Premier League's WORST Signing EVERY Season (1992-2022)

From Newcastle United's club record deal to sign Michael Owen from Real Madrid in 2005 to Manchester United going all out to sign Alexis Sanchez from Arsenal in January 2018, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the worst transfers in the Premier League every season since the league's creation.
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[@joshcooper7755]

Peter Crouch is going to be utterly devastated to find out he is in fact NOT the World's Lankiest Man.

[@JohnHolywell]

Dan Burn has a shout too

[@KindredBrujah]

@@JohnHolywell Dan Burn is just big. He's nowhere near as lanky as Crouch or Ormondroyd.

[@ablair37]

@@KindredBrujah i think i may be one of few people to have met both and ian is just a bit lankier his nickname suits him too

[@stevenberes4628]

I thought Crouch immediately when I heard world lankiest man!!

[@LK45667]

@@ablair37 I played on a U-13 team with Ormonroyd. As a teen, he looked even lankier because he hadn't filled out at all.

[@jamezmcc]

"Michael Owen is a strange human being" is one of my favourite quotes from any video on KZbin 😂😂

[@greyeyedb8012]

I don’t know how you missed Ali Dia for 96/97 literally the worst and most ridiculous transfer made in premier league history after pretending to be the cousin of George Weah to get signed for Southampton by Graeme Souness

[@aaronconway4435]

Most ridiculous, definitely. But Ali Dia's impact on So'ton on the pitch that season was extremely minimal, its not like he came on, scored an OG and lost them a game

[@chlcrk]

It could almost be a documentary in itself tbf. It's such a fascinatingly weird story

[@muhdpeep]

he almost scored tbf

[@aaronconway4435]

@@muhdpeep as did David James when he played outfield on final day of season way back when Both of those scoring would be an insane story

[@lollol9772]

money

[@Buindable]

You could easily make a list of top 7 worst signings by Souness.

[@r4h4al]

Yeah was expecting Dia to get mentioned as he was pretty horrific.

[@Iamneverright]

Mark Hughes signings is nearly as bad !

[@mariadassanthony3263]

Souness the father of destruction for Liverpool

[@TucBroder]

His signings of British has-beens when he was at Benfica was laughable...

[@marcelobrozovic9872]

... and all of them are not even close to pogba who is by far the biggest flop in football history

[@rhysjackson2597]

'Graham Souness has an almost unique record for signing awful players.' Ali Dia. I need not say anymore! 😁

[@chlcrk]

His record at Newcastle was pretty poor too. Same summer of 2005 when Owen moved to SJP also saw the £10million signing of Spanish winger Albert Luque, who looked like he didn't want to be there, while in January 2005, we also paid £8million for defender Jean-Alain Boumsong, who had been available on a free in summer 2004 and is one of the most error prone defenders I think the Premier League has seen

[@rhysjackson2597]

@@chlcrk it does make you wonder, if Souness was a manager in social media times would he have 'gotten away' with so many awful signings and questionable decisions? Crazy.

[@simonn2045]

Owen was a good signing in that first season but the injuries and attitude ruined him. Can't say anything good about any of those other Souness signings at Newcastle

[@rhysjackson2597]

@@simonn2045 he must be one of the very few former players that's disliked almost everywhere he goes. Strange chap. Talented but strange.

[@SaudiGod]

You forgot he replaced jenas with amdy Faye

[@henrygascoigne7870]

A documentary on Guy Roux would be great seeing as he served for one club 36 years- 7 years longer than any other professional manager

[@lucaslonchampt613]

And given how he made Auxerre a constant fixture of Ligue 1 for years and years, even taking the small club far in Europe

[@gurururuwarararara8164]

I've never even heard of him. Shame that Doc would be cool Edit: The more I read about the guy, the more I want that doc. Please make this happen

[@gui18bif]

And 4 promotions wasnt it ?

[@henrygascoigne7870]

@@gui18bif even won ligue 1

[@elliotgregory3356]

Good point..He worked miracles at Auxerre

[@PrinceOfCats5]

As a Derby fan £3million for Claude Davis (Clod) in 2007 sends shivers down my spine. A club record fee at the time for our worst ever player (which is saying a lot), who couldn't even foul successfully, yet alone defend

[@machineman19]

Hahaha, my fellow Jamaican made it

[@davidfortune6739]

He was actually very decent for PNE, don't know what happened

[@grokopf142]

was waiting on someone to mention claude hahaha

[@2023lm]

Great video but you don't have to talk shit like you can play better than any of these guys 🤣🤣

[@mike04574]

@@2023lm it’s called fair criticism

[@yoclickz353]

“Emerson Royal has looked royally hopeless” 😂😂😂

[@johnmitchell2269]

The worst PL performance I've seen was Bakayoko for Chelsea against Watford. Two yellow cards after 33 mins due to not being able to control the ball. Every second touch was an attempted tackle. Seven fouls.

