I do remember that some big money was offered for Colo, as pointed out by Henrik. Then again, I also remember the price tag of 88M dollars for Beckham in 1999 (the year we were interested in everybody including Becks and Rivaldo and finally we brought in Redondo as our president's "one of top five stars" project).
I have no remorse/regret at all for the departure of Coloccini. Rijkaard and Desailly were two players I hated to see them go. They parted with the club in a friendly fashion, but indeed, we could have used their services for a few more years. I really don't know whether anything could have been done to keep them, but I am just sad to see them go.
