Ten Huge Transfers That Nearly Happened, Including Cristiano Ronaldo To Liverpool

Robert Lewandowski to Blackburn Rovers

Now the integral target man of both Bayern Munich and Poland, following a fine spell at Borussia Dortmund, Robert Lewandowski was once simply a talented young player with Polish Ekstraklasa side Lech Poznan. Blackburn Rovers had agreed a fee for the player – but a volcano in Iceland put paid to that move.