Ten most incredible rejected transfer offers includi manchester united jersey baby ng Lionel Messi to Inter Milan and Luis Suarez to Arsenal
BARCELONCosta Rica National Team JerseysA president Joan Laporta once revealed he rejected a £225MILLION bid from Inter Milan for gerard pique manchester united jersey Lionel Messi in 2006.
At the time, the world-record transfer fee was the £46.6m Real Madrid splashed on Zinedine Zidane in 2001.
11These days, the most-expensive move is Neymar's £198m move from Barcelona to Paris Saint-Germain in 2017.
Had it not been for the coronavirus pandemic, it's almost certain we'd have seen the first £200m transfer.
But in 2006, a fee of £225m was scarcely believable, with Laporta explaining: “We rejected a €250m (£225m) offer coming from Inter in 2006.
manchester united jersey medium Megan Rapinoe Jerseys"[Massimo] Moratti wanted to bring [Lionel Messi] to his club."
On the back of Laporta's incredible revelation, we've taken a look at nine more outrageous rejections in recent history, including Arsenal's hilarious £40,000,001 bid for Suarez…
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11Real Madrid to Man City – £180m
IN 2011, Ronaldo was juAustralia National Team Jerseysst two years into his glittering, trophy-laden spell at Real Madrid.
But mega-bucks City came knocking to sign the Manchester United hero with a rumoured £180m bid.
Real chief Florentino Perez swiftly told them to forget it, pointing to his apparent £900m release clause.
Ronaldo would eventually leaveSwitzerland National Team Jerseys Real Madrid in 2018 to join Juventus for just £99m.
And of course now he is one of probably two shining lights at Manchester United after their tumultuous season.
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