Tore André Flo: From Legendary Bargain to Overpriced Flop

[@dragdritt]

The penalty against Brazil was not soft at all, there's an angle that was not on the TV cameras that show the defender pulling him, someone standing behind the goal caught it on camera. Before the picture/video was released there was a massive uproar over that penalty. FifaTV has a video about it on their youtube channel with an interview with the referee: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bV7Pf4J6jdp0bM0

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Thanks, I never saw this when making the video, I only watched the match where none of the TV pictures show the tug on the Jersey. Clear penalty as the man says.

[@LPM72]

It’s a myth that he was an flop at Rangers. Yes we paid £12 million for him but he scored 40 goals in 64 games and we sold him for £8 million. This video would never have been made if he’d only cost us £4million. Peoples opinions on him are unfairly clouded by his price tag rather than his stats

[@danielward7008]

Rangers overpaid but he had some success up there. He was an unmitigated flop at Sunderland though, and I think that's why this video was made.

[@Spectrescup]

A video about overpriced flops at Sunderland would take 8 hours though.

[@michaelosgood9876]

100% mate. Most of this criticism is unwarranted

[@RFC87]

Cause a Tim made the video.

[@TheBosmanViewing]

Agree made a recent video on Flo discussing how he is often misjudged as a flop

[@ops7917]

Flo was a brilliant striker. A great Chelsea team.

[@robbieknox1012]

Mate. Love this. Niche topics that bring back nostalgia. Well done. 10/10

[@Andre_vyent]

10/10

[@Noggzz]

He is one of the reasons i started supporting Chelsea. An absolute legend in my books. Flonaldo.

[@_resource-guy1878]

Can we have a Robert Snodgrass video. So underrated. Favourite EFL player of all time

[@olmade1]

Traditional winger

[@MrMmnngghh]

just miss out the season at Hearts. Nobody needs to see that again.

[@victorhino26]

Flonaldo! He's chelsea's answer to our Ole back in the day. Love the lad,contrary to most commentators were saying of him,i found his playstyle really silky and pleasing to see, for a targetman of his size.

[@itsyaboydanno7143]

Sort of like a cross between Berbatov and Peter Crouch

[@victorhino26]

@@itsyaboydanno7143 aye,that's a very apt description 😆

[@faeembrugh]

Shows how financially limited Scottish football is as he's still the most expensive signing 23 years later.

[@johnboylan3832]

Or how badly Rangers were cheating to be able to 'afford' it.

[@Guns_Blazin]

It’s probably more down to clubs likely not wanting to take such a massive gamble with spending again after Flo’s spell at Rangers.

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

Tight.

[@jaywalkercrew4446]

That's why they can't join premier League, there couldn't afford to.

[@GMinthehouse]

​@jaywalkercrew4446 if they moved it would be different. The risk/reward is that there is more reward money for finishing 17th in England than winning in Scotland.

[@motogte]

Epic times to be a Chelsea fan loved it back then.

[@eXpressYourselfClips]

Defo. Heres a Q. Him or Gudjohnsen?

[@iandawe948]

Something of a joke though nowadays dont you think

[@zombievikinggaming4258]

​@@eXpressYourselfClipsGudjohnsen all day

[@danniwilder2198]

@@iandawe948 Still top 4 club & so to be called a joke shows just how much higher the standards at Chelsea have been compared to the likes of Arsenal, Spurs, Man utd.

[@souster98]

Came up on my suggestions and really enjoyed this vid. Very well researched and edited, looking forward to more vids!

[@jonathanmcroberts8549]

Another great presentation. Love this stuff!

[@RowanSomething]

Tore André Flo might have played for both of my most hated clubs, Rangers and Sunderland, but he has my eternal respect for being an overpriced flop at both of them. What a guy.

[@andyanderson516]

One thing that wasn't a flop and that was taken

[@markwilson3414]

Feniune bastard

[@addsgf4897]

Who do u hate the most out of these clubs ?

[@RFC87]

Geordie taig 😂😂😂 enjoyed watching you spice heads get pumped by arsenal.

[@peterlpool1387]

Yep Kanchelskis is mine Everton, Rangers and Man Utd

[@willnestor6422]

I think it's more the expectations that was put on Flo that made it appear he was a flop. We were told we're making a massive signing, over £10mil which at the time was huge for us. The excitement was unreal. We thought we were signing a world class striker and got Flo instead. Nothing bad about that but the board bigged it up to be a huge signing and our next Ally McCoist. What we got was a decent striker that could never live up to such high expectations..

[@TheBosmanViewing]

Both Flo and Negri’s goals to game ratio is very good at Rangers ⚽️

[@zakdivers8153]

I get it, he was expensive, but scored against that mob and scored over 20 goals both seasons, so not a flop for me, plus he was a right classy player.

