The MSR Advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 24 – Marco Verratti

Christopher Separator December 24, 2020
Hidden behind the final door is a player who could have significantly altered Carlo Ancelotti’s fate at FC Bayern. After [...]

The MSR Advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 23 – Paulo Dybala

Maurice Separator December 23, 2020
Argentinian academies have produced some of the most gifted technicians of our time. However, the only players who have made [...]

The MSR Advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 22 – Xavi

Daniel Separator December 22, 2020
Hidden behind door 22 is a fairy tale about how a different outcome of a European Championships tournament might have [...]

The MSR advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 21 – Ulf Kirsten

Daniel Separator December 21, 2020
After the fall of the Berlin Wall, East German football soon experienced an exodus of its greatest players. Ulf Kirsten, [...]

The MSR advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 20 – Neymar

Alexander Separator December 20, 2020
Behind door 20 is probably the most reported non-transfer of the last decade. A sketch of an alternative reality. This [...]

The MSR advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 19 – Eden Hazard

Daniel Separator December 19, 2020
With our pick for door number 19, we complete the big three of the golden Belgian generation of the modern [...]

The MSR advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 18 – Ruud Gullit

Justin Separator December 18, 2020
Behind door number 18 is a world star who might have made Bayern’s dull nineties less dull. He almost joined [...]

The MSR advent calendar: Our favorite signings that never happened: Door 17 – Steven Gerrard

Maurice Separator December 17, 2020
Hardly any other player in recent history has personified the ideal of the one club man as much as Steven [...]