[@durhamcleere8653]

Easily one of the worst performances in the PL I have ever seen for me too. He looked seriously out of his league in that game. He's never recovered his chelsea career since

[@lewisc9959]

He was likely high on something. Trust me, I’ve been high on opioids and I couldn’t play football, at all. He probably was high on opioids as well. Lol

[@KindredBrujah]

Glad to see you appreciating Joelinton's newer form. Agree that £40M is still a bit steep, but the man's young, so if he keeps performing as he is right now, he'll pay that fee off eventually.

[@paulocraice]

Yep. Plus Bayern, RB Leipzig (loan) and Nice, the new riches of Ligue 1 are trying to lure him out of St. James Park.

[@rockwild737]

Not worth £40 mill still but not a complete flop for sure.

[@Doomar]

He's probably been one of, if not the best box to box midfielders in the prem this season. Sure he's not an out and out striker but if people watch any game he's played this season, he always looks great.

[@ACE360x]

Not sure on contract situation but if another prem club wanted him they'd get their money back

[@GamerFlair]

One year later... 40mil seems like a fair price for him!

[@LMaximus904]

Hargreaves played 36 games in 07/08 and helped United win the double for United for the first time in a decade. Shouldn't be anywhere near this list.

[@lordgemini2376]

100%

[@yossiallen3316]

What, based on one season. Owen blew it when he came to Britain.

[@ianwilliams4516]

Hate United but yeah, that was a very odd comment

[@gm2407]

I agree. Only thing I can say that was bad about the signing is he was known to have the injury problems. Tragic really. Quality player.

[@Dekogangster207]

He was a quality player, injury prone unfortunately

[@Sebastian-Tickleberry]

The 50 strikers west ham have had since GSB took over and the lack of goals scored by them (21 of them scored nothing 😂)

[@Jets_Archive]

We're not very good at signing strikers are we?

[@stevelowe2647]

Worst bit is that's true.

[@JHa4848]

Think Nico Pepe is a bit harsh for the 19/20 season, he’s had patches of very good form at Arsenal - particularly last season. And whilst he’s flopped for the money, Ndombele has turned out to be a much worse signing that season

[@petesmart1983]

It's cause how much they paid for him, he's been a massive flop

[@JHa4848]

@@petesmart1983 Ndombele cost like £60m odd and his output is much worse than the £12m difference for the 2 players

[@justsomeguy2743]

I disagree he’s arguably one of the worst signings of all time, (not even his fault since he isn’t trusted by his manager when he’s a decent player)

[@maldegaar]

There was incredibly dodgy stuff going on with the deal which is why Arsenal signed him for double his market value. I would argue that's not the player's fault and his goal just 2 days ago shows how much talent he has and that he can still have a great impact at Arsenal.

[@ShaboinkaToinka]

Pepe is a baller, technically very gifted and arguable the best finisher at the club. Give him a run of games and he will prove the price tag

[@kristian2497]

Calling Owen Hargreaves one of worst signings in the 07-08 season seems a bit harsh. He did do amazingly that season. Helping Utd winning both PL and CL. Even if he was plagued by injury later.

[@DW51380]

To be fair I wasn’t the biggest football fan or United fan but 07-08 but I watched most of their champions league games and I remember always seeing him and in the qualifiers for the euros with England but then he just disappeared

[@jimbo_1312]

IMO Hargreaves is one of the most underrated English centre mids of his generation and not many seem to look past the injuries.

[@gm2407]

Yeah, that was a solid season from Owen. His last good season of his career. Those injuries ruined the career for him and had already begun before he signed for United. It is only because it was known he was injury prone it could be considered bad. Excellent player though. I remember him with Bayern with Effinberg as a nice double pivot.

[@joebalmond3036]

His Man City transfer was worse by far

[@AnnettaDarandri]

True.

[@alexschofield944]

Great video, brings back so many memories of some awful signings. One issue though is Taibi. He was awful, no question, but he wasn’t brought in to replace Schmichael. He was brought in as a backup as we had injuries and Mark Bosnich, who was actually brought in to replace the Great Dane and was arguably a worst signing given the role he was supposed to play, was doing so badly.

