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  • Cafc43v3r
    Cafc43v3r Posts: 21,600
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Was Mark van Bommel ever close to signing?

    Got mentioned every window because we had Dennis Rommedahl, but dont know if it was just wistful thinking
    MVB was linked at the same time as Kezman. 
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    Weren’t we linked with a former big Brazilian name at one point?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,997
    mart77 said:
    Weren’t we linked with a former big Brazilian name at one point?
    Rivaldo, when he was 40, if I recall correctly.
  • robroy
    robroy Posts: 4,460
    van persie
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,028
    edited August 2021
    MrLargo said:
    mart77 said:
    Weren’t we linked with a former big Brazilian name at one point?
    Rivaldo, when he was 40, if I recall correctly.
    Romario too in 1998/99, his Agent was hunting around trying to find a club for him

    Remember an article in the programme talking about it, but Curbs said he wanted people who knew the Premier League... Although questioning my dates now as around that time he was still scoring for fun with Vasco da Gama and Flamengo

    We also had Eric Wynalda and Dom Dwyer on trial (not at the same time obviously)

    The latter and Johan Ter Horst only failed to sign because of some twat of an owner.
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,997
    We were quite heavily linked with this guy, in the early 2000s, probably not long after this article was published - https://www.skysports.com/football/news/2275946/real-madrid-one-to-watch-javier-portillo

    Went on to have a pretty underwhelming career though.
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,697
    Thought the Cahill thing was down to his off the field issues that meant his missus wanted to move up North.
  • Big William
    Big William Posts: 3,850
    We were linked to James Scowcroft several times but nothing came of it. Another saga that dragged on for ages during our first PL season was John Aloisi, think he ended up at Coventry in the end. 

    Two that came up several times were James Beattie and Wes Brown, bit unlikely for me, but there seemed to be something in it.
  • Jac_52
    Jac_52 Posts: 1,465
    Andy Delort
  • The Red Robin
    The Red Robin Posts: 26,166
    James Beattie 

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  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,414
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,122
    Wasn't Fernando Morientes rumoured at one point , just after the Joma kit deal?
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,997
    Jac_52 said:
    Andy Delort
    Did he get away or did we get away?!
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,028
    edited August 2021
    Remember Clement Lenglet (now at Barcelona) being linked under the early days of Roland

    Think he turned us down actually so we did try as he was at Nancy at the time
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,997
    Also, some fictional ones that our dogshit owners put out there but were never really gonna happen:

    Under Katrien we pretended to just miss out on Max Gradel and Jonson Clarke-Harris.

    And this -https://londonnewsonline.co.uk/marcus-maddison-made-unreasonable-wage-demands-as-charlton-deal-broke-down/

    Even though we were under a transfer embargo, it was actually his wage demands that scuppered the deal. Huge blessing in disguise in the end!
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 23,012
    Ross said:
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
    Think there were a few on Powell's list we couldn't then afford who went on to do pretty well elsewhere if I remember rightly.
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,028
    edited August 2021
    I actually remember being not too fussed about Clarke-Harris at the time, as remembered his awful penalty miss when we thumped Rotherham 4-1 with Makienok and Gudmundsson running the show... He's done well to really improve as prior to 2018/19 he'd never gotten into double figures
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    edited August 2021
    Ross said:
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
    I was certain Puncheon didn’t sign as ‘we would be getting better players than him’ due to the Zabeel deal and then it all went to poop!
  • Ross
    Ross Posts: 4,414
    North Lower Neil said:
    Ross said:
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
    Think there were a few on Powell's list we couldn't then afford who went on to do pretty well elsewhere if I remember rightly.
    Off the top of my head, Keith Andrews, Alan Judge, Sam Baldock. I’m sure there were another couple.
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,316
    edited August 2021
    Ross said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Ross said:
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
    Think there were a few on Powell's list we couldn't then afford who went on to do pretty well elsewhere if I remember rightly.
    Off the top of my head, Keith Andrews, Alan Judge, Sam Baldock. I’m sure there were another couple.

    Wasn't Yannick Bolasie for £250K one of them and Sone Aluko another? Plus a small ginger midfielder who's name escapes me but ended up having a decent career at somewhere like Hull?

    (Ed. Stephen Quinn per post below)

    Think Steve Sidwell was linked a couple of times too.

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  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,161
    mart77 said:
    Weren’t we linked with a former big Brazilian name at one point?
    Alex (a small Brazilian name)
  • Athletico Charlton
    Athletico Charlton Posts: 14,316
    edited August 2021
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Remember Clement Lenglet (now at Barcelona) being linked under the early days of Roland

    Think he turned us down actually so we did try as he was at Nancy at the time

    Some French striker at the same time too wasn't there, powerful looking young lad who's surname started with B.  Gawd, my memory for names is rubbish. 😂

    (Ed . Bahebek per post below)
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,516
    Athletico Charlton said:
    Ross said:
    North Lower Neil said:
    Ross said:
    Jason Puncheon was set to sign but we couldn’t afford it.

    I know Pardew wanted Rickie Lambert before he went to Southampton but don’t know why that didn’t come off
    Think there were a few on Powell's list we couldn't then afford who went on to do pretty well elsewhere if I remember rightly.
    Off the top of my head, Keith Andrews, Alan Judge, Sam Baldock. I’m sure there were another couple.

    Wasn't Yannick Bolasie for £250K one of them and Sone Aluko another? Plus a small ginger midfielder who's name escapes me but ended up having a decent career at somewhere like Hull?

    Think Steve Sidwell was linked a couple of times too.
    I think it was Stephen Quinn?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Quinn
  • NorthheathAddick
    NorthheathAddick Posts: 4,036
    Teddy Sheringham…🤔
  • Scoham
    Scoham Posts: 37,516
    Ricardo Fuller, this first time.
  • mart77
    mart77 Posts: 5,658
    Fumbluff said:
    mart77 said:
    Weren’t we linked with a former big Brazilian name at one point?
    Alex (a small Brazilian name)
    I remember this guy too. Think he was refused a work permit and had been playing in Japan
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,028
    Athletico Charlton said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Remember Clement Lenglet (now at Barcelona) being linked under the early days of Roland

    Think he turned us down actually so we did try as he was at Nancy at the time

    Some French striker at the same time too wasn't there, powerful looking young lad who's surname started with B.  Gawd, my memory for names is rubbish. 😂
    Oh yes... Jean-Christophe Bahebeck @ PSG - Such a shame looking at how he's doing

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Bahebeck
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,515
    edited August 2021
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  • MarcusH26
    MarcusH26 Posts: 8,122
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Remember Clement Lenglet (now at Barcelona) being linked under the early days of Roland

    Think he turned us down actually so we did try as he was at Nancy at the time
    Was a whole summer under Roland where we went after a few young French talents , Lenglet was definitely one of them along with Jean-Phillipe Gbamin who's now at Everton but was at Lens then. 

    Was a striker too that summer called Tom De Sutter that got very close and we ended up with Makienok. 


  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 95,028
    MarcusH26 said:
    ForeverAddickted said:
    Remember Clement Lenglet (now at Barcelona) being linked under the early days of Roland

    Think he turned us down actually so we did try as he was at Nancy at the time
    Was a whole summer under Roland where we went after a few young French talents , Lenglet was definitely one of them along with Jean-Phillipe Gbamin who's now at Everton but was at Lens then. 

    Was a striker too that summer called Tom De Sutter that got very close and we ended up with Makienok. 


    To be taken with a pinch of salt but didnt Tommy say recently that he wanted to bring in Frenkie de Jong when he was @ Willem II but got over-ruled someone at the club?

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