Ranking EVERY Over €100 Million Signing From Worst To Best

[@Reorganiser]

putting Griezmann below Coutinho and especially below Lukaku is very harsh IMO. Barca made about the same loss on him as they made on Coutinho or Chelsea did on Lukaku, but at least he didn't embarass the club in the same way as either Coutinho or Lukaku did. On top of that he actually put in acceptable numbers, if still underwhelming, which the same can't be said about Lukaku nor, the whole stint taken into account, for Coutinho

[@bendricdayne2850]

I agree with you although I understand his reason that Griezmann never made sense since he and Messi played a similar role. While Couthino made sense as a replacement for Neymar as a signing. So in terms of it being a stupid idea I see his point. Although, I think if he put more weight on who had better results Griezmann should be a lot higher on this list. Plus if you consider he was there for basically Barça’s worst time in history with Bartou and pandemic and the three different coaches his numbers look even better. I think he had a pretty good second season and would have liked to see how he would’ve done if he stayed when Messi left.

[@mishagelenava2962]

​@@bendricdayne2850Coutinho might make sence in terms of the style at Barca(which is also debatable), but he was not the level of player. He played well for a midtable Liverpool team for years, but he was not really a top class player. Liverpool were dropping him from 5he starting lineup anyway and they sold that bench guy for so much money.

[@missu2632]

It should be mentioned that Chelsea sold Lukaku to Everton for more than 30M first time around. That makes the loss on selling him a second time a lot better compared to Coutinho or Griezmann.

[@mishagelenava2962]

@@missu2632 no, that 30 millions don't count. That money was already there, even if they didn't sign him second time. It's not evaluation of his two stints at Chelsea in total, it's evaluation of the second signing.

[@rwalker0130]

yeah but they gave 100 million net to one of their biggest rivals, never had a position for him to play, and was one of the final nails in the financial coffin they are still in

[@kieronparr3403]

I want to see a parallel univery where freddy Adu lived up to the hype

[@timyxgc3714]

Just boot up fm05 and sign him

[@SometimesCompitent]

Honestly I just wanted him to be an OK MLS or Benfica player.

[@kieronparr3403]

@@timyxgc3714 that's a good idea now 25 is late. I'm sure I can find a retro db

[@augustlongpre64]

His highlight reel is legitimately crazy even for such a flash in the pan

[@dweeep03]

I've played a retro database on fm23 with him in it, he was much better in it than in real life

[@VishTheF1Guy]

the 3 inevitable things of life: Death, taxes and Alfie somehow referencing Freddy Adu in every single intro

[@lsr3794]

And politics

[@gwheregwhizz]

I think we can safely say the add-ons for Antony will not be add-on.

[@jakubsevcik1392]

We can't know if the clause isn't activated by him kicking the ball out of play while dribbling against no opposition.

[@davidsaville5239]

Like Martial's Ballon Dor clause when Manchester United signed him

[@awellculturedmanofanime1246]

​@@davidsaville5239😂 wtf

[@sped2942]

@@jakubsevcik1392 Jesus if that was the case, United might end up spending 300 million euros further on him.

[@rwalker0130]

Glazer era contract, the add-ons might be for goal celebrations which is why he does like 6 every time he scores against a League 2 cup team

[@Moinul987]

How is Anthony not 1st? He has more goals in there whole of the 21st century than some of the greatest forwards if all time, including Di Stefano, Maradona, Van Basten and Pele

[@Lgx-ie4if]

He‘s never lost a game he’s won.

[@mysteryman765]

Same number of puskas awards as messi and same number of world cups as ronaldo🔥

[@jonjons269]

Not to mention on par with Ronaldo Nazario and Zlatan with champions league titles ​@@mysteryman765

[@ScarletAsmodai]

The Antony signing was painful for us (Ajax), but also wildly comical. He was one of our best players at times, but had a knack for dissappearing and we weren't opposed to him leaving, but United refused to sign him for €40m within our given deadline, €60m in our newly given deadline, €80m in our last negotiation effort close before the end of the transfer deadline, but when they came just at the brink of that deadline they immediately said yes to €95+5m that we gave them honestly intended more as a middle finger.

[@maciejbala477]

lol I didn't know the whole story. That's absolutely hilarious. 40m was the true value

[@kwanlinus6999]

@@ScarletAsmodai how much did ETH pocketed himself

[@diablejambe3460]

Wait what? That is absolutely hilarious and is the perfect example of why united have been the way theyve been for so many years.