[@r4h4al]

Also 4 games is hardly enough to judge him on tbf.

[@alxdnld]

@@r4h4al if he only got 4 games it sounds like he was judged and found wanting...

[@r4h4al]

@@alxdnld Wrongfully…that was my point. Hell look at Ronaldo was awful for 2 or 3 seasons before he got good so how can you judge a player on 4 games?

[@johndonohue592]

Bahaha “Schmichael”????

[@gamewithgreg]

I still remember Taibi to this day, for all the wrong reasons, despite the fact he only played 4 games and I'm not even a Man U fan. That tells me all I need to know about the success of Taibi's transfer.

[@Noddy87]

The fact LFC turned down Anelka for Diouf speaks volume of how bad the signing was 😂

[@Gibboncore]

Joelinton actually seems to be looking more and like a 40 million quid player with every week that goes by, he's a beast in midfield and is partly responsible for Newcastle's change in fortunes. Your Michael Owen comment is however spot on :)

[@paulocraice]

Bayern and Nice are trying to lure him out of St. James Park. Interesting eh? Nice are the new riches of Ligue 1.

[@rockwild737]

Maybe £18 mill. Not £40 mill.

[@paulocraice]

@@TUTENSKENGS Im sorry for the lack of good English managers. Bit Im half French half Brazilian and both are missing good GM. Galtier and Diniz are the ones steping up! Poor Arsenal, because Tite will be a disaster for you. Arteta isnt the one but… Tite?

[@paulocraice]

@@rockwild737 18? I wouldnt sell.

[@galty1987]

Bone of contention here... We signed diouf prior to the 2002 World Cup... I actually bunked off school to go watch him rip it up in that game vs France... I remember coming away from the game thinking we'd unearthed a gem... I was terribly wrong

[@justsomeguy2743]

We actually ditched anelka for him aswell which makes the signing ten times worse

[@r4h4al]

I remember playing the Pro Evo of that time & was an absolute world beater on that for Liverpool..which couldn't have been further from the truth.

[@andygarrod5611]

Still better than 'Senegalese knee-jerk signing number 2' Salif Diao.

[@johneastwood3039]

He had a good season at Bolton once.

[@r4h4al]

@@johneastwood3039 True I remember that, looked a good player that season.

[@TheSpursiest]

“This could well age badly” It did. Royal found some form while Lukaku… well…

[@SockPuppet80]

1. Harry Maguire being a better signing than Nicolas Pepe is a ridiculous claim. "He did well enough for England" is not an argument from the MUFC perspective. 2. No honorable mention for Torres to Chelsea? He scored 1 in 18 compared to Carroll's 1 in 12 that season, despite costing far more. Not to mention he was ruined by injuries *before* the transfer, which is more indicative of a terrible decision than a player like Carroll suffering most of his injuries *after* the transfer.

[@doctorcrankyflaps1724]

Good point.

[@stevelowe2647]

Carroll scored 2 against Man City in 1 match in his first season

[@treykastens7911]

Maguire was absolutely a better signing than Pepe, especially in that first season. That's an objective fact. Pepe was terrible and Maguire had some of the best defensive stats in the league.

[@SockPuppet80]

@@treykastens7911 Pepe was a dud that first season, but he's improved steadily and contributed moderately - he's a vastly overpaid but still decent squad player. Maguire, on the other hand, has been an absolute shitshow with no redeeming qualities, a laughing stock continent-wide, all the while wearing the captain's armband. MUFC would've been better off if he were still locked up in a Greek jail.

[@stevelowe2647]

@@treykastens7911 and since then? Maguire is like a slug that can't play football. There are literally some league 1 defenders that play better than him. They're not better than him, because we all know what he CAN do, but he doesn't do it.

[@nickmuratori3922]

Pepe helped us do something no Spurs player had done in 14 years, win a trophy, including assisting in the quarters, semis, and the final

[@totspurs3255]

Have fun on watching on thursdays! Keep living in the past and by past I’m not including the previous 6 seasons you have finished behind us. Happy to hear Arteta got a new contract!!

[@KingOfTheCapybaras]

​​​@@totspurs3255 Bros mad,like why are you flexing your position in a league you havent won in over 60 years. Not trying to hate on your club but it just seems weird to flex

[@killiskey]

@@totspurs3255 comment aged like milk

[@mehallica666]

​@@totspurs3255 North London is red.

