Footballers that we missed out on, who went on to do well.

Dazzler21

This is for those we came so close to signing but didn't and then they went on to do well.

Jason Puncheon
We missed out on him as we were put under due diligence on the day he was travelling to us as clubs had agreed terms and all that was left was the contract signing.
(Taken from Phil Parkinson himself)

Christiano Ronaldo
He was about to sign for us as a teen but saw Johnathan Acworth leering through the sparrows lane fence and it scared him back to Sporting, where he stayed another two years before joining united.
(might be made up)

Maybe keep to the real ones we attempted to sign

PL54

The Brazilian bloke who went on to play for Chelsea but we couldn't get a work permit

MrLargo

Oliver Bierhoff
Darren Huckerby
Bastian Schweinsteiger

JaShea99

Alex
Kezman

CAFCsayer

Queresma

redlanered

Cahill

covered_end_junior

Cesc Fabregas (Apparently), Tim Cahil and Mathieu Flamini

McBobbin

Flamini

Addick in SW16

Bolanos?

DaveMehmet

Steve Portway

paulsturgess

Rory Delap

North Lower Neil

covered end junior said:

Cesc Fabregas (Apparently)

Eh? When?!

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George Friend... He'd be a good addition to our Defence now

North Lower Neil

Dean Ashton did pretty well, didn't we bid £2m, he went to Norwich for £3m instead and we signed Marcus Bent?

PeakieRocket

Weren't we in for Charlie Austin when he was at Swindon?

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Mark Van Bommel

SELR_addicks

Eddie Howe as manager.

Starinnaddick

John White agreed to join us from Falkirk and Spurs gazumped us.

Garrymanilow

PL54 said:

The Brazilian bloke who went on to play for Chelsea but we couldn't get a work permit

Wrong Alex. We were after the Japanese one

DamoNorthStand

Don Hutchison

golfaddick

John Hartson

redlanered

Hayden Mullins...28 times

dabos

PL54 said:

The Brazilian bloke who went on to play for Chelsea but we couldn't get a work permit

That was a different Alex:

Chelsea's Brazilian centre back Alex
Random Japanese/Brazilian winger Alex

ross1

Or perhaps I should have put Andy Delort on this thread for future reference

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ross1 said:

Or perhaps I should have put Andy Delort on this thread for future reference

ross1

Are you following me FA, if so, carry on with the pics

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ross1 said:

Are you following me FA, if so, carry on with the pics

Shite I've been rumbled!

PragueAddick

Stanley Matthews.

Seriously.

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PragueAddick said:

Stanley Matthews.

Seriously.

Yeah didnt the owners think he was too old before Matthews went on to win the FA Cup a few years later?

Swisdom

Alex Ferguson

He was a young striker at Queens Park I believe and we offered a then-world-record £30k or something ridiculous.

You have to wonder what could have been had he joined us and been a bit of a legend....

wmcf123

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