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3 Players Who Almost Signed For Manchester United, But Ended Up Playing Elsewhere Including Former Newcatle Legend

United have been a club with a rich history and trophy cabinet which boasts of glory and pride. But there have been times when United’s transfer theories have failed miserably and things have just gone astray for them. The following transfer season has been a glaring example for United as Roberto Firmino, Nathaniel Clyne, Nicolas Otamendi and Pedro snubbed the Old Trafford switch in favor of United’s bitter rivals. We take a look at the players who could have worn the United jersey.

James Rodriguez:

The Rodriguez to United saga is funny to say the least. Manchester United scouted James Rodriguez during his days at Banfield. The Madrid superstar was available for a meagre cost of £5million. United neglected that offer and rather went on to sign flops Bebe and Javier Hernandez. While Bebe made a move from Vitoria for a fee of £7.4m, Guadalajara received a fee of around 8 million euros for the services of Chicharito.

If this wasn’t enough, United again had a chance to sign James and a fee of almost 40 million euros was demanded by James’ then club FC Porto. However, due to third party ownership issues, United refrained from buying the Colombian international and Rodriguez ended up signing for French moneybags AS Monaco. After an amazing World Cup of 2014, James left for Real Madrid and donned the much coveted no.10 jersey for the Los Blancos. Cynical stuff for Manchester United.

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