[@nachoalvarez7171]

​@@mehallica666so that means North London are full of cold chests

[@Evghenios79]

This video must have taken you ages to put together Excellent video (and yes Souness was shyte as a manager and one of the main reasons for Lpool's demise back in the day) If I could give you two likes for the entire video, I would. From a Lpool fan

[@jayzee9149]

It's always amusing when Souness talks as a pundit....No self-awareness at all !

[@westshorebassfishing3205]

Thanks for continued amazing football content. Especially during these dark times. It's a great distraction. 🤙

[@ellb-w5076]

Great video as always! Please could you do a video ranking the current 2nd choice Prem goalkeepers

[@afghhfgy2190]

Can you do a video on Luton Town their progression through the football pyramid has been astonishing imo love watching them get better each season my favourite lower league side to watch

[@SirBradiator]

Selling Kevin Davies to Blackburn for £7.5 Million then getting him back in a swap for Egil Ostenstad was one of the best bits of transfer business Southampton have done

[@mistertindfoting5222]

Østen! The GOAT! Who put 4 against ManU. And I actually know Egil

[@lifegoals9528]

@@mistertindfoting5222 Three actually.

[@larrystreak1044]

@@lifegoals9528 2 actually, 1 was given as a gary neville og. Would have been the 1st player to score a hat trick against man u in premier league era. Unfortunately that honour went to David Bentley 😕

[@tonydiamond1875]

I enjoyed this. Thank you! It's very laconic.

[@onlyjoetee]

A lot of work and research here, well done 👏🏾👏🏾

[@gregortriggs5936]

The Emerson royal one did age badly , as a spurs fan he’s been okay recently and his defensive ability is what keeps him a place in our squad , that could also be down to djed spence maybe not being totally ready to play in contes system and our purchase of destiny udogie for next season means Emerson will probably find it hard to start for us beyond this season

[@WorldCupWillie]

Julian Dicks was ahead of his time in regards to being an attacking full back(and he could actually defend) I wonder how far he could of gone without injuries or his disciplinary record. By the time of his 2nd stint at West Ham his knee was so bad he couldn't train or warm up properly. He would sit in a hot bath till kick off and then come straight out to play.

[@boum62]

I love your Videos ! Absolutely brilliant viewing

[@depekthegreat359]

Oh!!!I have fully agreed on all of those except for a few of those but you have given an extremely so right explanation on their flop transfers,good friend Alfie!!!🙏

[@rifaldopalaska7737]

seeing this video as a Liverpool fan, I'm massively grateful for where we stand right now

[@martinlewis967]

I think you need sounes back to take over ,Klop is terrible 👍

[@balham5606]

Alfie Can you do a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now. The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore. How they were very close to moving to ireland How they went up the English football leagues. It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel

[@alekaidon1364]

Up the Franchise

[@labibraffique3600]

The stadium is actually pretty great, haven't been in but I live nearby and whenever I pass by it looks really nice

[@lifegoals9528]

Not with his awful voice!

[@yessanknow302]

@@lifegoals9528 suspected homosexual

[@lifegoals9528]

@@yessanknow302 I don't mind if he's gay, that's not the issue. Just that he speaks annoyingly.

[@heidetermeg427]

Thanks for the video, HITC!

[@Poseiden2]

Enjoyed the video, you've clearly done your research - I don't even remember Forest signing Jerkan! - and made this a balanced video. As an LFC fan who'd enjoyed Hansen, Lawrensen and co so recently Piechnik left me aghast. I also remember he launched one shot that nearly took out the corner flag. According to Souness he was a good centre-half (as you say, he'd won the EUROs) who lost confidence and never recovered whilst at Liverpool. Aquilani was less box-to-box and more 'ward to ward', he was injured so much. And as for Diouf... it's fair to say that Jamie Carragher and he aren't bosom buddies. The former was probably our worst ever number 9 with a horrible attitude. It's fair to say the recruitment has picked up in recent years.

[@georgememmott4398]

Berahino is at Sheffield Wednesday now and I was actually quite surprised when we went for him seen as though we are in league 1 now (I think he came from zlute wargrem or some Swiss team ) but he’s been preeetttyy bad it’s safe to say. In fairness his last game has been good so I really do pray he finds a nice bit of form for the rest of the season but I guess we’ll have to wait and see

[@maciejbala477]

Zulte Waregem is from Belgium

[@georgememmott4398]

@@maciejbala477 oh thank you I was thinking of both but went with Switzerland

[@jonnuccle1858]

Owen Hargreaves was pretty instrumental in Man Utd winning the European Cup that season. By default that makes him a good signing, regardless of what happened afterwards.

