[deleted], Allen wanted to come. was desperate to come. BUT Jenkins didn't make the deal with Liverpool. THAT is why he didn't come. Nothing to do with Joe Allen going to Stoke for the cash.
It is a fact that he would have cost us less than Stoke paid Liverpool if Jenkins had listened, and Joe was willing to take less money than Stoke now pay him. That is how much he wanted to come.
But when Liverpool put the phone down on Jenkins, Joe's agent did what any good agent would do when his player can't go to primary destination. He got his player the best deal he could.