fleckneymike Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Following last seasons rather mediocre recruitment where unfortunately we seemed to actually sign everyone we wanted; I was wondering what has happened to those who got away. I don't mean players we were linked with, I mean those who chose to go elsewhere. In the summer of Kante and Okazaki we missed out on Vertout and Aranguiz. Vertout flopped at Villa and suffered the ignominy of relegation whilst Aranguiz had the misfortune of a terrible injury. Were there any others who chose to move elsewhere and missed out on their moment in history?
AKCJ Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 I remember being dead excited at the prospect of signing Luciano Vietto. He went to Atletico in the end I think.
Stevosevic Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 3 minutes ago, AKCJ said: I remember being dead excited at the prospect of signing Luciano Vietto. He went to Atletico in the end I think. Now linked with WBA I think? Edit: Southampton
Guest the fox Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 I thought this gonna be one of those "we miss kantè" threads . Not sure we were really linked with him but I really wanted idrissa gueye! He is a great player and would've helped a lot with the first half of last season but at least we got n'didi Keane is another one we missed the boat on, the management should've went for him when he was in the championship, but its easy to day with the help of hindsight
goose2010 Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Curtis Davies - didnt he sign & then have a last minute change of heart? Would of been a great signing at the time for us.
HoustonFox Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 If we're going to go really big... Lewandowski. I always regret more the players we had that couldn't keep or didn't rate at the time but maybe could have held onto. I'm recent memory, thinking Keane (am sure he would have stayed), Cleverly (I liked him), Davies (as @goose2010 said) and then if only Collymore had stayed longer...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 6 minutes ago, HoustonFox said: If we're going to go really big... Lewandowski. I see your 'Lewandowski' and raise you... Johan Cruyff.
CosbehFox Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Billy Sharp and Simon Cox both turned us down after being shown the clubs training grounds. Cox in particular has had a fall from grace. Cornelius from Copenhagen - we weren't willing to match Cardiff's ridiculous bid. Ironic that we faced him last year in the CL.
HesNotGudjonsonn2 Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 11 minutes ago, HoustonFox said: If we're going to go really big... Lewandowski. I always regret more the players we had that couldn't keep or didn't rate at the time but maybe could have held onto. I'm recent memory, thinking Keane (am sure he would have stayed), Cleverly (I liked him), Davies (as @goose2010 said) and then if only Collymore had stayed longer... I know what you mean by players we had on loan and maybe could have got permenantly or utilised better...I remember some lad we played on the wing called Kane, not sure what happened to him.
cc_star Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Jesper Blomqvist - We were seriously in for him, unfortunately so were AC Milan Keane is an obvious one, but this was confused by Fergie's policy of not loaning a player to the same club twice... the mgmt changes of both Utd & us... We should've signed him when crowned Champions... bloody Ranieri's crappy transfers
Xen Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Oriel Romeu at Sot'n was close to coming here, wasn't he? Can't remember if that was 2 summers ago instead of Kanté or as his replacement last year.
TheUltimateWinner Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Who's that bloke who came out and said he couldn't wait to have a strike partnership with Jamie Vardy? Surprised me at the time as we seemed to be that guys number one choice for where he wanted to go.
Arriba Los Zorros Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Aranguiz would have been good for us I still feel. Then there were those 2 Gareths from Forest where we signed the crap one not the one we wanted.........
cc_star Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 2 minutes ago, Xen said: Oriel Romeu at Sot'n was close to coming here, wasn't he? Can't remember if that was 2 summers ago instead of Kanté or as his replacement last year. His stats are very good at S'ton Outside of Kante, Gueys & Matic he's about the best in the league for tackles or recoveries... etc
Ted Maul Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 Craig Mackail-Smith. Went onto bigger and better things though.
Darkon84 Posted 24 July 2017 Posted 24 July 2017 4 minutes ago, TheUltimateWinner said: Who's that bloke who came out and said he couldn't wait to have a strike partnership with Jamie Vardy? Surprised me at the time as we seemed to be that guys number one choice for where he wanted to go. Eder. Went to Inter instead.
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