The tales of players Arsene Wenger nearly signed for Arsenal had become well known by the manager’s latter years at the club. Zlatan Ibrahimovic famously turned down a trial because “Zlatan doesn’t do auditions”.
Cesc Fabregas almost brought his mates Lionel Messi and Gerard Pique with him from Barcelona. Cristiano Ronaldo was presented with an Arsenal No.
9 shirt before Carlos Quieroz pointed the Sporting teenager in the direction of Manchester United. The list goes on: Vincent Kompany, Raphael Varane, Paul Pogba and many, many more.
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