[@spongeaang98]

​@@diablejambe3460Thankfully the old regime is gone and anything associated with Ed Woodward's dumbass has left with it. Transfers like this are why United are so dusted these days.

[@PaxBisonica89]

Saying Antony was one of the best at ajax is VERY debatable. He was just fine, but nowhere near the top 5 best players at the time

[@Celery999]

I think a “what on earth is going on at Aberdeen” video is on the cards. From being relegation threatened midway through last season, to now being joint-top of the league, having won 13 games in a row and unbeaten in nearly 20.

[@villek3722]

Short answer: Topi Keskinen🙏💪🏻🙌

[@kwanlinus6999]

Until they face Celtic

[@Celery999]

@@kwanlinus6999 Wouldn’t put money on it at the moment, Celtic humped off Dortmund and barely scraped past County, Aberdeen will smell blood.

[@Celery999]

@@villek3722 One of their key players 100%. Has been sensational this season.

[@ezraezra2928]

Funny enough, Aberdeen was the last Scottish club outside the Old Firm clubs to ever win the top-flight league. It happened during the 1980s, when they had the future Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson as their manager. They also won the Cup Winners Cup during that period.

[@ifan_1234]

Bellingham over bale is absolutely criminal

[@sabalipeaceandpatience9264]

Lmaooo. Exactly

[@dj71162]

He scored goals to put them in the lead in 2 Champions League finals. His goal in 2018 is maybe the best ever scored in the final.

[@edwardbrown7986]

As a player ye but as a signing it makes some sense

[@tayhonorable7421]

It’s exactly what I came to comment. It’s ridiculous - ONE SEASON? Madrid didn’t even outplay many of the teams they beat and he really wasn’t that special in the latter half of the champions league. Maatsen GAVE him the ball. You cannot call someone the second best of all time based on ONE season - which even from here - was clearly a purple patch where a player was played out of their normal position. If he’d scored 400 goals, sure. But it wasn’t that - he’s not even the BdO frontrunner!

[@da_stoof4347]

​@@tayhonorable7421purple patches don't last a whole season and certainly don't make a midfield disfunctional without you in it. Bellingham over bale is outrageous, yes, but don't downplay how important he is for Real Madrid

[@seandelap8587]

Man Utd allowing Paul Pogba to go for free to Juventus and then to resign him for £100m was the mugging of the century

[@peterd4011]

They didn't allow him and it wasn't a free. He moved for Compensation (few million) at the end of his contract, he just wasn't good enough at United first time and had personality wasn't great. Leaving United to Juve was the kick his career needed, similar to Gnabry.

[@kwanlinus6999]

@@seandelap8587 mourinho's biggest folly

[@DiscGolfLeagueMVP]

@@peterd4011 This is either a lie or just ignorance. Fergie sent Evra to his house to convince him to stay, and said later the only reason he left was because of "His shitebag agent"

[@michaeltobar2625]

This is the first time I’ve seen you get a list wrong mate.

[@jordanmince7613]

yeah usually agree with him but the last few are very questionable

[@swidr5626]

@@jordanmince7613In reality it’s a lot about speculation. Bellingham was signed as a 20 year old so his value can still rise quite significantly and also he might give out a lot for Real. With Bale we know what happened. He was outstanding many times but also a lot of injuries and his decline in last few years with lack of sell on fee makes it somewhat a worse signing so far than Jude. Not to say that Bale never was exactly the star player in Real, at least according to fans and team itself. For Mbappe the justification could be that he was that outstanding player in the team for many years and pretty much the best in the world. It’s hard to compare those while you have to consider the teams and that some of the players already left and some of them are just there for a short while. Also it’s not all about how much trophies they won with the team either. I’d say it’s how good the signings are so far and how good they seem to be for the future if everything goes the way it does. In that way of thinking I’d say Jude has a huge chance of being a better signing than Bale

[@EdwardElfigo]

Yup, I especially disagree with the Ronaldo-Kane one, so Juve signs Ronaldo, he does all he can to win trophies, does win trophies , but he’s a flop because he didn’t win the UCL. Kane joins Bayern, does all he can to win trophies, but isn’t a flop for winning none cause he tried. It genuinely makes no sense.