[@EFFEZE]

Doiuf and Davies are Bolton legends. They both played in one of the best teams we've ever had and helped us qualify for Europe and 2 top 6 premier League finishes.

[@jonnyblando9246]

Good enjoyable trip down memory lane 👍 as an Arsenal man I could add a couple of honourable mentions: John Jenson, Francis Jeffers and Gervinho 😅

[@ThatGuy-lx4vy]

Kepa came on in the final, saved ZERO and contributed to the only miss of the shootout.

[@stevelowe2647]

But to be fair, Kelleher didn't make any saves either, & you can't really croticis Kepa for not being a great penalty Taker. He'd do well doing spot kicks in rugby mind.

[@justhuy7960]

@@stevelowe2647 yeah but I surely expected him to save at least 1 penalty, he was labeled penalty "specialist" like Tim Krul :)) then he turned up like De Gea lol

[@stevelowe2647]

@@justhuy7960 mate, I'm a Liverpool fan, I don't give a shit about Kepa. I'm just pointing out facts. Everyone has off days. Fuck Krul, I've seen Kepa look like Reina or Grovelaar in shootouts. Bad day

[@arjitjere1559]

The fact that Liverpool had so many players in "worst signings " until recently, now they will have 5-6 players in "best ever "signings like salah vvd and Allison shows the turnaround they have made. No way pepe was worse than Ndombele

[@WorldCupWillie]

No one expected Salah to as good as he's been. But Alison and V Dijk were bought for world record sums and were expected to be very good players. Why do Liverpool supporters always get so carried away?

[@janniknielsen9292]

Or simply the fact that this vod is made by an Utd fan.

[@melanineyedoc]

Was really funny listening to you pronounce (or fail to pronounce) Ade Akinbiyi. Great video regardless tho!!!!!!

[@cfcmoi11]

I will never get tired of watching your videos

[@areyouundoingthatorwhat9181]

The bit about Michael Owen not being particularly liked is hilarious and true👍

[@wirelad2007]

Jack Rodwell..... remember him? First time I've heard his name since he left Everton. Also, the biggest shock of this video is that Kieran Dyer was ever on £83,000 a week

[@stephenreeds3632]

What about Adam Johnson? Only remembered for a v sordid court case. Citeh have bought and ruined quite a few young Eng players.

[@rockwild737]

Dyer was very good before his body started failing. He had phenomenal pace and stamina and decent technical ability. Once he lost the pace and stamina he didn't have much of an arsenal left.

[@dvdv8197]

14:26 "The new Zidane." *spoiler alert* "He wasn't." Lmao I love those little bits of comic relief in your videos! 😀👍

[@liamtaylor1973]

Top notch content Alfie

[@alonemike]

Emerson over lukaku I get he’s not the best but lukaku cost 100m barely plays and has expressed his wish to leave multiple times. Oho and he’s was projected to be one of the top goal scorers and he’s barely scored a goal let alone his 7 touches which 2 were offside and one was from the kickoff so technically he had 4 touches. I duno maybe I’m trippin

[@faze_garbage6673]

Hes scored 9 goals tho in all competitions, hardly "barely scored a goal"

[@alonemike]

@@faze_garbage6673 hold on a minute 9 goals for lukaku the guy that cost them 100 million. Have a look at the top goal scorers this season you could pick up a good 3 players who are on that list with a combined quadruple his stats in all competitions let ALONE in the prem. come on man Chelsea are 3rd and he’s the star striker and he’s not on the top 25 goal scorers are you kidding me 😂

[@faze_garbage6673]

@@alonemike dont think you can read, never said he was worth 100m all i said was that hes scored 9 when you said he "barely scored"

[@alonemike]

@@faze_garbage6673 yeah that’s nothing across all competitions. He’s a top top class striker there’s no excuse

[@Anvil-Crawler]

As a Saints fan, I cannot believe you've not even mentioned Ali Dia or Guido Carrillo!

[@alphabetadams1024]

It’d be interesting to do this for other leagues. Spain seems to spring to mind first. Maybe do the last 20-25 years.

[@joshuaflint9132]

Just talking about Stoke as I watch this and I said I bet Imbula, Berahino and Wimmer make the list. One a mention, one on the list and I've not finished watching yet. Thanks (I guess) for highlighting our chronic business in our Premier League downfall. At least it didn't go unnoticed!

