The one that got away

[brontebilly]

werent we in for Christian Vieri early in his career?

[Dante Lavelli]

werent we in for Christian Vieri early in his career?

Thank you for asking.  I met Christian Vieri just after his move to Inter for a world record fee.  We were on top of the Empire State Building and he confirmed that we had talked to him about a move.  He said he was keen, but for whatever reason it never happened.

The rest of the time I starred, probably for too long, at his girlfriend. 

[Duncan Shaw]

It was JG wasn't it going to buy him - I was so excited and he really seemed to want to come here....shame.

[eamonn]

Did it come off the back of our game against him and Atleti in the Uefa Cup in '98? Gregz habit of trying to buy players who played well against us would have come up trumps with that one.

[SoccerHQ]

I'd have loved to have signed Sturridge when he was just coming through at City and was being linked to us, didn't we have his Dad as a guest at one of the games?

He would've developed well here I reckon rather than rotting on the bench at Chelsea for 18 months and we could've rotated him with Gabby.

[enigma]

Wasn't Sturridge on our books as a kid? I think we let him go and he joined Coventry. Someone dropped a bollock there.

[Risso]

Bullets dodged can work the other way as well.  Wasn't Gregory in for Muzzy Izzett at £8m?

[PeterWithesShin]

We probably dodged one with James Beattie.

[dave.woodhall]

Vieri played for 15 clubs in 18 years, and six of them were at Inter, who bought him when we were after him for £32 million. I don;t think we were ever serious.

[Legion]

Wasn't Sturridge on our books as a kid? I think we let him go and he joined Coventry. Someone dropped a bollock there.

He was. His Dad wanted a ridiculous amount of money for us to keep him.

[OCD]

It was his Dad and Uncle that told him to take the money and join Chelsea too when he was becoming a regular at a very different Man City. I really wonder about some of the people around footballers. If I was in their position, I would be more interested in seeing my son become a first team regular. Knowing that if they did that, the money would take care of itself. Sturridge could have just as easily become another Luke Moore at Chelsea and ultimately made much less money over the course of his career.

[Dave]

It was his Dad and Uncle that told him to take the money and join Chelsea too when he was becoming a regular at a very different Man City. I really wonder about some of the people around footballers. If I was in their position, I would be more interested in seeing my son become a first team regular. Knowing that if they did that, the money would take care of itself. Sturridge could have just as easily become another Luke Moore at Chelsea and ultimately made much less money over the course of his career.

That four year deal at Chelsea would have netted him over £12m. It's very easy to think that somebody else's son should wave goodbye to financial security for the rest of his life, it's probably different when it's your own.

He could have stayed at Man City and got a career ending injury six months later. How good would that advice have looked then?

[Handsworth Wood Villa]

Wasn't Sturridge on our books as a kid? I think we let him go and he joined Coventry. Someone dropped a bollock there.

He was. His Dad wanted a ridiculous amount of money for us to keep him.

When he was 12 years old?

Sturridge must surely already be a contender for the best ever Brummie player?

[PeterWithesShin]

Wasn't Sturridge on our books as a kid? I think we let him go and he joined Coventry. Someone dropped a bollock there.

He was. His Dad wanted a ridiculous amount of money for us to keep him.

When he was 12 years old?

Sturridge must surely already be a contender for the best ever Brummie player?

Like fuck is he.

[dave.woodhall]

Troll alert.