If you are eager to follow the players ’transfer news, or you are waiting for a star to join your favorite team, do not quickly believe that any deal has been officially made until you see with your own eyes the player’s presentation at a press conference wearing the club shirt, and even that may not suffice sometimes to make sure the completion of the deal .
In many cases, the clubs work to entice the distinguished players in various ways, and the competition between them reaches the maximum extent, and the destination of the player may change from this club to that in the last moments before signing the contract.
In this report, "Plant Football" reviews a number of exciting stories about deals that were unexpectedly turned, after everyone thought that they had been officially decided.
Rome fans waiting for Malcolm
Brazilian Malcolm was about to join Roma in the summer of 2018, as the Italian capital club confirmed at the time that an agreement had been reached with French club Bordeaux. Roma fans flocked to the airport waiting for Malcolm to arrive, but he was disappointed when the player did not show up.
In fact, FC Barcelona intervened on the same day and gave the young player a much larger offer than that of Roma, which led him to back out of the Italian club. For his part, the sporting director of the Roma club threatened to take legal action against Bordeaux, while the player's agent said that this was a "retaliatory" response from him to a previous deal in which the Italian capital club overtook him when he signed with goalkeeper Daniel Fozato through another agent.
Gascoigne picks villa and beach bed
In 1988, young Newcastle player Paul Gascoyne was one of England's most talented, and Manchester United were keen to sign him. Coach Alex Ferguson said at the time: "I spoke to him the night before my vacation, and he told me: Go and enjoy your vacation, Mr. Ferguson, I will sign for Manchester United."
"So I went on my vacation, but Martin Edwards called me and told me he had some bad news, as Gascoigne signed for Tottenham."
Indeed, Tottenham club president Irving Scholar succeeded in luring Gasquin, offering him a £ 120,000 home for his parents and a beach bed for his sister.
Conflict over Obi Mikel
In 2005, a major dispute broke out between Manchester United and Chelsea clubs over the Nigerian player John Obi Mikel. Chelsea had announced that it had formally agreed with the player's agent, while Manchester United formally presented the player at a press conference and appeared in the pictures in the red shirt.
As the crisis intensified, the United administration asked the English Premier League to open an investigation, and the legal dispute continued for a year.
Ultimately, the Manchester United administration agreed to close the file and give up the player in exchange for compensation of 12 million pounds (about $ 15 million) from Chelsea, who formally signed with Obi Mikel.
Tottenham helps Butte to sign Arsenal
In 1997, Frenchman Emmanuel Butte was on the verge of joining Tottenham, and he had already traveled to London and met President Alain Sugar. After the meeting, Tottenham paid the taxi fare to return the player to the hotel, but Bouti changed his mind after learning of Arsenal's desire to sign him.
In 2018, Bute revealed to the Daily Mirror newspaper about what happened during that period, saying, "Tottenham gave me a formal offer, and I said I need a few days to think about it, and they did not expect what happened next. When the taxi came, it took me directly to the coach's house Arsene Wenger, and that was the first time I had met David Dean (former Vice President of Arsenal) .. Tottenham paid the taxi fare and helped me sign for Arsenal ... that became part of the past. "
Di Stefano agreed with Barcelona .. But
Di Stefano won eight titles in the Spanish League and five European Cups with Real Madrid, but the transfer of the player to the royal team was thorny. In fact, Di Stefano agreed to join Barcelona in 1953 from Colombia's Milonarios, and fought a friendly match with the team before the start of the season, but the Spanish Football Federation suspended the transfer because of legal problems in the player's contract.
Real Madrid took advantage of the circumstance and made an agreement with Milonarius to include the player, and later Di Stefano obtained a license to play in Spain 4 seasons, two of which were with Real Madrid, and two with Barcelona.
However, after the Barcelona president resigned during that period, Di Stefano's contract was canceled and he officially joined Real Madrid for a nominal sum.
Weekend spoil the deal
In 1993, Irish star Roy Keane announced that he would leave Nottingham Forest and join Blackburn Rovers.
Blackburn coach Kenny Dalglish attempted to end the deal late Friday afternoon, but was unable to do so, and agreed with Roy Kane to sign the contract after the weekend.
News of the delay came to Sir Alex Ferguson, contacted the player and persuaded him to break his agreement with Dalglish.
Abramovich's relations settled the matter
in the summer of 2013, Tottenham was confident of contracting the Brazilian Willian from the Russian club Anji, but he did not achieve his goal despite the fact that the player has already reached the training center and was about to sign the contract.
Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich took advantage of his ties in Russia and managed to transfer the player's destination to Stamford Bridge.
Sissoko shuts down his phone
Everton seemed very close to signing with French player Moussa Sissoko in 2016 after he made a bid for Newcastle FC worth 30 million pounds (about 38 million dollars), and a private plane was ready to take him to Merseyside.
Tottenham entered the streak and lured the player away from "Goodison Park", and gave him an exciting last-minute show.
Reports said at the time that Sissoko had turned off his phone to coach Ronald Koeman in order to complete the contract signing procedures with Tottenham.
Robinho does not know his destination
In the summer of 2008, Chelsea were just a few steps away from winning the Brazilian star Robinho, and he started promoting shirts bearing the player's name before the deal was completed, but the disappointment was great.
During that period, the Emiratis took over Manchester City and wanted to sign big names, and they succeeded in signing Robinho for 32.5 million pounds (about 40 million dollars).
In fact, things changed dramatically on the last day of the transfer window, so Robinho himself stated, "Chelsea made a good offer to me personally and Real Madrid, and it was approved." .. Sorry".
Bolton sells a player he does not own
after spending seven seasons at Liverpool, German Dietmar Haman moved to Bolton in July 2006, but after only one day, the club issued a statement confirming that the German national team had changed his mind and would join another club.
In a conversation with Hamann on Radio "Tuxpor" years later, former Bolton club president Phil Gateside revealed that his club had benefited from a deal that was not originally signed. "You came back then and told us that you have an offer to join Manchester City, and we sold you without originally signing us, did you know this? Manchester City paid us 400,000 pounds (about 510,000 dollars) to get a player we didn't sign with Absolutely ... this is the truth. "