In football, there's always a chance a move could collapse before the player signs on the dotted line.
Arsenal, for example, almost signed Zlatan Ibrahimovic before his breakthrough at Ajax! Every Premier League club has endured their fair share of near misses in the transfer market... and Liverpool are no different.
The 19-time champions of England have witnessed many players come close to moving to Merseyside in recent years - including a promising Portuguese teenager who's since become a legend in Manchester.