Manchester United and Barcelona involved in ten transfer misses that could have changed football

Michael Laudrup to Liverpool, 1983

Before he was a manager, Laudrup was a top class midfielder. He turned down the Reds as a teenager after agreeing a three deal with them because “two weeks later they came back saying they wanted to offer the same package but for four years, because I needed time to develop. I was disappointed, so I decided not to join.”