Sam Allardyce on the time Blackburn nearly signed Robert Lewandowski in 2010.
"I went with my chief scout, we were very impressed with the player, the chairman did a deal for about €8M with the club and he was due to fly over."The ash cloud started in Iceland and all flights got cancelled, so he couldn’t get on the flight.
We were waiting for him at Manchester airport and then a week or two later he signed for Borussia Dortmund.”
Lewandowski on that move: "I had the opportunity to join Blackburn, but I wanted to see how Blackburn looked, I think it would have been fine if I had gone to Blackburn, but couldn't because of the ash cloud. It changed my life. If I had gone to Blackburn maybe I would have stayed there.”