[@nahrafdhom]

Lol Bale is the greatest 100m transfer easily. Real for struggling for years for La Decima and Bale was that missing puzzle. How many CL Mbappe won for PSG? Unless Bellingham wins 4 CL in his first 5 seasons at Real, he aint even close to Bale.

[@boredperson8x]

lol

[@abelmeszlenyi77]

True

[@ZZZzzzap12]

It's got very little to do with what happens on the pitch. And even less about which trophies were won. They bought Bale because it would sell a lot of Real Madrid jerseys. Especially in the Uk market. In that regard, his signing was pretty succesful.

[@sped2942]

Bale didn't even play a full season for Real Madrid in all his years. Bellingham has already won a UCL at 21 (Bale was 25 for his first), will probably have more appearances than Bale after 4 seasons and will be in Real Madrid's top 3 most important players for at least the next decade. Bale was never that important, he didn't even start against Liverpool

[@waleedalarmanazi159]

I think mbappe's only merit ahead of bale, is that he was his club's consistent talisman and became psg all time top scorer, while bale got injured a lot, but i agree its hard to debate this with bale's 5 UCLs

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

Making Ronaldo the scapegoat for Juve getting worse is ridiculous. People said the same thing about him in his first season back at united "Yeah we know he's scored 24 goals but he's upset the team balance" It's just nonsense. If Juve or United, or any other club is being badly run/managed that's not the players fault. He did his job well at the end of the day.

[@thybo3656]

Took united from 2nd to 6th 😂

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

​@@thybo3656well, we're in 14th now, 8th last season and he's been gone 2 years. 7 matches in and not one of our players has scored more than one goal.

[@spencercole23]

​@@TheOmniscientAtheistit was clear he starting to decline at united the amount of money he was on was crazy and after he left no one wanted him and having Ronaldo in are team did handicap united we we're a fast counter attacking team at the time so yeah

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

@@spencercole23 Wages weren't really an issue because he more than brought that back into the club. His first season back he wasn't in any decline at all, second season yes but I think by then he'd already become pissed off with the club and manager (who's probably about to get sacked soon) and now we have no one who can score goals anymore. I'm not saying I'd take him back now but it's a shame we didn't get the full 2 seasons from him and I think he would have done well season 2 with a proper manager in charge.

[@spencercole23]

@@TheOmniscientAtheist I mean I disagree the Ronaldo money should have spent on a top class young attacker tbh and still that pierce Morgan interview was a joke lmao and I don't mind ten Haig tbh we have one 2 trophies with him and only thing that has been bad was the league form the Ronaldo signing was a mistake

[@CarlosRamirez-lj6dq]

Alfie should do “What on Earth is going on in Liga MX” since we no longer have relegation, the clubs keep moving around, and the leagues horrific attendance as of late

[@ezraezra2928]

Also, it heavily affected the national team's performance in international stages.

[@James_utd123]

I have so many problems with this list. 1. Griezmann played okay for Barca he wasn’t great but did contribute that’s way more than Felix for Atleti, Coutinho for Barca and Antony will ever be for United. He had a lot of goal contributions. 2. Grealish above Ronaldo cmon we know you don’t like Ronaldo but that is actually ridiculous he is currently being benched by doku. Ronaldo is criminally underrated for Juve. 3. Neymar that low is genuinely one of the worst things I’ve ever seen. Neymar took PSG to their first UCL final and had a few deep runs. Neymar imo first season at PSG he was the best player in the world before his injury in February. To me Neymar is at minimum top 3 not because of trophies which he won but because he was by far the best player on this list during their times at the club

[@lumosmaxima8709]

💯

[@williamlee7672]

Juventus fan here. Ronaldo scored but he made Juventus worse and as Alfie said ruined their financial structure. Juve won 4 doubles before Ronaldo came and in that time also two champion league final. Ronaldo came and they only won the league twice in two season. No Italian cup and 1/16 in champion league. His third season Juve only won Italian cup. All the other Juve players regressed in terms of scoring. Their structure tactic of every player pressing was gone as the tactic changed to oh let Ronaldo shoot. I hated the Ronaldo signing. Ruined Juventus.

[@FlaqkoGTA]

​​@williamlee7672Ronaldo is easily the scapegoat here. He did what you guys paid for him to do. Everything else is juventus fault

[@michaelay4900]

Maybe crazy to say, but to me it is obvious: A LOT of player will do the job Grealish did in Man City, if not better. That's proven by how average he was throughout his time at the club, even in the treble season, he never really shines.

