The one that got away

[PaulTheVillan]

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

I thought in Keane's case it was because Gregory didn't think much to him.

I thought Wolves wanted an extra £500k to make it £6m and Fergie said something about him not being worth the £500k alone, and Doug pulled out of the deal?

[Clampy]

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

I thought in Keane's case it was because Gregory didn't think much to him.

I thought Wolves wanted an extra £500k to make it £6m and Fergie said something about him not being worth the £500k alone, and Doug pulled out of the deal?

I think it was Gregory who pulled the deal, not Doug.

[eastie]

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

I thought in Keane's case it was because Gregory didn't think much to him.

I thought Wolves wanted an extra £500k to make it £6m and Fergie said something about him not being worth the £500k alone, and Doug pulled out of the deal?

I think it was Gregory who pulled the deal, not Doug.

Correct clampy ! Gregory decided not to sign him , in his book he confirmed that the money was there but he decided not to proceed.
I remember him saying one night he watched at molineux and wolves fans were saying to him ' you must sign him ' which he found very odd .

[Dave]

Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

I wonder how long this myth will carry on.

[dave.woodhall]

We all know the long list of players who could have signed for Villa but slipped through the net somehow.

I don't know any youngsters that 'slipped through the net' , but, I can think of a couple of players who could/would have signed, and made a huge difference, for the club.

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

And Juninho was a bullet dodged. He did nothing for Boro when he went back there.

[not3bad]

We all know the long list of players who could have signed for Villa but slipped through the net somehow.

I don't know any youngsters that 'slipped through the net' , but, I can think of a couple of players who could/would have signed, and made a huge difference, for the club.

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

And Juninho was a bullet dodged. He did nothing for Boro when he went back there.

But this was from the first time he went to Boro, when he was good?

[garyshawsknee]

Werent we offered Falcao before he left River Plate ?

[dave.woodhall]

We all know the long list of players who could have signed for Villa but slipped through the net somehow.

I don't know any youngsters that 'slipped through the net' , but, I can think of a couple of players who could/would have signed, and made a huge difference, for the club.

Juninio (spelling?) and Robbie Keane, from Wolves.
Both were apparently lost due to Doug's penny pinching.

And Juninho was a bullet dodged. He did nothing for Boro when he went back there.

But this was from the first time he went to Boro, when he was good?

No, he was with Atletico at the time.

[ADVILLAFAN]

Every big club is going to miss out on players they could have signed now and again, the rest of the Premier League will be kicking themselves that they didn't sign Benteke from the Belgian league.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Every big club is going to miss out on players they could have signed now and again, the rest of the Premier League will be kicking themselves that they didn't sign Benteke from the Belgian league.

Didn't Sheffiled United turn down Maradona?

[PaulTheVillan]

Every big club is going to miss out on players they could have signed now and again, the rest of the Premier League will be kicking themselves that they didn't sign Benteke from the Belgian league.

Didn't Sheffiled United turn down Maradona?

But they ended up with Brian Deane. They can't moan.

[supertom]

Was it Bierhoff we turned down back in the early 90's? BFR's era.

We seemed to be linked to Juninho for a good stretch of 2-3 years IIRC. It was one of those that always persisted in the rumour mill but never came off. Bit like Benni McCarthy.

[supertom]

Werent we offered Falcao before he left River Plate ?

Well there were a few ITK's on other Villa sights who were quite adament that we were getting Falcao. At that point no one had really that much idea he'd be one of the top strikers in the world so when it turned out to be bollocks I'm not sure too many tears were shed. I recall hoping it would happen but only because the last time we shopped at River Plate we got a player I really liked.

[Dave]

Werent we offered Falcao before he left River Plate ?

Well there were a few ITK's on other Villa sights who were quite adament that we were getting Falcao. At that point no one had really that much idea he'd be one of the top strikers in the world so when it turned out to be bollocks I'm not sure too many tears were shed. I recall hoping it would happen but only because the last time we shopped at River Plate we got a player I really liked.

We also probably wouldn't have got a work permit for him at the time as he didn't really play for Colombia at that time.

[JUAN PABLO]

Werent we offered Falcao before he left River Plate ?

Well there were a few ITK's on other Villa sights who were quite adament that we were getting Falcao. At that point no one had really that much idea he'd be one of the top strikers in the world so when it turned out to be bollocks I'm not sure too many tears were shed. I recall hoping it would happen but only because the last time we shopped at River Plate we got a player I really liked.

.    Yes we did . MON . I was told by someone who worked close to MON