Sentences with phrase «earlier failed bid»

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(Facebook also tried to acquire Snapchat, whose parent company went public in an IPO earlier this year, with a failed $ 3 billion bid in 2013.)

Also, if we fail then an early transfer bid will leave Wenger plenty of time to go for another transfer target.

Chelsea failed with an early bid for the versatile youngster but the Daily Mirror claims that whilst the bidding may see Stones» price - tag push up as high as # 34m, a sum greater than any Premier League side has previously paid for a defender, the Blues are reading to foot the bill.

With these fresh reports coming to light, have City finally seen a bid accepted for Sterling after two failed attempts earlier in the summer?

Louis van Gaal had been linked with an interest in Real Madrid defender Serio Ramos, Man United failing with a big - money bid for the Bernabeu star earlier this summer (via Sky Sports), but the Dutch manager has since seen his side keep back - to - back clean sheets in their opening two Premier League fixtures.

Anson, speaking in Zurich earlier today following England's failed bid to host the 2018 World Cup finals, was so incensed with the outcome of the 22 - man vote in Switzerland that he said «don't bother» bidding for future finals «until you know that the process is going to change to allow bids like ours [a chance] to win.

Mourinho is desperate to land Everton defender John Stones and having failed with two earlier bids for the 21 - year - old the Stamford Bridge side are set to stump up a massive # 40m fee for the Toffees star, an offer the Goodison Park outfit will find impossible to turn down.

After failing with bids for Thiago Alcantara and Cesc Fabregas earlier in the window, United also failed with a deadline - day bid for Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera.

Mahrez submitted a transfer request earlier this summer, but he has been unable to seal a move with Italian giants Roma failing with numerous bids.

This also corroborates the story reported on earlier today by Tele Football, who stated that a Premier League club (West Ham) had failed in two club - record bids, both of $ 25 million for Modeste and Villarreal striker, Cedric Bakambu.

The bid in order to get things started after Manchester City had failed to name a price for the player following early inquiries.

Tabone garnered 41.5 percent of votes, according to NY1, in his failed bid to succeed Carrozza, who announced earlier this year that she would not run for re-election to the seat she has held since 1996.

Instead, a quick glance at the 244 pages shows much more about his early life steeped in Tennessee politics, his quick ascent in the Democratic party and his failed 2006 bid for Senate in the Volunteer State versus Bob Corker.

But, as you'll recall, Levy dropped his gubernatorial bid early this summer after he was was out - maneuvered by former Rep. Rick Lazio and failed to get onto the ballot at the state GOP convention.

It will, however, be the first time since the early 1970s that the Assembly chamber will be Weprin-less, since David Weprin replaced his brother, Mark, (the sibilings switched seats, with the later taking the former's NYC Council slot after he gave it up to run a failed bid for NYC comptroller in 2009).

The NYC parks commissioner, who was partly responsible for a federal probe by giving a no - bid trash - bag contract to one of de Blasio's top fund - raisers, says he signed off on the deal unaware the liners failed the smell test years earlier.

Both SL Green and Penn National were part of previous failed rounds of bidding, while Clairvest was a partner in Aqueduct Entertainment Group's winning — but then aborted — bid in the last selection round and had submitted its own $ 1 million refundable entry fee into the bidding process earlier this month.

Dietl, meanwhile, caused controversy by saying his failed bid to get on the Democratic ballot earlier this year was stymied in part because the judge on his court case looked like De Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray — who is black.

The city's parks commissioner, who was partly responsible for a federal probe by giving a no - bid trash - bag contract to one of Mayor de Blasio's top fund - raisers, says he signed off on the deal unaware the liners failed the smell test years earlier.

Former education secretary and chief whip Gove, 48, had kept a low profile since his failed leadership bid before stepping out earlier this month to attend the festival.

After a failed bid for a Family Court seat, Sedita was elected a State Supreme Court justice and served from 1976 through the early 1990s.

Left - wingers failed in a last - ditch, early morning bid to halt the shake - up at Labour's party conference in Liverpool.

Apple Loses Patent Bid to Ban Samsung Galaxy Tab in Munich Court Apple failed to get a ban on sales of the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 N (a variant of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 designed after Apple won an injuction on the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 in 2011) in a Munich Court earlier this week.

Alex Rotter, Sotheby's worldwide head of contemporary art, described the market as «solid», although the sale failed to match the frenzied bidding at a Christie's sale earlier this week.

The news also follows a failed bid from Tencent, which sought to acquire Spotify earlier this year.