Torres is the latest player to say he nearly joined us, even if he didn't have much involvement and it was more meetings between the 2 clubs rather than with the player. The list of players we 'almost' signed is very impressive:
Buffon, Toni, Ibrahimovic, Torres, Ribery
not sure we actually made a bid for ribery but carlo wanted him for sure so that counts, plus it makes my list more impressive
Today we are linked with Bruno, another Brazilian goalkeeper. He's 23 and is at Flamengo where he's said to be making a big impact. Would he really be worth going for? The majority of Brazilian goalkeepers just aren't good enough, they make too many mistakes. There must surely be a better European keeper around, mainly so we don't waste a non-eu spot on a keeper and can use it for a defender or a position where it's needed ...
*cough* Zhirkov, left-back */cough*