[@michaelay4900]

@@williamlee7672 I don't even think it is entirely the transfer's fault tho. Juve did poorly in recruiting new talents, and that's not Ronaldo's fault. You can work around with a low budget and still had better talent recruitment than Juve did. And also, Inter, Milan and Napoli were all on the way up, so the eventually titles lost is not entirely on the transfer of Ronaldo.

[@MrAtzu]

I’m not a Ronaldo fanboy but ranking Grealish above him is absolutely insane. Ronaldo was comfortably the best player for Juventus during his time there, scoring 101 goals in 134 games for the club, knocking out Atlético Madrid in the UCL all by himself in 2019 and winning two Serie A titles in three years, what more could you possibly ask for? Grealish has mostly been a rotational player for City and one decent half season simply can’t justify his ridiculous €120M transfer fee.

[@aldobonaso3481]

as a Juve fan, I honestly wish we never signed cr7

[@DJMavis]

I think what you could probably have asked for is a champions league trophy, rather than going backwards in the champions league. How much did they have to reduce their team/recruitment to accommodate Ronaldo?

[@baka1949]

Goals scored don't tell the whole story. I would argue that CR7 has been making his teams perform at least slightly worse in the last 10 years. There is some overlap between what's best for the team and what's best for a player's stats, but they're clearly not identical. Look at the number of possessions CR7 has and the amount of chances he creates vs his conversion. E.g. he takes hundreds of free kicks and his teams get barely a handful of goals. I would argue if you simply gave Portugal and Juve possession hundreds of times, they would score more than that - and that's just one harmful aspect of his game.

[@duarte48afonso]

Neymar should be below him too. If the justification for ronaldo is they they didn't win the UCL and 100 million is too expensive for that then neymar for 222 million and not winning it either, while not performing as well as ronaldo did in juve makes it clear he should at least be above Neymar.

[@aldobonaso3481]

@@duarte48afonso cr7 was 33 when we bought him, and we sold him for only 18m 3 years later...Neymar was a signing that made much more sense

[@salvadoracosta4510]

Jack Grealish should be lower. 100million for basically a squad player

[@spongeaang98]

Not to mention the fact that his fee was used instead of signing Messi.

[@raylfc384]

I'll always love FSG for upping Caicedo's fee from 60m to 115m overnight

[@vipuld17]

didnt you saw him play at aston villa and even if pep changed his playing style to fit in other SQUAD PLAYERS he still possesses that quality

[@nonofyourbuisness8373]

Griezmann in 17th is crazy when he single hand-idly won them a CDR and contributed to the 2nd most goals in the team behind only messi. All that whilst playing out of position, and if you know Griezmann there’s only one position where you shouldn’t play him and that’s where he was played

[@micayahritchie7158]

He's not grading the players though

[@joshmore7175]

Coutinho going on loan to Bayern and scoring and assisting against Barca was honestly hilarious Also, Liverpool signing MacAllister for 35m before Chelsea picked up Enzo and Caicedo for a combined 220m is honestly hilarious

[@rannynihilius8481]

Liverpool are probably the smartest top team in terms of the actual financial part of a transfer in the last years. Klopp's entire scouting structure relied on looking for team players, who were overlooked by the mass to get massive bargains out of them. Here in germany the very much image crushing move to RB Leipzig will absolutely benefit the club from a structural standpoint that something like a dystopian Red Bull dynasty isn't too unrealistic with knowledge of Klopp's splendid work in the past.

[@Emlington]

I work in a school in Birmingham. A colleague came in and said she’d taken her son to a party at his new school friend’s house. She said it was a bit weird because there were loads of hench guys hanging out with his dad. She thought he might be in the mafia. She showed us a photo. It was Philippe Coutinho, who was playing for Villa at the time.

[@kwanlinus6999]

19:00 if you ask a Barca fan, they would certainly say Dembulance was the worse of the 3 signings. Coutinho and Griezmann at least tried, yet Dembulance, besides his injuries, was also plagued by attitude issues during training. He also insulted Barca fans one last time by disclosing that only half of the 50m transfer fee will go to Barca itself (25m), with the rest going to Dembulance himself and his agent His grin towards to camera during PSG's comeback against Barca in last year's UCL was the final straw. Now he is essentially person non grata in Barcelona.

