Players We Were Always Being Linked With But Never Signed

[castlefields_villan]

Wasn't there talk of Les Ferdinand in 1995 ?

[MorrisNielson]

Chris Coleman
Mark Wright
Muzzy Izzet
Matty Holland

[QuintonVilla]

Miguel, the right back from Valencia. When O'Neill was going through his right back phobia phase. Kept being linked with him every window, but we continued to play Mellberg and Reo-Coker there instead.

[eamonn]

Wasn't there talk of Les Ferdinand in 1995 ?

Yes, I think he turned us down for Newcastle.

[The Left Side]

Yes our bid was accepted by qpr but he went up north

[simon ward 50]

Jordan Rhodes?

[Dave]

Miguel, the right back from Valencia. When O'Neill was going through his right back phobia phase. Kept being linked with him every window, but we continued to play Mellberg and Reo-Coker there instead.

That's a good one. His name popped up a few times a year for nearly half a decade.

Haim Revivo.

[FrankyH]

Hans Krankl

[stubbsyandy]

Robbie Keane

That cross is superb...

[LeeB]

Carlton  Palmer.

Lock the thread, worst player never to have played for us! We dodged a bullet with Carlton.

Palmer was a good player for Wednesday and Leeds. He wouldn't have been anywhere near the worst player to have played for us.

[Lastfootstamper]

Carlton  Palmer.

Lock the thread, worst player never to have played for us! We dodged a bullet with Carlton.

Palmer was a good player for Wednesday and Leeds. He wouldn't have been anywhere near the worst player to have played for us.

A billion years ago, or thereabouts, I recall us playing the stripeys seemingly every other game for a while during the chilly months. Palmer played right-back in a game at theirs. It was the worst* performance I have seen ever from anyone, in any trade whatsoever, purporting to be a professional.


*although trying to look back on it through the fog of time, he could well have been no worse than Hutton.

[Bishop Brennan]

I'm pretty sure BFR said he was close to finalising a deal to bring Carlton Palmer to VP on the day he ended up getting the sack.

Bish

[KevinGage]

He'd been linked with Carlton Palmer pretty much from the day he got the job and I think we bid £2 million in 1992 IIRC. 

When he left in Nov 1994, a few papers said we had bids in for Collywobbles and Gary Speed.

[Darlo Dave]

Wasn't there talk of Les Ferdinand in 1995 ?

Yes, I think he turned us down for Newcastle.

I've always been of the opinion, that if Ferdinand had have signed for us instead of Newcastle, we could both have had Premier League winners medals that season. We ended up with Savo, and although I have love for him, Ferdinand would have took us to a different level. Ferdinand and Yorke up front that season, would have destroyed all in their path. 

[castlefields_villan]

Yes - agree with you Dave - Les Ferdinand was more than a little under rated.