Gianluigi Buffon
Back in 2001, Buffon was the most in-demand goalkeeper in the world, and he only relinquished that honour by virtue of being unattainable for much of his time at Juventus.
However, while it was Juve who completed a record-breaking move for the keeper when they signed him from Parma, Buffon would later recall it was only the input of his father which convinced him to stay in Italy rather than accepting Barcelona’s offer.
The Catalan club still needed a new keeper, though, with a teenage Pepe Reina not considered ready to be the undisputed number one. They opted for Argentina’s Roberto Bonano, who would be allowed to leave two years into his four-year contract.
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