I'm not sure abut players being interested before, and then not.
But when there's a free agent that says he's not interested in joning me, but I think i can persuade him, I often try to get him on trial.
This will only work if no-one else is interested, but often (and not always) he will come on trial for a couple of weeks, even if he doesn't want to sign. Its extra training to keep his fitnes up, and there's no commitment.
Once he's been around and got a feel for the club, he sometimes feels he could settle in, and will be much more interested if he's offeed a contract while training at the club.
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