Damien Comolli admits to having survived two transfer scares during his time working as a director of football in England, with Tottenham coming close to agreeing a deal for Gareth Bale with Nottingham Forest before Liverpool then looked into offloading Jordan Henderson to Fulham.
The latter of those deals was mooted during the summer of 2012, a year after an England international midfielder had been taken to Anfield from Sunderland.
Comolli played a leading role in Henderson’s move to Merseyside, with the Frenchman always confident that there was potential to unlock in a player who has gone on to become a Champions League-winning captain for the Reds.