Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Reading the Transfer thread and with the Van Persie transfer being at such an advanced level of speculation, anything less than RVP in the red shirt of United would seem a crushing disappointment at the moment, it got me thinking. What have been your heart wrenching experiences with transfers regarding the club you support? The ones where for weeks you think you have them, you've changed their clubs on FIFA and stuff like that. Â For me it was Alan Shearer. I was convinced United had him snapped up. I remember at Euro 96 telling all my mates "next year Shearer and Cantona will be fucked the likes of Juventus in Europe". Seems strange now but at the time people were saying "what the fuck would he go to Newcastle for? One season wonders/not in Europe/Keegans lost the plot" etc. Then he turned up in a Newcastle shirt one afternoon. I was in a safe place in Sunderland, though, because the whole town came together for the hatred of Shearer. The twat. Â As a side story, I remember seeing a young lad in 2006 with a "Baines 3" Sunderland shirt on. I think he'd agreed a move to Sunderland before Everton came in and jumped the gun a bit. I like Baines and everything, but who would have seem him as such a marquee signing, they'd get his name on their shirt? Especially back then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Nice list of some older ones by The Independent  Ronaldinho to St Mirren... The List Goes On Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hitman89762000 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not a hugely gutwrenching one ( but it felt so at hte time) lee bowyer to lfc... We agreed a fee he had a medical then spent what felt like two weeks negotiating his contract before rick parry fucked him off... Â Leeds got the last laugh on us by selling harry kewall to us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Burchill's Buddy Posted August 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Gascoigne to United still haunts me a bit, as much for his sake as ours. Things could have been so different, and it was so close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUM Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Neymar to Barcelona or Real Madrid. I've been thought it's been finalised for about 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamtheman Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Ronaldinho to man united. that one was gutting  I remember a newpaper running an article about the prospect of him coming up against seaman again in a future manc derby. I think it failing was blamed on kenyon. then he went to barca and was the best player in the world for a few years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted August 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Mario Jardel getting paraded in front of the Rangers fans (must have been 1998 or 1999) and eventually not signing was a bit gutting. He had a few good seasons in Portugal, IIRC, a few years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Lesnar's Brow Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Not a hugely gutwrenching one ( but it felt so at hte time) lee bowyer to lfc... We agreed a fee he had a medical then spent what felt like two weeks negotiating his contract before rick parry fucked him off...  Leeds got the last laugh on us by selling harry kewall to us.   To be fair, at the time Bowyer was one of the best English midfielders. He was outstanding when we were in the Champions League, but his career derailed when we sold him. Is Kewell hated by Liverpool fans, we fucking despise him for the club he joined when he left you.  Now, if only this transfer happened  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/...ampard-bid.html   Instead, we bought Seth Johnson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I remember when I was about 12 Liverpool were supposedly buying Ravanelli and Juninho off Boro for a combined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffingtonClyro Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Tore Andre Flo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patiirc Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Asprilla to Darlington, was another than was to take the world by storm. Asprilla even got paraded at Darlo It all went a bit wrong after that  We signed Emad Meteb, had photos taken, the works, and then fucked off back to Egypt to play vs Zalamek in the African Champions League, whilst awaiting a work permit. We were non too plussed and binned the whole deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny McBride Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Mo Johnston's return to Celtic. That didn't quite pan out like it was meant to... Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted August 10, 2012 Awards Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2012 Darren Ambrose to Birmingham. I remember him leaving us in the summer of 2012 but upon his return to Selhurst Park, he scored a 93-yard screamer in to his own net. Sacked immediately, he returned to Palace to take us to the Premier League with 145 goals for the season. Â I'll be quoting that, come May. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members air_raid Posted August 10, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Every window for about 17 years my beloved Spurs have been linked to Huntelaar. Bastard never comes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rohpete Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 The day we signed Juan Roman Riquelme  http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/...-pull-Juan.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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