Javier Hernandez
No player has moved between Manchester United and Liverpool in more than 50 years, but that hasn’t stopped their out of favour Mexican striker – who spent last season sitting on the bench at Real Madrid – from being regularly linked with us. The Daily Star even claimed that we’d submitted a bid for this forgotten forward.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
PSG’s prize asset was never likely to leave the French capital this summer. Nor were we likely to be willing to meet his undoubtedly high wage demands. As good as he is, he was never the sort of player that we were likely to be looking at this summer, despite what the guys and girls at the Metro would have you believe.
Mateo Kovacic
This one is perfectly realistic on paper. However, what was ridiculous, is how long the papers ran with this story – especially considering the fact that, according to the Liverpool Echo, there was never an ounce of truth in it. The Croatian said on many occasions that he’s happy in Milan and why that took so long to hit home is anyone’s guess.