[@DanCassidy-o4g]

🎉 mate I love your videos. If it's ever possible try do one about Oxford Utd Milk Cup winning season 😊

[@philthatcher6111]

MK Dons legend. All seriousness he was class at Chelsea, him and Poyet where always on it.

[@giodhuha6771]

Flo and Solskjaer were something else in 90s.

[@an4189]

Peter Reid was a great manager for Sunderland but unfortunately his time as manager crossed the era of modern management and he could not adapt. The transfer of Flo is a clear advertisement of that fact.

[@AHeroAlmost]

A 32min documentary on Flo was something I wasn’t expecting .. But we’ll worth a watch .. it must take an unholy amount of time to get all the clips & stats..

[@erlendm3817]

Flo was brilliant. 😊😊😊😊

[@dougmasters4579]

Funny, I always thought Flo was first pick at Chelsea, and scored a lot more goals there (he always seemed to be scoring when a Chelsea game was on TV). He was signed because Celtic paid 6 million for Chelsea flop Sutton, so Murray's mantra of "when Celtic spend a fiver, we'll spend a tenner" meant he had to sign a Chelsea star player for 12 million as an extra dig. What they didn't check was Sutton had been a key player in a championship winning team, and a top scorer.

[@kommissar.murphy]

My dream is to get one of them Winston Bogarde contracts and hit the beach.

[@jovancvetojevic3980]

Channel about Scottish football, f yeah, subbed. This video is a great throwback to my childhood as I was Celtic fan and respected Flo, especially his Norway partnership with Carew, both were towers!

[@YevOnegin]

Yes, man. This is what we need, a channel of ballads for the not-so-noteworthy. Tonnes of people talk about the underappreciated guys, Okocha, Nakata, Recoba, but there is an untapped well of stories of the guys not quite world breaking. Flo, Mostovoi, Mondragon and, someday, Arnautovic.

[@michaelmcfadden4397]

Flo was fantastic for Chelsea and his record would have been alot better if he wasn't in a queue behind Hughes, Vialli and Zola, Zola was a revelation at the club, I would argue that Hughes played some of his best football in an incredible career and Vialli was old but truly world class and became a club legend for his personality and pragmatism on the pitch. Not an easy place to command a starting place! The fans loved Flo for his work ethic and reliability but he was never going to break into a regular starting place while those guys were playing. That team is my favorite Chelsea team of all time and Flo was an important part of it.

[@rednaskela4830]

11:32 It's been a big discussion in Norway forever with people wanting to know if he was diving but Tore always been clear on it being a foul. Later there was released still photos from someone behind the goal capturing Baiano clearly dragging him by his shirt, just unfortinunate the video footage never captured what the referee called.

[@DidYaServe]

Mons Ivar Mjelde was an absolute beast in Championship Manager 1997/98. You could pick him up for pocket change and he was world class!

[@DidYaServe]

PS: Flo is exactly like Haaland but about 15% slower.

[@chirola9923]

In no way ​@@DidYaServe

[@hypello9534]

@@DidYaServedeluded

[@mdcpVEVO]

I always used to buy him on FIFA 05-08. Great childhood memories. Even though I'd never really seen him play, I always found him a remarkable player. Great video! Subbed :)

[@learntooilpaint]

Like flo apparently

[@mdcpVEVO]

@@learntooilpaint hahaha touché

[@mariusschulz2926]

He was very good 👍 loved him as a child. Thx for your videos

[@FxnWaySheGoes]

Flo was brilliant. One of my favourite players as a wee laddy

[@richardwilson3364]

This is great. Memories of what are, to me, the golden era of football. Deserves a lot more subs!

[@Heavymetaltherapy1]

This channel is brilliant, defo deserves more subs 👍

[@mutts.nutts1]

Found your channel yesterday and not a scottish football fan, but absolutely loving the detailed content mate 🔥🔥🔥

[@cfcbbrr9830]

Amazing video. One of my favourite players when I was a kid.

[@whydoineedahandle793]

Hope you cover more defenders or goalkeepers flops soon. Love the way you included lowlight clips during a player's flop era.

[@TheBosmanViewing]

Love to see other retro football channels, great work on your videos 😃👍

[@MrMmnngghh]

Championship Manager 97/98's player database was a wacky beast, but they got the stats right on Flo. Sign him in the first season and he's a goal hungry monster before you know it.

[@Ivanesci]

The memories of CM 97/98 returned when they mentioned Mons-Ivar Mjelde.

[@MrMmnngghh]

Tommy Svindal Larsen!@@Ivanesci

[@jugstankovic2798]

Please video about Jose Luis Chilavert! 🙏🙏🙏

[@RangersDubai]

another excellent video mate keep it up thanks for posting this one

[@ryanstill7912]

Need a big duncan ferguson video keep it up mate

[@paulsmith5720]

Good video. Well put together. I feel the title is a little unfair. He was a good player anywhere he played. I'm a Spurs fan and still remember what he did against us, lol. Respectfully of course. Wish him all the best for the future.