[@Squire2222]

Take it back about Joelinton! 40m is a good deal, turns out he's a phenomenal centre mid and has become a talisman in the Howe era. He was played out of position by the hapless Steve Bruce, who hasn't won a game since last May. Sad.

[@X08-Chill]

Unless he continues turning his form around a dishonorable mention is still valid as the Howe era is less than four months old

[@StamfordBridge]

I watched just to see if Winston Bogarde would make the list. Satisfied.

[@DaFlaminGuy]

Alfie bringing great content as always

[@nicolinzini520]

17:52 I was there when we played Villa away on the final day of the season, not Fulham. I seem to remember Fulham (H) was quite close to the end of the season though.

[@flankspeed]

In defence of Brolin: he was never a midfield player, he was a forward. He WAS played out of position.

[@albinahlsen8928]

Yeah, He played midfield in the world cup because Svensson wanted his three best offensive players Andersson, Dahlin and Brolin on the pitch. He did it well but that was not were he wanted to be in the long haul. Acording to Brolin Leeds was not a good enviroment for him. He was apparently labeled a diva when at his first training he took a water bottle to the pitch. The informal club rule was only drinking during designated breaks.

[@Milesg9924]

No dishonorable mention for Werner? 😮 He’s on 271k a week. He’s shocking 😅

[@rmh032]

On the final day of 08/09 Newcastle played away to Aston Villa, not Fulham. I remember it well because I was at Villa Park and Newcastle were relegated. Love the channel.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

"Sob on the Tyne"

[@petercau]

27:05 ah yes, the legendary post 2013 career of dani osvaldo

[@BadNewsRuss]

I Love how HITC Sevens is so Polite and calm and HITC Sport Irish guy is Full on Bollocks xD

[@lifegoals9528]

At least the Irish fella can talk, doesn't say j's like they're 'zh' and can say 'sh' or 'ch' without sending like his mouth's full.

[@areyouundoingthatorwhat9181]

Apart from refering to gold and Sullivan as the dildo brothers😂

[@patrickbarrett3623]

He's from Hull what expect?😂

[@gedsoft3793]

I can think of a few more failed Liverpool signings (Lambert, Benteke, Karius) but I guess other clubs need a go too. BTW thanks for mentioning that many of the bad signings are actually decent players, Benteke is a case in point - just not a good fit.

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Jovanovic, the "best football player in the world"

[@temiomo-loto4122]

Pepe 1st season: 2nd( most goal scorer in the club most assists with an Fa Cup) 2nd season: top goal scorer for arsenal with second most assists, played less than his first season 3rd: season is either coming of the bench or hasn’t played only stared 5 games this season yet more goals than Laca

[@douglaswooltorton245]

Great entertainment. Forgotten / never heard of some of those players. What about Ali Dia? Souness signed him at Southampton about 20 years ago

[@Mr.Korzack]

This has been an interesting browse through the hall of shame. Speaking of terrible transfers, granted the Ashley era's over, but it'd be bizarrely fun to see a worst XI of his signings, although that might only be to see how to you decide who the worst striker for NUFC was out of Nile Ranger, Doumbia, Riviere, Xisco and Luuk de Jong

[@john70689]

Facundo Ferrayra too on loan was meant to be half decent but didn't even play once even though we had Riveire up top 😂 Dalglish and Gullit made some absolutely horrendous signings too.

[@markrobson2611]

For NUFC, even Sir Bobby Robson didn't get signings right all the time. Anybody remember Diego Gavilan or Christian Bassedas?

[@john70689]

@@markrobson2611 He sign Cordone too? He was bad at signing South Americans haha

[@markrobson2611]

@@john70689 It seems he did - I genuinely had forgotten Cordone!

[@nachoalvarez7171]

​@@john70689Fun fact: Ferreyra, along with compatriots Calleri and Vargas, scored a combined 2 goals in LaLiga and 15 in the Europa League in 2018-19 for Espanyol

[@yossiallen3316]

This is the problem taking in so called foreign talent based on a few moments of brilliance. Most often fail to live up to the hype.

