dref619 said:
Yeah , we offered a fee for Sanchez, hazard, RVP , de Rossi by all accounts. Still wouldn't say we were very close to singing them all though
You're mistaken. United had agreed a £30m fee with both player and his club.
Moura was back up to them missing out on Hazard.
Leonardo got wind Moura was going to United and blew them away.
Exactly the reason bacon face went off on one about the price paid for a teenager and with no hint of irony, having paid £28m for Rooney nine years ago.
As for the other players we mentioned. Hazard is the only player we agreed a fee for, as he had a stipulated buyout clause.
Sanchez said yes to City but then fucked us around when Barca declared their interest.
His club wanted to accept the £10m more we were offering.
As for De Rossi. Never happened, a bid of any sort was never made.
Just Roma making a PR exercise about a note of possible interest.