[Albion] A What If? team of players we tried to sign but didn't

Lady Whistledown

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Reckon we could make a decent squad out of players we've tried (according to reliable sources) to sign in recent years but didn't, for various reasons. Usually because they wanted release clauses or their clubs wanted stupid money, or we got gazumped by richer teams. Watching the Newcastle game made me think of Tino Livramento. In recent years/ months:

Vitor Reis

Darwin Nunez


Others?

 

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Van Dijk

 

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Ian Wright

 

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Michael Owen

Andrei Kanchelskis

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Think someone did some digging about and found out that the club had set up a player profile page for Kevin Phillips

Also- Lewis Grabban, Alex Pritchard, Adam Clayton

 

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Superphil said:

Ian Wright

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We didn't try to sign him though. We binned him off!

 

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Vincent Jansen

 

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Mohammed Kudus of course

 

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stewart12 said:

Michael Owen

Andrei Kanchelskis

Jonathan Callieri

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Did we ever really try to sign the first two? Calleri, yes, at least as I recall. But the other two were just mythical NSC signings weren't they?

I'm after ones we genuinely went for and didn't get over the line

 

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stewart12 said:

Think someone did some digging about and found out that the club had set up a player profile page for Kevin Phillips

Also- Lewis Grabban, Alex Pritchard, Adam Clayton

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How could I forget that little goblin.

 

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Dewsbury-Hall

 

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Lady Whistledown said:

Did we ever really try to sign the first two? Calleri, yes, at least as I recall. But the other two were just mythical NSC signings weren't they?

I'm after ones we genuinely went for and didn't get over the line

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You caught me

Owen was "because he knew Tony Bloom from the horse racing world and was spotted at the Grand"

Kanchelskis was "because he lived near East Grinstead"

 

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Can't think of any goalies

 

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Ray Hughton

 

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stewart12 said:

Think someone did some digging about and found out that the club had set up a player profile page for Kevin Phillips

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I think this was when pretty much all the club websites ran off the same database and someone found a way you could get any player to have a profile page at any club by editing the web address.

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Kanchelskis was "because he lived near East Grinstead"

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Kanchelskis genuinely attended a game at Withdean. I saw him arrive in the car park as I left the Sportsman. Whether he was there cause we wanted to sign him or he was just attending a local football game I don't know. It certainly helped fuel the rumours tho.

 

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stewart12 said:

Can't think of any goalies

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No, me neither.

Van Dijk
Vitor Reis
Nuñez
Kudus
Dewsbury-Hall
Palmer

isn't a bad half a team to start off with, is it? Granted, Nuñez is a bit of a loose cannon, VR is an unknown quantity, and Dewsbury-Hall's new role appears to be to keep the bench seats at the bridge warm on cold days, but you'd imagine we'd be competitive, wouldn't you? Also, it would give us the option of taking the Chelsea approach of just setting up as a one man team. Seems to be working OK for them, well at least it was until late December anyway.

 

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We may as well throw that international manager in that Dick couldn't get across the line. Forgotten his name.