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‘Bend-cornering’ doesn’t just happen in the racing world. At the football level there are often similar actions for business transfer player.
The football transfer market always has an interesting story. Starting from the tug-of-war related to negotiations to a third person taking corners by taking advantage of the deadlock in the offer.
Recently David Silva made a scene in the football transfer market. He had previously been very widely mentioned that he would be closer to the Lazio after not wanting to renew the contract in Manchester City.
Poor Lazio. Silva suddenly changed course by flying to his home country to join Real Sociedad.
Silva’s decision to go to Sociedad was said to be in order to fulfill the wishes of his wife, who already missed Spain. However, Silva made a decision without speaking to Lazio as a club that was ready to welcome him.
Bend-cornering is not a new story in football. Here are some of the tales of bend-cornering in football:
Fiorentina on the verge of getting Dimitar Berbatov off Manchester United in 2012 after the two parties reached a personal agreement. In the end, the situation changed with the news that Juventus made a maneuver to bring Berbatov.
When Juventus had a great chance to get Berbatov, the man from Bulgaria turned again by choosing Fulham. Berbatov is said to be tempted to return to a reunion with coach Martin Jol.
Fiorentina and Juventus failed to get Berbatov. However, the impact of this was that the two clubs clashed until La Viola included an anti-Juventus clause in Stevan Jovetic’s contract.
AS Roma was really upset with Barcelona when it failed to get Malcom from Bordeuaux in 2018. In fact, Malcom was already scheduled to fly to Rome to finalize the contract.
In the end, Malcom did not land in Rome. He turned onto Barcelona to the point of making the Giallorossi furious.
AS Roma president, James Pallotta, said that Barcelona had apologized, but was refused. Pallotta only wants to forgive the Blaugrana if he gives Messi to Rome.
The name John Obi Mikel was also busy on the transfer market. Had a pose with a Manchester United jersey, but then joined Chelsea in 2006.
Mikel’s failure to join MU was mentioned because the Red Devils’ offer suddenly floated up. While waiting for certainty, Chelsea came with serious intentions.
In 2004, Robben had grown very close to Manchester United and had even flown to London to meet Sir Alex Ferguson. In the end, he ended up at Chelsea instead.
Rio Ferdinand once told a little about the reasons for Robben’s failure to go to MU. Whether it’s a joke or something serious, the former United defender feels Robben doesn’t like the atmosphere at the training ground.
“He came to our training ground at that moment. He went around there but didn’t like the scent on the training ground so he left and joined Chelsea,” said Ferdinand.
“I still find it difficult to believe that. He can actually be a good player for us.”
Willian was already very close to Tottenham Hotspur in 2013. However, Chelsea, who has a track record of being good at cornering, managed to get Willian. Tottenham are reportedly very angry with Chelsea.
In 2020, Tottenham could potentially get Willian after his contract at Chelsea ended. Tottenham could not refuse unfortunate, the Brazilian player chose Arsenal instead.
In August 2015, Manchester United boss Ed Woodward flew to Barcelona in an attempt to finalize Pedro’s also awaited transfer at Carrington. But at the last moment, Chelsea maneuvered swiftly to get Pedro.
Werner has been widely rumored to be the target of Liverpool. Manager Juergen Klopp also did not hide his pleasure with the RB Leipzig striker.
Instead of getting Werner, Liverpool missed it. The German striker prefers Chelsea’s proposal.
(ran / krs)
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