[@chlcrk]

I went to see QPR play Newcastle near the end of the 2012-13 season and the level of vitriol from home fans towards Bosingwa was quite something. Though two errors that gifted Newcastle two goals didn't help his cause

[@JH-nr1ed]

I always feel kinda bad for Andy Caroll. Regarded as one of the worst signings in PL history, but Liverpool sold Torres on deadline day meaning they were without a striker. Plus due to Torres' massive 50m fee, much like the Neymar deal, other clubs asking prices were inflated as they knew Liverpool had more cash to spend. He was a complete panic buy, and the style of football Liverpool played would never compliment Caroll's game. Liverpool have never really played to service a big man in the Premier League so it was definitely strange to sign a player who is just that

[@pippip8744]

Loved Derek McGoverns quip about Andy Carroll when he was held up at gunpoint when playing for West ham. "It's the closest he's been to a shot in two years"

[@parveskoyes9937]

Graham Souness is unique. Appalling footballer, appalling manager and an appalling pundit. What a man.

[@stevenclarke5606]

I can’t understand what he’s saying, is he speaking English?

[@larrystreak1044]

Appalling footballer, u having a laugh 😃

[@jamesflynn4951]

Surprised Ali Dia did not get a mention. Or Newcastle's Asprilla even if that was a Jan signing. Derailed what could have been a title-winning season

[@rodrigofonseca6241]

Graeme Souness, oh the memories.. He did it again, this time at Benfica: Michael Thomas (because he had big balls), Scott Minto, Gary Charles, Dean Saunders (old and weary). As a FC Porto fan i was delighted. Good memories. Thank you, HITC.

[@Shomerful]

Add RONALDO 2021 to this list.

[@TheAssassin13th]

Thought Vincent Janssen and Claudio Bravo deserved at least an honorable mention

[@BLACNWYTE]

I’m not sure if it’s just a face saving excuse but the word around Arsenal regarding Park was his signing was all about Asian merchandising and opening doors with the continent. Following his signing we had a few preseason friendlies out there in Korea and China (I believe). Apparently his transfer fee was recouped. I can believe it with how tight Arsenal we’re back then!!

[@brianfairclough4109]

A mention to Benito Carbone who signed for Bradford City in 2000. Carbone's arrival at Bradford City was only slightly less catastrophic than the Alien coming aboard the Nostromo. The player all but single-handedly bankrupted the club with his huge transfer fee and salary. Twenty-two years later, the background radiation of the Carbone era is still detectable, as Bradford languish in the second division.

[@powerviolentnightmare5026]

Big shoutout the the legend Bogarde. Living everyone's dream of getting paid without having to work.

[@maciejbala477]

you can kinda see his point, they signed him and immediately wanted to sell him ahah

[@RedCloudGawdian]

Pepe over Ndombele and Maguire is wild. Pepe got us to the Europa league KO stages last season with his goals and we would have finished a lot lower than 8th in the past 2 seasons if not for his second half of the season form

[@rad92]

As a Wycombe fan it's always sad to see what happened to Roger Johnson. He was always brilliant for Wycombe as a youngster.

[@Triclips]

Great vid

[@Halcryder]

How Souness managed to convince the world he was a football manager is beyond me. Made some horrible signings no matter where he went

[@lolumo]

Being scouse and white helped, especially baqck in the 90s

[@alekaidon1364]

@@lolumo the 11 trophies as manager might have helped too…

[@archstanton6102]

@@alekaidon1364 though nothing in last 20 years and only 3 trophies in last 30 years. Most were with Rangers

[@elliotgregory3356]

Have you ever heard the story of his time in Turkey? He walked onto the Fernabache pitch and planted a Galatasaray flag🤦 Taxi for Souness.....

[@tdyerwestfield]

Liverpool got some big goals out of Andy Carroll, particularly in the FA Cup and League Cup. Not great in the league though, but certainly better than he's been for any other team since.

[@r4h4al]

He wasn't bad tbf. Just overpriced and I always thought considering his young age they didn't give him enough time at the club. Unlike Jordan Henderson by comparison, who had a rough start at the club but has gone to become a club legend.

[@marxistlynchist]

Emerson Royal was actually one of Spurs’ best performers under Nuno alongside Son and Moura- not counting his debut against Zaha of course. But since Conte has joined it hasn’t gone well for him at all, and it wasn’t exactly difficult to be one of the better players of the Mason and Nuno Spurs teams.

[@fanzhang5568]

He is a terrible wing back but I still think he is a serviceable fullback. He is also only 23 years old and have a pretty good attitude, so far his price tag doesn’t seem to justify but I don’t think it’s fully disastrous.

[@24Darkwolf]

I love theses videos 😂

[@gpmradirgy8953]

Everton could have featured on this list so much more we are on another level of bad when it comes to transfers that helped no one. Shoutout’s to Andy Van Der Meyde, Jean-Philippe Gbamin, Davy Klaassen and Moise Kean.

