Transfer Sagas of the past

[1972 Fox]

8 hours ago, Paddy Gresley said:

Didn’t we think in the early 70’s we were about to sign John Toshack from Liverpool, and ended up a few years later with Alan Waddle.

Spot on.

 

I was there to see the one and only goal Alan Waddle scored for us, Birmingham away in 1977. 🎶 You'll never sing that 🎶

[Heathrow fox]

3 hours ago, fazzyfox said:

Not so much a saga but Ben Thatcher who eventually joined us in 2003 was very close to signing in 1996, opting to join Wimbledon instead. It was no secret we were in for him and it looked on until Wimbledon came in late but I know for a fact it was as close as you can get. I was on holiday in Portugal, it was the day of England v Scotland ("Taxi for Hendry") and I watched it in a bar with a Sheff Utd player, an ex-Millwall team mate of his who also claimed Thatcher was his best mate. I raised the question of where he'd be going that summer and he pointed at my badge and said, "Your lot, Leicester, he's going to you". Next thing Wimbledon chairman Sam Hamman is making a smug comment about how he'd had options but had made the right choice in joining them and my "Source" rating nosedived! 

I remember having very mixed emotions about this.one.£1.8 million quid seemed rather a lot for a left back with our limited funds.Seven digit transfer fees were still very much a novelty in 1996 for Leicester City 

[Walshy5]

Wasn't Chris Sutton going to sign for us before M.O.N left then he ended up going with him to Celtic instead?