Gianluigi Buffon:
The legendary goalkeeper was approached by the Gunners even before his days at Juventus. The world cup winning goalkeeper revealed that he met with Wenger back in 1998, but a concrete offer was never made and he decided to stay at Parma until 2001 and then moved to Juventus making 566 appearances.
“I remember when I was 20 years old in 1998, I had dinner once with Arsene Wenger,” Buffon told BT Sport.