[@billmoores7353]

Whatever you were smoking before you made this list must have been incredible.

[@usernamemarz]

English bias strain

[@yvngcrispy]

While Dembele is highly skilled and was a promising talent you have to consider his professionalism (work rate, playing video games until late at night, coming late to training, eating junk food, striking his way out of Rennes/Dortmund) I am sure his injuries are somewhat connected to his lifestyle albeit him being unlucky as well.

[@Hugo-Hazard]

You can tell who actually listened to Alfie’s criteria lmao, CR7 & Neymar were brought in to WIN THE UCL. Neither achieved it, both set back their clubs by a significant amount and what the clubs recouped wasn’t worth the risk. The only “issue” I have with the list is Gareth Bale not being 1st, he was tormented by the media for the majority of his time at Madrid but turnt up in finals scoring two of the greatest goals I’ve ever witnessed😮‍💨.

[@dr.strangelove4665]

Makes sense why Mbappe is at the top then? The UCL he won for PSG was amazing i must say

[@baeleyy]

@@dr.strangelove4665 mbappe has been the best player in the world for years. how is he not at the top?

[@dr.strangelove4665]

@@baeleyy and what did that do for psg 😂😂

[@Melo_7_Leo]

Neymar in his first season alone generated 400+million for PSG he made the money back, same with CR7. Bale barely played in every season post 2015🤣🤣🤣, CR7 and Neymar did their part in the UCL fuck are they meant to do? Defend as well????

[@lumosmaxima8709]

Bale should be #1, def higher than Mbappe(didn’t win the CL which you used against Ronaldo’s case) and Bellingham too early to be higher than Bale

[@nicolaischweizer3708]

Yeah but Mbappe 17 and wasn’t supposed to be THE signing that helped them to get the CL, compared to Ronaldo, who was one of the 2 best players in the world at that point and had just won 3 CLs in a row.

[@lumosmaxima8709]

@@nicolaischweizer3708 so they paid 180million for winning Ligue1 which they were already dominating. That makes the transfer way too bad if you say like that. Not like they got him for a bargain. To only extend for more money in bonuses and lose him for free. :)

[@jordanmince7613]

​@@nicolaischweizer3708they spent 180 million on him only won French league and cups but couldn't win UCL then lost him for free

[@jordanmince7613]

​@@lumosmaxima8709yeah psg fucked themselves up 😂

[@michaelay4900]

Ngl, Grealish and Caicedo are too high. No way a 100 goal scoring Ronaldo is below these two Edit: Anything below TOP 10 is fitting but car crash since hitting 10th. Caicedo didn't play as good as Enzo overall, Ronaldo scoring feat had way more impact than a Man City sidekick, and the proven success of Bale should put him way ahead of Bellingham, and for me higher than Mbappe as well.

[@thephoenixking3242]

Ronaldo's image is extremely important too. His jersey sales are a huge money maker for his clubs. He elevates the imageof the clubs he goes to in other countries.

[@chriszenpaok]

Caicedo has been better than Enzo for Chelsea

[@TheGreatVivek7]

Caicedo should be rock bottom of the list with his short legs lol

[@siddharthmenon2954]

Caicedo has been great for the last ~20 games for chelsea, much better than Enzo

[@mattwkm8]

1. Clearly you’ve never watched a Chelsea game this season or the 2nd half of last season. Caicedo has been genuinely world class since the end of last season and Enzo has been dreadful and can’t run at all. Aside from Palmer, Caicedo is the clear next best player on the team. Please go watch Caicedo’s recent matches and then come back. 2. Please ask any juve fan about Ronaldo and how much worse he made them with his useless build up and non existent pressing. 3. This list clearly heavily weighs future potential/sell on and wages. Caicedo is still only 22 on a rising Chelsea team where he not only has several years left at the club but they can make at least most of his fee back selling him and makes nowhere near Ronaldo’s wages. Ronaldo was bought at 33 and sold for basically nothing and was on more than 4x more wages Caicedo’s wages.

[@cuginoeddie8677]

Juve fan here, you failed to mention that in the case of Ronaldo covid played a huge part. We lost money on the deal because we are the only big club in Italy who owns their own stadium and when covid hit we lost all that revenue. We had to sell off players and couldn’t put quality players around him his final season because of that. His stats with us were a total success as well as for Serie A because his presence brought in money from TV deals.

