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#4 - Pedro
Being excess to requirements at Barcelona, Pedro was set to leave Camp Nou in the summer of 2015. Manchester United and Manchester City were the front-runners, but the Citizens backed out soon.
Red Devils were the hot favourites but were not willing to pay the £21 million demanded by the Catalan side. Ed Woodward and then manager, Louis van Gaal continued to hold negotiations with Barcelona to try and sign him for £17.5 million.
Jose Mourinho spotted the opportunity and informed Chelsea to sign him up. Chelsea made a move and agreed to pay the fee demanded as £19 million up front and £2 million as add-ons.
Chelsea's negotiations with Barcelona were just for 2 hours, and the deal was done. United, who held talks for more than a month, were left stranded as they believed that only they were negotiating for him and would land him comfortably.
Pedro confirmed the rumours and said, "I had offers from other English clubs - Manchester United, [Manchester] City and Chelsea, who were the club that more rapidly resolved my transfer and the one that showed more interest in me."
