Interesting read: http://thebusbyway.com/2010/10/13/manchester-uniteds-what-if-the-players-that-got-away/
It would just be wrong to not refer back to THAT article on a thread like this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/606/A72803144
Your article is about players who slipped through the net and the Ozil article I posted was all about a player whom many thought was United bound and turned into an absolutely cracking thread.
No I don't type articles based on conjecture and that article is a good enough reason to stick to that.