mancunial said:
bookie tried to sign dalglish but swalsie said channon was a better option and he likes horse racing? another was ian wright but city wouldn,t up the fee by 100 thousand, geoff thomas (city fan by the way) said i would run all the way to maine road but must have stopped for a brew at wolves? not forgetting the big one the george best but city fans wouldn,t wear it.
To be fair (see my post above), Swales thought Channon was a better option because Liverpool, with the mopney banked from selling Keegan for a record fee, took the bidding for Dalglish a considerable distance beyond the then record fee between British clubs. I doubt even he thought Channon was a better option per se.
With regard to Best, maybe others know better, but the story I recall hearing was that Mal wanted to sign him in 1971/2, when George was starting to fall out with the United hierarchy in a big way. Allison was looking for a 'name' player to help boost City's appeal and close the gap between our crowds and United. The story was that Mal and Best were both keen, but United decided that they couldn't allow the deal to happen because they feared the backlash from their own fans, rather than it being anything to do with City and our supporters. So we ended up with Rodney Marsh as our crowd pleaser instead.
