What could have beens.....but weren't

[MoBeats]

Ronaldinho is the obvious one but then Ronaldo may not have happened.

Who have we been nailed on, apparently, to sign, over the years, but didn't. And who did we sign instead, was it a good move or not?

Iirc, we were nailed on to sign Defoe, but signed Saha instead. Defoe could have been a superb player for us.

 

[U99ted]

Hazard

 

[theralyst]

Robben

 

[VorZakone]

Thiago / Vidal.

 

[cyberman]

Didn't we almost sign Henry from Monaco?
Gascoigne and Shearer are the two for me. We would have won a few more CL in the 90s if we had them imo.

 

[Alex99]

Gaitan

 

[Samid]

Didn't know Wenger was a closet United fan with a caf account.

 

[King7Eric]

Wesley Sneijder.

We chose to play with Anderson and Cleverley instead. Still under SAF in those 2 seasons we finished 2nd on goal difference and won the league by a landslide the next year.

Lucas Moura was another one we were close to signing.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Charlie Adam. I believe we would have at least 2 more CL's had we signed the tubby maestro.

 

[royboy16]

Chris Sutton,David Hirst, Paul Warhurst and Stan Collymore I recall back in the 90's.

 

[2 man midfield]

Ronaldinho is the obvious one but then Ronaldo may not have happened.

Who have we been nailed on, apparently, to sign, over the years, but didn't. And who did we sign instead, was it a good move or not?

Iirc, we were nailed on to sign Defoe, but signed Saha instead. Defoe could have been a superb player for us.

Is that you, Arsene?

 

[Jiggs'Hamstring]

In Fergie's first autobiography I seem to remember him listing a load of players who could have been sealed but Martin Edwards refused to sanction.

Peak Kluivert and Ortega are two names which stood out.

 

[Chorley1974]

Nedved

 

[FC Ronaldo]

Kluivert

 

[Mr Smith]

Shearer. Would have been an absolute beast for us.

 

[M Bison]

Every now and then I go back a few pages on the transfer forum, it's quite funny remembering all those we've been linked with and were interested in over the years!

 

[Klopper76]

Didn't you almost sign Di Canio at one point?

 

[Attila]

Hazard, Aguero (fergie in his book "Leading" said he thought he was too expensive or something so pulled out), Lewandowski

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Batigol

 

[Tompo]

Not sure how close we were but Modric would have been a great signing.

 

[Grylte]

Gaitan

Lol, beat me to it!

Charlie Adam. I believe we would have at least 2 more CL's had we signed the tubby maestro.

His left foot was worth 10 million alone for his corner kicks - didn't someone say something like that?
Was it SAF?

Batigol

Feck that would be amazing!
Were we really after him?
I can't remember.

 

[elnorte]

Salas

 

[Robbie Boy]

His left foot was worth 10 million alone for his corner kicks - didn't someone say something like that?
Was it SAF?

Yup think he was trolling Liverpool to ramp the price up

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Feck that would be amazing!
Were we really after him?
I can't remember.

As I recall Fergie loved him and was definitely interested but Gaby wasn't keen on leaving Fiorentina.

 

[R.N7]

Gifton Noel-Williams

 

[Grylte]

As I recall Fergie loved him and was definitely interested but Gaby wasn't keen on leaving Fiorentina.

Who can blame him?
He looked great in purple.

 

[Spoony]

As I recall Fergie loved him and was definitely interested but Gaby wasn't keen on leaving Fiorentina.

Nah, he would've had we paid as handsomely as the Serie A did.

 

[Dr. Dwayne]

Nah, he would've had we paid as handsomely as the Serie A did.

True that, Spoons. Italy had the best wages in the 90s.

 

[francobaresi]

Aaron Ramsey

 

[predator]

Maldini anyone? Didn't Fergie try and lure his dad to a move.

 

[sincher]

Celio Silva http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2012/02/15/celio-silva-the-manchester-united-signing-who-never-was/

Who am I again?

We signed the mighty Henning Berg instead.

Yeah, I do wish I was bit more Jason Statham and a bit less bald, camp Alan Shearer

 

[Robbie Boy]

Gifton Noel-Williams

Legend. Had him at Inter on a very old CM save. He scored a bucket load over 2 seasons but then wanted out as he couldn't settle. Good times.

 

[Robbie Boy]

Aaron Ramsey

Good, he's shite.

 

[UnrelatedPsuedo]

Salas

Great shout.

I remember rumours that we were going to sign both Salas AND Zamorano. Barmy.

 

[Ravelation]

Douglas Costa from shakhtar.
Don't remember what happened but i was so excited to see him in a United shirt.

EDIT: My memory serves me wrong, we wanted him when he was at Gremio!

 

[bri2013]

Lucas Moura. Chose PSG over us didn't he?

 

[Devil81]

Celio Silva http://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2012/02/15/celio-silva-the-manchester-united-signing-who-never-was/

Who am I again?

We signed the mighty Henning Berg instead.

Yeah, I do wish I was bit more Jason Statham and a bit less bald, camp Alan Shearer

Never forget that, was in school buzzing we'd signed a Brazilian, gutted when it fell through.

 

[JustAFan]

The Usual Suspects

 

[Billy Blaggs]

Shearer,
Gazza,
Ronaldinho,
Ward,
Batogol,

 

[sincher]

Never forget that, was in school buzzing we'd signed a Brazilian, gutted when it fell through.

Yes it was the same feeling when we actually did sign Owen Hargreaves.

There's one that should have got away.