11:22PM BST 24 Aug 2012
Eden Hazard
The Belgian winger’s salary demands, and the attached costs of making the deal
happen, saw City walk away from transfer before Hazard left Lille for
Robin van Persie
City made a bid and laid out an offer to Van Persie, but felt there was
insufficient value in raising their interest to match
Javi Martínez
Athletic Bilbao’s £40 million asking price was viewed as excessive, while
complicated Spanish tax regulations merely added to the potential outlay for
the
Daniele De Rossi
Roberto Mancini retains an outside hope of signing the Roma midfielder, but De Rossi (right) has insisted publicly that he would prefer to stay in Rome, his home city.