[@Pantalaimon91]

Absolutely can't forget Iwobi. 12 goal contributions in over 80 appearances isn't the worst out there, but absolutely not worth £34 mil.

[@colcostello160]

Sigurdsson

[@datbui6009]

I'm not a Arsenal fan but Ndombele is worse than Pepe in my opinion. Pepe has done more for Arsenal than Ndombele did for Spurs

[@danielbroome2321]

Borja Baston signing halfway through the 19'20 season for aston villa would of been a good call the man played 10 mins and bugged off

[@luisalfonsodiazestrada7247]

never been this early to a video, cheers ✌🏽

[@dandominare]

Always felt bad for Aquilani, he was obviously a very talented player but just didn't work out for him with us. He got MotM at least a couple of times in his first season I think.

[@robwalker4653]

Being injured every other week didn't really help

[@LMaximus904]

Pepe scored 10 goals in his first 2 seasons playing as a RM for Arsenal. Maguire has been at fault for most of United's defeats in the last 2 years and he costed more than Pepe.

[@anotherguy3082]

Maguire was man utds best defender last season and the first time he got injured we looked hopeless. Hes been awful this season, but your comment shows that you get 100% of your football knowledge off of idiots on twitter

[@LMaximus904]

@@anotherguy3082 Did I say he wasn't your best defender last year? Go look back at all the goals you conceded in the league and UCL last season and come back twitter😉

[@sr6424]

The best one I can remember (it was only on loan). Ferdinand Coly Birmingham 2003. Successful World Cup for Senegal. Played one game - was no where near good enough. Successful afterwards- couldn’t cope with the Premier League

[@marlons5838]

On a point of correction, El Hadi Diouf was signed by Liverpool before the 2002 WC. I remember noting the good business to do so before the tournament otherwise there would have been a race for his signature after the W.C. A race LFC would've most likely lost. His presence on this list highlights what a disaster he turned out to be.

[@TheFpsStealth]

Pepe won an FA Cup with Arsenal?? Harry Maguire has been consistently lacking for Manchester United and Tanguy Ndombele contributed nothing over his entire time with Tottenham and has now left?? Never normally disagree with you but I can't see Pepe as a worse signing than either Maguire or Ndombele lol

[@charlessrensen3217]

Maybe Kepa will be featured on the updated version of this, after being subbed on for penalty shoot out in the carabao cup final.. Failing to save a single penalty out of 11 and then loosing them the game by shooting his penalty 4m over the bar :)

[@TheOneBort]

An explanation for Emerson Royal could be that he joined Barcelona at the start of the season. When linked to spurs was quoted as saying ive no interest in joining them. Then when spurs had a bid accepted, he had to be convinced by barca to leave. Baffling transfer all round.

[@nachoschg]

2020-21 Not even a (dis)honourable mention to Rhian Brewster? He was (and still is) Sheffield United's record signing. Sure, he prev had a good season as a loanee at Swansea (from Liverpool), but gambling on a club record fee for a player with no top tier experience elsewhere, it was definitely a red flag. It was the epitome of how a club could make from having a wise transfer policy to a horrendous over just two years. Brewster failed to score in 27 Prem matches, being around half of them as a starter. And even with Sheffield United already relegated, Blades had to wait until mid November 2021 to see Brewster scoring a league goal for the first time as a Sheffield United player. That is... Really soul-crushing, for both Brewster and Blades' fans.

[@TheRavenEffect]

This list is missing Davy Klaasen. A truly terrible signing for Everton, even worse than the likes of Samuel Eto’o, Oumar Niasse & Cenk Tosun.

[@louisfentiman661]

I would agree with all of them, except Eto’o, who cost us nothing and was decent when he played.

[@rockwild737]

Rumours abound that Davy Klaasen and Donny van de Beek are clones.

[@jeffgibson645]

Missed DiMaria for ManU. Worse signing than Pogba for sure.

[@JayloT93]

He played okay. Just didn't fit into the premier league

[@fabianreah1708]

@@JayloT93 he certainly didn’t play well.

[@rockwild737]

100%

[@captvimes]

2018 Brighton paid record transfer fee of 14m for Juergen Locadia 35 appearences and 3 goals in the four seasons at the club most of which was spent out on loan. Particular mention to his FC Cincinati koan where he scored 2 goals in 26. He is more successful as an influencer and DJ than a striker.

[@TheDuckboys1]

Love to see Blackburn rovers getting a rare mention, after this and Ben Bereton Diaz they’re getting more frequent