[@neilyringworm]

seems like a really nice lad. Asked some pretty harsh questions and could have been defensive about it. Just seems very laid back

[@MSPstance]

i remember watching that norway-brasil game as a kid live on TV . it felt like we won the world cup ! norwegian flags was up all over the country !

[@gordonirvine726]

Your content is excellent my scottish brother. ❤

[@andreaspedersen3952]

The penalty against Brazil wasn't cheap. None of the camera-angles saw what the judge saw, so for most who saw the camera-pictures it looked cheap. There appeared some pictures in the papers which answered them: Flo's shirt was looking like a sail, as the defender did pull his shirt as Flo tried to get pass him.

[@Brown87]

Something that wasn't mentioned in the video was that Rangers won the treble in 2002/03, which was the season that followed after Flo had left for Sunderland in August 2002 💙 Things like that always stick out in people's mind; Flo left and then we immediately won everything 🏆

[@grokopf142]

great vid, good early spl memories for me always

[@ItsEsteban17]

Vialli went out of his way to ruin Flo's time at Chelsea. Incredible patience by him, tho. Many other players would have left immediately after the Pierluigi signing.

[@olmade1]

Say whatever you want...he was a great player

[@iandawe948]

Another good watch. Forgot how good he was at chelski. As regards sunderland, who in their right mind would want to go there.

[@NostalgiNorden]

Norway: : From Legendary Bargain to Overpriced Flop

[@encorefootball]

The Bosman rule to remove restrictions on foreign players has undoubtedly killed football. Sad.

[@Kofi_Mensahs_BurnerAccount]

Disagree. The league quality improved post Bosman. There’d be no English European winners in 1999 and beyond if we were still in those draconian rules.

[@jimmybob12]

Leeds were not in the Premier League when Flo signed for us. 😂

[@Skoopyghost]

Can do you Eiður Smári Guðjónsen.

[@divbrown2752]

Clearly every one here is celtic supporters flo was not a flop at rangers bit expensive but not a flop

[@jonnywishbone4805]

12:42 Phil Babb’s nuts never dropped back down…

[@gudmundursteinar]

"Despite limited success in the league"... oh.. dear.. you have no idea how happy that made me.. given that I support the club that had all the success in the league (21 wins in the last 34 seasons) when Flo was in Norway.

[@dazpearce2096]

Casiraghi scored one goal for Chelsea - was that the day Phil Babb took a trip to the family planning clinic?

[@gavinjohnson8951]

Good video, but I have to say the bit about Everton having a deadline bid turned down by Flo isn't correct. Everton agreed a deal for Flo, but Brann wanted to include another player in the deal. Peter Johnson wouldn't sanction the deal, and Joe Royle left shortly after as Everton manager..

[@flashbackfootball1367]

I feel that the truth of that deadline day debacle remains a bit of a mystery. I got the information about Flo rejecting the offer from here: www.toffeeweb.com/history/pages/royleres.php

[@adrak91]

If he had of been played more at Chelsea he would be a Legend.

[@shutup2751]

Flo was not bad at rangers but their fans thought giving his price tag he'd be their answer to henrik larsson

[@theghostofbabanovac7069]

Rangers was s...ite

[@divbrown2752]

​@@theghostofbabanovac7069 over 50 league titles says otherwise tim

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

Goal keeping has come such a long way since these days

[@upthevilla-n2o]

Chelsea had so many good strikers back then, n\ow we have not one proper striker.

[@Midtable1881]

You should do a video on Rangers 2008 UEFA Cup run.

[@JimBeatman]

Doubtful .. I sure he’s a Celtic fan so he’s only done super negative stories about rangers.. an amazing uefa cup run doesn’t suit him 😂…

[@jedayivor8530]

he was alright for chelsea

[@JDuffy32]

As a Sunderland fan, he was hopeless

[@michaelosgood9876]

There's this perception in football that stringbean strikers dont fit in the team dynamics so well. Flo was a very good player, despite his apparent awkwardness. He Wasnt a flop, in my opinion...

[@DavidKateeba]

Hachim mastour, Reece Oxford and Marcus Edwards please

[@AdrianKidd1985]

To say that Flo was a flop at Rangers is completely wrong. And considering all the difficulties he went through there and perforned quite well. And he did achieve a lot even when not being the most elegant or skillful of all the forwards out there at that time but surely was effective. So, to me... I'd rather have a player who's not all tricks and magic but gets the job done by the end of the day.

[@booradley6832]

0:52 what the hell? This youth photo is from 1912 not 1982

[@encorefootball]

A perfect example of how an unfashionable worksman style player becomes overrated. It's not his fault he became overpriced like Torres and Andy Carroll.

