Five Liverpool transfer targets they never signed despite being linked for years

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Liverpool had won the Champions League not so long ago and Man City hadn’t won a trophy for many years, but I went with that route."Arda TuranArda Turan was frequently linked with a move to Liverpool in a six-year span between 2009 and 2015. When I go to the office of my agent, in that moment the president of Benfica called and said, 'We don't have a deal, you don't have permission to fly, so you need to stay.'"It's strange because I thought it was done.

Because if you sign for Liverpool, Benfica fans will be angry [with me].' At that time I said, 'OK, I stay.'"The office of my agent is near the airport and the agent gave me some impression, 'Let's go to the airport. When we arrive in Liverpool, maybe the president says yes.' I said, 'No, it's impossible to take the plane and fly to Liverpool.'"I was representing the national team and if I take this decision, I have a lot of problems with the national team, my club, so I decided to stay." His departure to Atletico Madrid in 2007 did little to quell continuing rumours of a move to Anfield, but nothing progressed as far as it had a year prior.Julian DraxlerThe former Germany international is another player well-known to Liverpool fans.

"When I was still very young at Schalke and extended my contract, I could have gone to Arsenal," he told BILD, as quoted by Sport Witness."Honestly, I’d be interested to see what would have become of me if I had learned from Arsene Wenger so early. I’ve also wondered what would have happened if I hadn’t gone from Wolfsburg to Paris, but to Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.