10 Players You Didn't Know Nearly Signed For Inter Milan
4. Steven Gerrard
If theres one player that Jose Mourinho regrets signing, its Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard. He has tried to correct himself on so many occasions, making effort after effort to buy the player. It was one of his first moves in English football, as within weeks of arriving in London from FC Porto, he set in motion a whopping £36 million bid for the England midfielder. Having been denied on that occasion, he returned the following summer, and came to within a whisker of capturing the Liverpool captain. Just weeks after that glorious comeback Champions League final in Istanbul, Gerrard had handed in a transfer request, forcing through a move to Stamford Bridge, only to have an instant change of heart the next day. The door was never going to be closed on the Mourinho and Gerrard links, however, as he tried to sign him twice more. The first came five years after the Liverpools captain latest snub, with the Reds facing the prospect of no European football for the next season, while the Nerazzurri were on course for an unprecedented treble. However, the 29 year old instantaneously spurned their advances, despite the offer of a lucrative contractive and promise of Champions League football. It didnt stop Mourinho from trying to sign him for a fourth time while at Real Madrid. Whats the betting that Jose will be turning up at Gerrards retirement home trying to sign him for his old folks 5 a-side team? Its getting into restraining order territory
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Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
