Manchester United knows what it is like to miss a big transfer goal – but it doesn’t always turn out to be a bad thing.
This summer you were looking for a striker, with Viktor Gyokoker being advertised for a step.
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But nothing has been materialized so far and Gyokeres’ future seems to be in a huge blow to the Red Devils with arsenal instead.
Reports in Portugal claim that the striker, who is locked up with Sporting Lisbon in a tug of tug, has rejected the chance to join United.
And talking understands that instead he said to his family that he expected to go to the Emirates Stadium.
At first glance, the lack of her captain seems to be a big disappointment for the club.
However, if the fans return to 1998, you will find that much success can still be achieved after you have lost an important goal.
Patrick Kluivert was supposedly 27 years ago on the way to United.
Kluivert was 22 years old at that time and Sir Alex Ferguson competed against several European giants, including Arsenal, to bring him to the club after the World Cup.
He had the chance to join AC Milan from AC Milan, but decided against the move and instead signed for Barcelona.
That was something that the famous manager Sir Alex Ferguson and he publicly spoke about his disgust in rejection.
According to The Independent, he said: “It won’t be the last time that something like this happens, but we usually get players we really want.
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“We became believed that he wanted to talk to us, but they know how agents are.
“Maybe he doesn’t know how big a club Manchester United is.”
Ferguson then also mentioned Kluivert, who had spent six years later in his autobiography in Barca in Barca.
He wrote in 1999: “When Patrick Kluivert, the talented young Dutch center, from our approaches in 1998, was so unimpressed that he would not even do the politeness of the conversation with us, I had no problems believing that he would probably be the bigger loser than we would.
“As I write, there is a growing mountain of convincing evidence that the indifference of the Dutch has indirectly done us a great favor.”
And Ferguson was not wrong when he mentioned the evidence to prove that United was better off without a cluiver.
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After the rejection, the Red Devils signed Dwight Yorke from Aston Villa – and the rest is history.
Without a clue in the front, Yorke would enter into a legendary partnership with Andy Cole and help himself with a legendary campaign.
In the 1998/99 season, United would win a historical Treble and raise the Champions League, the Premier League and the FA Cup.
And Yorke was the top scorer in all competitions with 29 goals.
The Ferguson team would then win two more titles in the Premier League in 2000 and 2001 with Yorke in the Premier League.
He was also the top scorer for United in the 1999/2000 season.
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Of course, Kluivert also took place in his own career, became a Netherlands icon and played in Barcelona.
In 257 games he scored 122 goals for the Spanish giants after choosing United.
However, the ex-advance succeeded in winning a trophy throughout his time in the club, a bad balance that he would have easily made if he decided to go to Old Trafford.
Despite Ferguson’s clear aversion to Kluivert, he reported again in the early 2000s.
For the second time, however, there was no move, whereby after his contract was transferred to Newcastle United in Camp Nou.
However, the connection between Kluivert and MAN United would continue after his retirement through football.
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In 2018, Justin Kluivert, his son, also refused to move to Old Trafford.
Jose Mourinho is said to want to bring Ajax to United Kluivert, but he decided to sign Roma instead.
And his father explained the thinking behind his son in his footsteps and said: “I am very satisfied with what he is doing.
“A job that would have been difficult. I think United would have been too big. Roma is an important club, but the pressure is lower.”
Kluivert Jr. would come to Bournemouth five years later.
In addition, Kluivert Sr. would then reveal that he could become Assistant Manager of United a few seasons ago.
He had the opportunity to be number two for Louis van Gaal, a role that he took on Van Gaal for the Netherlands.
But in the apparently typical family fashion of the Kluivert, he decided not to take the chance.
Instead, he became manager of the national team of Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island.
He said about the Guardian: “Louis wanted Ryan Giggs in my position and I was able to understand his decision. He wanted to know someone who knows the club very well.
“He also said to me:” Patrick is now time for you to stand on your own feet “, and that’s why I didn’t join Manchester United.”
The Kluivert Conundrum has proven that success in a club does not come directly from the signing of transfer goals of the first choice.
And now 27 years later, United will hope for a similar turn in the assets if you should miss the Gyokeres this summer.