[@retrobebop3437]

He’s a Messi fan, don’t even think he will mention that

[@maciejbala477]

@@retrobebop3437 low quality bait

[@EdwardElfigo]

And Alfie also acts like he’s the only big signing juve made, Juve signed Arthur for 70m and De Ligt for 75… Bernardeschi for 65m… Maybe if the management wasn’t so incompetent they wouldn’t have gotten crippled financially, also Juve’s dominance in Serie A was heavily aided by the milan teams being trash, so those coming back was always going to make it way more difficult for them, with or without Ronaldo. The entire Kane-Ronaldo reasoning is simply flawed, and if you swapped the names but leaving everything else the same, I guarantee he’d be above him in this list.

[@Raywrites_books]

Idk if this is the first time but Alfie talking about Gaza increased my respect for him

[@drewdemersyt8153]

What do you expect from him? I’d put every single dollar/pound on him being pro Palestinian libertarian he is that based

[@AzuraeLyonheart]

Really, same gaza and palestine who have it written to kill all jews and israelis, but hey, lets ignore the terrorists doing bad things.

[@mk22vids37]

true

[@mk22vids37]

@@drewdemersyt8153 is that supposed to be a bad thing? lol

[@tc98826]

​@@drewdemersyt8153'based' haha. There's nothing based about, for example, 'queers for palestine'. Most people who support palestine are liberal idiots.

[@himenduupadhyay920]

This bias against Ronaldo is unmatched. Putting him below Jack Grealish. What a Joke!

[@djremster3755]

Only one of them won a champions league for their signings clubs

[@keysersoze5032]

@@djremster3755bro was worth 100 million and is getting benched for Doku. He should be worth 30 million at his rate, complete flop compared to the price. Sterling clears him

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

@@djremster3755Grealish didn’t contribute anything though they would have won it without him

[@exkalidu5209]

​@@djremster3755 I guess that makes Joselu a better signing than Harry Kane then

[@vouyiou97]

Kane above Ronaldo for doing his best but coming short contradicts what you said about Cristiano not helping an aging juventus

[@hugepumpkin8094]

Kane still has time to win stuff

[@darthmalgus9039]

Surely you can see how a player who left the club without achieving his goals vs a player who is still at the club actively working towards that goal right? right? something he even acknowledges in the video....

[@blessingmagagula502]

Did you just miss the part where he emphasizes the fact that one of the transfers has been concluded while the other hasn't?

[@zacharyklein7267]

Kane's wages didn't sink Bayern like Ronaldo, and he's still in his second season

[@keysersoze5032]

@@darthmalgus9039bc it’s a bs reasoning.

[@brew_guy8947]

At 13:12, I see a loan move to Marseille in his future.

[@guguy00]

Nah, OM is too weak for the GOAT

[@lewdogg2247]

Someone should do a HITC Sevens, top 7

[@Firstlast-gp2eq]

i don't get how ronaldo's a failure at juve because they didn't win the ucl. he met the performance standards set for him in the ucl and in the league, he did what they paid for him to do regardless of whether or not they realized their goal or not

[@justhair17]

Ronaldo's transfer to Juventus should be much higher tbh. Not only was he very good in Juventus, he also bought in ridiculous money with merchandise sales. The fact that Juventus was underperforming during that time wasn't rly his fault, as the team was very clearly on a massive downwards spiral and they ended up being even worse once they sold Ronaldo

[@christopherreynolds9254]

Bellingham above Bale at this stage is a wild, wild take from Alfie

[@cupperdigger3494]

Mbappe is already the second, unless Jude somehow magically becomes a flop! there is no argument about what Mbappe did in PSG but they could have done most of it without him, plus he costed PSG what, 800 millions if you include his wages? "In total, PSG are thought to have paid around €600m (£515m), before tax, in his seven years at the club" Source: independent. A UCL would have been worth it to PSG all that money but without it and getting nothing for his transfer? He's not the best +100m singing.

