Which "close but didn't sign him" player do you wish we'd signed?

Saw this on Twitter, some interesting names came up. I have no recollection of Vardy or Van Dijk ever potentially coming here

Vardy. It was between us and Leicester at one point and he chose them.

Fee was agreed I think. Given the difference in both clubs since he moved you've got to say he chose well.

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Originally Posted by delmbox

Saw this on Twitter, some interesting names came up. I have no recollection of Vardy or Van Dijk ever potentially coming here

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Vardy was reallyclose to signing for £1m from Fleetwood, if memory serves. It was off the back of a great run of goals and a good FA cup run by their standards.

Van Dijk was linked when he was still at (I want to say Groenigen?) but he never appeared to be "close to signing".

Wasn't there a story that we were interested in signing Gary Lineker at one stage. Possibly Alan Smith too.

Spookily this popped-up on my Twitter feed today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If only....<br>Cardiff City miss out on Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy after making £1 million bid <a href="https://t.co/8HuwbdZSv2">https://t.co/8HuwbdZSv2</a></p>&mdash; Bluebirds Past (@BluebirdsPast) <a href="https://twitter.com/BluebirdsPast/status/1276444685087772672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Edit - just saw Delmbox said he saw it on Twitter too.

James Vaughan is still trying to get his kids into Howells...

John Oster.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

John Oster.

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Really?

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Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO

Really?

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Longer-standing posters on here might remember.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Longer-standing posters on here might remember.

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Ah, OK. He was a decent player but not one that sticks out as being anything special.

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Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO

Wasn't there a story that we were interested in signing Gary Lineker at one stage. Possibly Alan Smith too.

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NigelBlues (does he still post on here?) said in the Twitter thread that there was a joint £100k swoop for Gary Lineker and Alan Smith from Leicester planned at some point

https://twitter.com/BluebirdsPast/st...29929303941121

Dennis Tueart.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

John Oster.

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It was an annual event for a while.

Didnt we try to sign Alan Smith but got offered Steve Lynex instead?

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Longer-standing posters on here might remember.

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he has only been on here since April 2019 , so would have missed it

If Vardy had come to us then i've no doubt that he'd be playing for Swindon Town reserves at this time in his career.

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Originally Posted by Baloo

Spookily this popped-up on my Twitter feed today.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">If only....<br>Cardiff City miss out on Fleetwood striker Jamie Vardy after making £1 million bid <a href="https://t.co/8HuwbdZSv2">https://t.co/8HuwbdZSv2</a></p>— Bluebirds Past (@BluebirdsPast) <a href="https://twitter.com/BluebirdsPast/status/1276444685087772672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 26, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Edit - just saw Delmbox said he saw it on Twitter too.

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Imagine Vardy had been a City player when he equalised against Wales!

Terry Yorath

Tom Huddlestone.

I think he would have been perfect and just what we needed in that first season in the prem.

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Originally Posted by CCFCC3PO

Ah, OK. He was a decent player but not one that sticks out as being anything special.

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The John Oster "thing" was a long running joke, which is why his name has cropped up in this thread. It has nothing to do with him being a player we sadly missed out on, just a witty blast from the past by the poster.

not sure if my memory is playing tricks, wasn't there rumours of Shearer managing us at one point?

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not sure if my memory is playing tricks, wasn't there rumours of Shearer managing us at one point?

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answered my own question - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/13770272

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not sure if my memory is playing tricks, wasn't there rumours of Shearer managing us at one point?

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That wasnt a rumour it was really close. He was offered the job but did a u turn and we got Malky.

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Originally Posted by Hilts

That wasnt a rumour it was really close. He was offered the job but did a u turn and we got Malky.

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Did the club ever confirm that? I know what Shearer claimed and I know what the ITK legends on another site claimed...

Shearer did a crap job at his beloved Newcastle. No risk for him - get relegated, not his fault, damage already done. Stay up and he's a miracle worker.

I always viewed it as Shearer making the claim up to reduce criticism for the crap work at Newcastle - "See, other club wanted me!".

Before Toshack went to Swansea and took them up, wasn’t he close to rejoining City as a player/coach or did Andrews reject that idea immediately?

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Originally Posted by Hilts

That wasnt a rumour it was really close. He was offered the job but did a u turn and we got Malky.

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I'm not sad this didn't happen, absolutely no reason to think he'd have done a good job