[@vaiyt]

Toré Andre Flo is the reason Norway has a positive record against Brazil 😂 (2 wins in 3 games)

[@alexwatson4971]

Great video- Flo was a decent striker who could score goals but that fee was way too much even for early 2000s! Remember thinking this was a huge transfer for Scottish football back in the day, he definitely brought the goals but just not consistent and didn't fare particularly well in his later years either!

[@Spectrescup]

He might have been past his prime, but he was an International class striker, who won European trophies and scored vital goals on the world stage. By any standards he's had an excellent career.

[@grdixon83]

Cup Winners Cup 2nd only to the European Cup?? The Cup that died in 1999. In 1996-97 3rd,4th & 5th went into the UEFA Cup(plus FA Cup winner) 6th(Chelsea) went into the Cup Winners Cup!

[@flashbackfootball1367]

The UEFA cup increased in prestige, but the cup winners cup was originally held in higher regard. Hence the winners of it facing the winner of the European cup in the super cup.

[@grdixon83]

@@flashbackfootball1367 oh wow cheers, I didn't know that, I wonder why the change!🤔

[@RandyDubin]

I bet you Hesp was glad he didn't have to face FloNaldo again after that Champions League tie.....

[@TMM-N]

I love flo!

[@smallies7154]

He helped to kill the original rangers. Legend ⭐

[@Calvin-ks9cr]

Flo was born in Flo😅

[@robertmclean3612]

Great video one thing though when u show advocats signings one u show is Alex cleland for 1.2 mill , this is not correct he was at rangers and left when Walter left to go to Everton on bosman Great video though.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

That is supposed to be a picture of Craig Moore. It was one that came up on google when I searched, but apparently it wasn't actually him. Glad you enjoyed it anyway!

[@Feyenoord_Albion4927]

His goals to games ratio suggests that he was anything but a flop.

[@volaan1842]

flo looked like a baby giraffe but holy shit he could play

[@xargeshx]

@10:11 Vicenza not Venezia

[@upthevilla-n2o]

I wouldn't call him a Rangers flop any at all.

[@faeembrugh]

Yeh, he scored quite a few goals as I recall. Not sure he was worth £12m though.

[@ollymuirs]

I agree, wouldn't say he was a flop, but there was just no way he was going to live up to his £12m price tag.

[@gordonirvine726]

Why did Chelsea not respect Flo?

[@almosmurakozi6973]

Flo from Flo

[@randymarsh27]

I remember when this transfer happened 👴🏻

[@afunnyusername5599]

a moment of silence for phil babbs testicles at 12:43

[@marcusk.3182]

Not Flo's fault if Rangers overpaid him and the team was a poorly put together group of players (with much bigger flops than him). The big misunderstanding was expecting him to be a One-Man-Show as if he were the actual Ronaldo. As good as Tore was, he still needed a competent setup around him to be devastating. Otherwise he was "just" a low double-digits striker. BTW, I met him last summer in Sogndal, a really nice guy. By far the chillest and best interaction I've ever had with a pro. And in Norwegian football he'd have every right to be a blowhard, considering he's like the 3rd best Norwegian player of his generation (and likely still Top5 ever).

[@trancemadmaz]

You sound like Andrew Duncan's mate

[@IRApaddymccourt]

Do you ever make positive videos about Celtic big man ?

[@Yogi67]

Will always be a legend among Celtic fans. It's said it was his transfer was one that led to the death of the original Rangers club. That'll do for me. 😊

[@RobertCampbell-z7m]

I also think his goals to games ratio was good it's only because of who he was and the money we paid the the fucking media got on his case now it's the same with Dessers yes he should score but its his first season and his goal tally wasn't bad judge him this season coming

[@justablokepostingfunvids7137]

New video 🎉

[@benjamineckford1718]

He was a flop at Sunderland

[@mattsmith5421]

A flop? I dont think so and im a man united fan.

[@TheVanpablo79]

CWC was only officially the 2nd most prestigious tournament… in reality it was a distance behind the UEFA cup

[@mctapoutos7426]

Scottish football has to one of the worst 😂😂😂

[@Baresi-Unico-Capitano]

Flonaldo 😂 What a load of tosh. Chelsea played VICENZA* in the semi final. Vicenza and Venezia are two different teams from two different places.

[@flashbackfootball1367]

Yes, that's my mistake. But he was known as Flonaldo

[@bzilla-d4i]

The reality of flo was he was good in lower leagues, when he eventually ended up at Siena he wasn't even the best player on that team, he got thoroughly outshone by a 34 year old Enrico Chiesa, and Rodrigo Taddei. One nearing his retirement the other a young upstart winger at the time.

[@jedayivor8530]

ik that player