It sounds incredible that numerous transfers of players throughout history have failed in various bizarre, tragic, and funny ways. Unfortunately, the story has to start with Emiliano Sala. The Argentine forward agreed to a transfer from Nantes to Cardiff in January 2019 for £15,000,000. After the medical tests, Sala returned to France to say goodbye to his teammates and coach. Two days later he left for Cardiff and since then all trace of him has been lost. On the evening of January 21, the plane carrying Sala disappeared from radar on the island of Alderney. An underwater search was launched, and on February 4, the police informed the public that they had found a body in the wreckage of the plane. It turned out to be Emiliano Sala. An autopsy revealed that he died of head and body injuries. In his honour, Nantes retired the number 9 shirt, while Cardiff fans brought flowers outside their stadium in the days after the tragedy, and the French club later sued the Welsh to pay them the agreed fee.The tragic saga of Emiliano Sala rolls on, and Cardiff City could face a transfer ban if they don’t pay some of the transfer fee… pic.twitter.com/2yCG8nJk3n— Sun Sport (@SunSport) November 4, 2019 We are now going back to 2015 when Aston Villa fought for the signing of Emmanuel Adebayor, who was a Tottenham Hotspur player. We all know that the striker from Togo was a controversial figure, to put it politely. Tim Sherwood took over Aston Villa in 2015, and Adebayor was his biggest target as he coached him briefly at Tottenham. The Aston Villa board wanted to make him the highest-paid player in the club’s history. Even the number 10 shirt was printed, and everything was ready for the promotion, but things started to get complicated. The Togoan striker began to demand more money, as well as to be paid the entire contract without delay, in the event of an early departure. On top of that, he included forces in the whole story that have nothing to do with the mundane world. Adebayor apparently wanted to wait a little longer with the agreement because he was looking for a sign from God. He waited for days. In the end, nothing happened and he informed the management of Aston Villa that he was staying at Tottenham.Daily Mail claim Aston Villa are lining up Spurs striker Emmanuel Adebayor to replace Christian Benteke this summer. pic.twitter.com/mJ2S0KlSOz— Hotspur Related (@HotspurRelated) May 21, 2015 Before moving to Barcelona, the legendary Ronaldinho had an offer from Manchester United in the summer of 2003. Sir Alex Ferguson saw him as an ideal replacement for David Beckham, who left the team to join Real Madrid. The English media reported day after day that the transfer almost didn’t happen. And it really was like that, the Brazilian agreed to the conditions and would receive a much higher salary than he had then at PSG. And then, one day, he decided to go through the city a bit and was disappointed. It rained every day in Manchester and that was the reason why this wizard decided to say “no” to Alex Ferguson and the Red Devils. Immediately after that, Barcelona entered the story. The sun was always shining there, and Ronaldinho had guarantees from the club that the entire team would be selected around him.🇵🇱🔵 Robert Lewandowski: “I had the opportunity to join Blackburn Rovers… but I wanted to see how Blackburn looked, the training ground.” “I met with Sam Allardyce. It was in Poland after a game. I thought he was a good guy, a very good coach.” “Allardyce was prepared to… pic.twitter.com/Nsjib8XrK5— EuroFoot (@eurofootcom) November 17, 2023 Years before he became one of the world’s most lethal strikers, Robert Lewandowski played for Lech Poznan. In January 2010, the Polish club received an offer from Blackburn. Lewa was satisfied with the offer, the plane ticket was ready… However, the Eyjafjallajokull volcano erupted just in time to paralyze the entire air traffic in Europe for a week. The flight was repeatedly postponed, rescheduled, and in the end, the transfer to Blackburn fell through. Borussia Dortmund showed up instead, paid 4,500,000 euros and took Lewandowski away. No need to write what happened next.##NAJAVA_MECA_8317128##
