club had Poodle and Talc on and they weren't prepared to match his wage demends, Fergies comes in and rest is history.Originally posted by Redspin View PostThe King was back for a short while. Long live The King.Comment
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Seperate point but all the players mentioned here from Rafa's time would have been scouted by Macia (sp??) I presume???
The same head scout who is getting pelters on the transfer forum for being absolutely ****e..............The King was back for a short while. Long live The King.Comment
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On the Cortes transfer it fell through because Rafa thought that Honchez was leaving and because he didn't there was no money to find the deal hence it didn't matereslise.
Surprised no one mentioned Gabi Milito. Failed a medical and stays fit for the next 3 seasons bring a great player for Zaragoza after our 6m offer would have done the trick. He then signs for Barca for 14m and has been crocked for the better part if 2 seasons only really having 1 complete season with them. Our medical team for once made an accurate, yet delayed prediction. Even though he'd have been a great signing pretty chugged we missed out and got Agger instead.
Didn't know about that, but would have loved him. Rav such an inspiration.Originally posted by Rudo View PostComment
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this thread makes my heart falling apart.Comment
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You never know how anything is going to turn out. If Kewell had gone to Utd would he have been crocked as much? Who knows.Originally posted by lickedlollipop View PostComment
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3 pages and nobody's yet mentioned van Der Vaart.
We've been signing him every summer since the internets started. Or probably to be more accurate, since the year he was the best wonderkid in Champ Manager. I think we did actually come close to buying him several times, but it feels like there's never been a summer without a VdV link.I could not dig, I dared not rob:
Therefore I lied to please the mob.
Now all my lies are proved untrue
And I must face the men I slew.
What tale shall serve me here among
Mine angry and defrauded young?Comment
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Haha I remember a **** load of us from Koptalk going onto VDV's site and leaving messages begging him to come to usOriginally posted by MrMichael View Post
It was of DOS attack proportions
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Essien had a trail at Burnley when he was a teenager and they didnt think he was good enough...Originally posted by fah-qComment
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