[@tayloryoung9803]

"what Mbappe did in PSG but they could have done most of it without him, " could be said about bellingham too. Dont tell me about UCL , madrid been winning 5 in 10 years , so No bellingham is not at all the main reason , Mbappe been central to PSG for 6 years, no other 100million signing would have done the same mbappe went to UCL semis twice and final once. he is only 5th UCL in K-O stage goals with 20goals . Thats what you call being essential

[@cupperdigger3494]

@@tayloryoung9803 "could be said about bellingham too" Sure except Mbappe's time in PSG is done while Jude has another 10 years in Madrid to write history

[@Mitra131]

This list just confirmed my opinion that you should never sign players for 100m

[@greez499]

"More money then i make in whole year" brother just called us broke 😔

[@morakinyoajibola8636]

Funny how Alfie talks about added losses in wages but excludes commercial gains made by the club. I.e Ronaldo,Pogba Neymar. Too much personal bias in the list

[@morakinyoajibola8636]

Clearly dropped Enzo down the list because of his noob moment.

[@morakinyoajibola8636]

Alfie Logic: Kane: no trophies Ronaldo: 2x Serie A, 2x Supercoppa Italiana 1xCoppa Italia BUUTT "He wAs bRoUGt tO wIn the ChAmPiONs LeAGuE"

[@morakinyoajibola8636]

I'm not even a Ronaldo fan boy but damn Alfie😂 this is toooo disrespectful. Hazard was lazy, Anthony trash, Ronaldo literally had iconic moments in the juve Jersey.

[@micayahritchie7158]

"So MuCh In BrAnD vAlUe" how much do you think is their excess in gate receipts and merch sales caused by these signings?

[@micayahritchie7158]

​@@morakinyoajibola8636but he was brought to win the champions league. They spent a whole lot of money and in the end only made their team worse I'm confused why you would be upset about it if you weren't a fanboy. The error here is with Juventus

[@armandorodrigues144]

actually, Enzo left benfica for 10x the value they paid for his transfer, however a player called Aly Cissokho once had his value increase by 54x in just 6 months he arrived at FC Porto in January 2009 for 300k Euros and let in July for 16,2M Euros he then went on to play for Olympique Lyon, Valencia, Liverpool, Aston Villa and others, he is still playing in Thailand

[@maciejbala477]

ah, Aly Cissokho. Blast from the past indeed. Was one of the players with highest potential on FIFA 11. Definitely doesn't look very justifiable in retrospect lol

[@armandorodrigues144]

@@maciejbala477 he did have a decent career

[@dex4075]

Liverpool only paying 90M for Nunez so he doesn't end up on this list is a big brain move

[@HaramXL]

😂😂😂😂

[@hannibaltammuz5986]

Nunez is decent and still young

[@DigitalDashEric]

A video about Wout Brama and Steve McClaren winning the eredivisie with fc twente would be awesome!

[@BiggestChungus21]

Whilst Jude has achieved everything in Madrid and he did say that he wants to spend 10-15 years there and I hope he does and he might get his wish considering how good they lock down players, Mbappe became the greatest player for PSG, maybe I'm biased but he did become that in most people's eyes. And now hopefully he turns out better for Madrid.

[@huffn_puffn3710]

Alfie your endeavour to sneak incredibly based goings-on into football videos is always noted and always appreciated 0:19

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

Grealish should be a lot lower. 23/24 season he had 20 appearances in the league, making 3 goals, 1 assist and 7 yellow cards. Antony had 29 appearances and got 1 goal 1 assist 5 yellow cards in a much worse united side. We can all agree that Antony is a flop, but on paper Grealish isn't far behind him and cost more money. Also the signing made less sense because Grealish was good at Villa where he was allowed to roam free and express himself, which he can't in Peps system. Awful signing.

[@jamiewalsh9184]

Let's not forget when pogba got added into the pfa team of the year it was a joke of a decision. So he's on the same line as Griezeman, Coutinho etc

[@lonwabolungaselaledi9189]

Gareth Bale is the best 100m signing. Jude Bellingham is certainly putting up a challenge to that claim and he has started off pretty well.

[@ThatsWhatSheSaid9492]

Gareth Bale was a great 100m signing. he won 3 consecutive CLs. What else do you want?

[@abody499]

I'd say more effort on the pitch, more effort to not go on the sick with every little niggle, less golf, and less outright disrespect for the club that makes you an international superstar with 100m+ in your bank.

[@ThatsWhatSheSaid9492]

@@abody499 correction: he won 4 CL for Real Madrid - 3 of them conscutive. Against Atleti 2014 and Liverpool 2018 you could argue that HE won the CL for Real.

