Red the Bear
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God he would have been mercurial for us, such a magnificent player he was.
Great shout, from what I recall he decided to stay at West Ham as he felt he owed them for revitalising his career.
SAF wanted to sign Neuer at first, but Eric Steele preferred de Gea over Neuer and SAF trusted him, that's why he changed his mind.Was Neuer ever close to coming here? I remember he had a monster game with Schalke against us and Fergie wanted to sign him. But I think he preferred to stay in Germany instead?
SAF wanted to sign Neuer after the CL semi-final but he'd already agreed to go to Bayern. They made moves to convince him but he didn't want to. SAF even went over to him right after the semi final. The stuff about being convinced by Steele is omitting a LOT to save face at best.SAF wanted to sign Neuer at first, but Eric Steele preferred de Gea over Neuer and SAF trusted him, that's why he changed his mind.
We used to pretend to be big Nev when we were kids. Schmeichel was something else though.My two favourite goalies. Southall was fantastic.
Fergie tried to get Tony Adams. Twice.
Kroos and LvG vetoed it? Do I have it right?
Remember Marcos Senna being heavily linked with us, also Sergio Ramos a few years ago.
Gaitan & Sneijder.
Del Piero confirmed that we tried for him twice. Once in the 90s and then again, as you say, after Juve were relegated. Like you, I loved Del Piero as a player so it would've been awesome seeing him here. Kudos to the loyalty, though!We tried to sign del piero when juventus got relegated, but he was flattered and was tempted to work with sir alex but wanted to remain there.
Think he's spoken about it since retiring.
Gutting as I absolutely loved him.
That would be a fecking great team.Cech
Lahm Terry Maldini Lizarazu
Robben Zidane Gascoigne Ronaldinho
Batistuta Shearer
Subs:
Bale
Kompany
Adams
Kroos
Modric
Hazard
Lewandowski
I think Fergie wanted Darren Anderton in the summer of 95' after Kanchelskis left. Spurs said no.
Ahh the days of refreshing Ceefax and Alas Big Nev never came. If I am not mistaken we was also linked to the Russian National GK at the same periodDid you know that the plan was to sign Neville southall and only when that didn’t work out, we went and signed Peter Schmeichel
Aha yes! Can’t remember his name now but glad we got PS in the endAhh the days of refreshing Ceefax and Alas Big Nev never came. If I am not mistaken we was also linked to the Russian National GK at the same period
Re Mexes, Fergie used to send him birthday cardsZanetti would have been
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2213628/zanetti-in-united-talks-claim
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/manchester-united-transfer-news-javier-16956093.amp
For some reason, I remember this quite well from when I was a kid:
https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2301887/roux-mexes-snubs-united
Great shout, from what I recall he decided to stay at West Ham as he felt he owed them for revitalising his career.
This is the list but you missed Thuram right after we won the treble.Cech
Lahm Terry Maldini Lizarazu
Robben Zidane Gascoigne Ronaldinho
Batistuta Shearer
Subs:
Bale
Kompany
Adams
Kroos
Modric
Hazard
Lewandowski