Originally Posted by
JackBuddy
Yes but the same happened to Arshavin after Euro 2008. All that reported interest from the likes of Milan, Barcelona etc and he agrees to join Spurs but we refused to pay more than £16m for him so the deal stalled. It was the January after that he eventually moved... to Arsenal. There's always hype around new players on the block mainly because it increases the value of the player. Before this season I hadn't really heard of Dzeko, but I do believe he is a potential signing for us. Clive Allen said there's a possibility that he'll be at WHL next season so it shows that there have been enquiries and unless he was aware that bigger clubs were looking at him I'm sure he wouldn't have said that.
Even before John Bostock signed for Spurs from Palace there was all that reported interest from Barcelona, look what happened there.