5 Players Nearly Signed By Arsene Wenger

I must say Arsene has an eye for talent as most of these world class players were discovered by him before they became superstars but i guess discovering a talent and signing him are two different things. Here is the list of top 5 players nearly signed by Arsene Wenger. I must say if these transfers would have gone through woah what a team Arsenal would have been.

 5. Cristiano Ronaldo

Apparently a 4 million fee transfer was set to be concluded by arsenal but then ronaldo had that game against united and Ripped apart United in Sporting s 3-1 win which lead to a 11 million offer by United and well rest is history

4.Didier Drogba

Wenger once revealed that he had the option of procuring Drogba for as little as £100,000 (less than half his weekly wage these days) back in the early 2000s when the Drog was starting out in France with Le Mans. If that would have happened all i can say is Chelsea fans would have been hating him big time now lol !

3.Petr Cech

Cech was all but set to join Arsenal upon leaving Sparta Prague in 2002 but seems issues like Both fees and personal terms were agreed but work permit issues Arsenal thought he was not worth the hassle. Instead, he joined French side Rennes before eventually ending up at Chelsea to become one of the best goal keepers of the world.

2. Samuel Eto

After leaving Real Mallorca as their all-time top league goalscorer Eto’o was offered to Arsenal in 2004 by Wenger’s own admission, though his anger problems and his ego issues made Wenger not go for him. Arsenal eventually dropped out of the race leaving the Cameroonian to join Barcelona where he banged goals on a regular basis.

1.Zalatan Ibrahimovic

  

At the age of 17 , Zlatan was on the very verge of joining Arsenal from Malmo for £3 million in 2001, well untill Wenger asked him to play a trial match at Arsenal before signing professional papers and Ibra who we all know is a cocky bastard refused and the deal fell through.