LIST | Four superstars who almost moved to the Premiership

Here are four superstars that almost move to the Premiership, but didn’t.

Hot on the heels of landing fly half Danny Cipriani for next season, Wasps reportedly made an audacious attempt to bring David Pocock to the Premiership in a potential deal that would make the Australia flanker the highest paid rugby player in the world. According to would offer him a package in excess of the £1.4 million. This would have been one of the biggest transfers ever.

According to the Telegraph, the Yorkshire club were ready to make a third bid to attract All Blacks giant Jonah Lomu to England in 2001 – and offer him the chance to star in Super League and for Leeds Tykes in the Zurich Premiership. They were considering a deal which would see 6ft 5ins Lomu play both rugby codes. A £250,000 a year offer was reportedly on the table but this deal never happened.

Gloucester were linked with Italy star Sergio Parisse back in 2017 when Stade Francais faced an uncertain future due to the possible merger with Racing 92. The Rugby Paper reported that he is on Gloucester's radar but the deal never happened. He's once again been linked with a move to Kingsholm ahead of the 2020/21 Premiership season.

The All Black fullback was linked with a stunning move to Leicester Tigers prior to the 2018/19 Premiership season. When asked about the transfer the 22-year-old avoided the question but the deal was never complete with him eventually signing a new deal in New Zealand.