[@abody499]

@@ThatsWhatSheSaid9492 he didnt win any "for" RM. If u think 2014 was about him then u either didnt watch or dont understand the sport. 2018 final was inevitable. where was he in the rest of the tournament? yeah playing golf.

[@diveshjina4550]

Bale should easily be top, played key roles in 3 UCL wins including winning goals in 2 of them, plus won 2 others

[@abody499]

Ramos scored the winning goal in 2014. If ur not sure why I say that, it's because u don't understand football.

[@diveshjina4550]

@@abody499 No, Ramos scored the equalizing goal

[@abody499]

😂I draw ur attention to the conditional statement that qualified the claim.

[@ifan_1234]

the champions of the Welsh premier league are playing in the Europa conference this season, and yet the league is still ignored and ridiculed. please make a video about Wales' top flight, it's history and it's current predicament 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[@DynMorgannwg]

TNS are plastic club, true Welsh Champions are Barry Town

[@kaunghlyan6726]

Appreciate the Caicedo respect, Alfie 🙏🙏. Kinda refreshing to hear after hearing every football youtuber under the sun act like he's been horrible just because it's easy to lie on Chelsea players, especially last season.

[@antslb]

This list had elements of a car crash Alfie 😅 You could never convince the viewer that Grealish should be ahead of Ronaldo without being advised into counceling. The guys without proven legacy like Caicedo, Fernandez, Rice, should be in the neutral part of the list. Bellingham is way too high. Between Neymar and Mbappé, i don't really know. A rare Alfie L, that turns into a W because of how spetacular and insane this video hits, particularly comparing to your usual well presented, and built points.

[@JM-tj5qm]

How can anybody ever have thought that Griezmann was worth 120 million… it baffles me. Good player for sure, but ridiculously overvalued

[@Yeaahh2]

He is arguably the top 5 players of the last decade. Add to that players like enzo,caciedo,rice,Antony and grealish are over 100 mil.

[@baeleyy]

@@Yeaahh2 Don't know why Rice is in there he's literally the 2nd best DM in the world

[@Yeaahh2]

@@baeleyy Rice is incredible but my argument was if a DM is worth 100 mil then why not Griezmann.

[@baeleyy]

@@Yeaahh2 Ah okay fair enough

[@diodiYVL]

Pogba at 13 is crazy. Yeah the lows were bad but the high were amazing

[@LuBRe06]

So we're gonna mark Grealish up for winning trophies and doing nothing but Antony doesn't get that same treatment. No Antony No FA cup, and Antony was younger and cheaper. Not saying Antony should be higher, Grealish should just be lower

[@empire0276]

Kane did all he could but didnt win trophies. Commend him. Ronaldo did all he could and WON trophies. Condemn him. Very great list 👍

[@VRed224]

Finally, a football analyst who recognizes that football is more than just scoring goals and winning trophies. The game is rich with statistics and nuances. For example, I rate players like Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi, Zinedine Zidane, and Ronaldinho above Pele, Cristiano Ronaldo, Frank Lampard, and Eden Hazard, even though the former group scored fewer goals. Similarly, while Alan Shearer remains the Premier League’s top scorer, many would rank strikers like Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, Ruud van Nistelrooy, and Ian Wright higher for their overall contributions to the game. Excellent analysis!

[@diegogalvan1810]

Grealish and Bellingham are ranked far too high, and the fact that Bale isn’t first is absurd

[@kachigar8948]

Love when football youtuber talks about middle eastern conflict! My favorite content!

[@michaelay4900]

Video suggestion Day 8: 7 pairs of footballers that fit the "regen" idea the best

[@5minutemovies977]

Can you come up with 2 or 3 as exemples?

[@tatatuk7984]

Alfie first comment I’ve ever made but you are the best football you tuber there is. Is it possible you could do a video on Nottingham Forest what ever your opinion is , but we got promoted for the first time in 20 plus years I think we’re worth a video.

[@sean6614]

Love how you keep it real with world events and I super value you the outlook, top lad

[@OmarTruthful]

The measure of a signing should be 1. Did u achieve why we bought you? 2. Did u add value or improve the club? 3. Did you elevate yourself there? I agree with bellingham being high, grealish and declan rice. But theres only one CLEAR winner. And thats Gareth Bale. It seems a if youtube bloggers are too influenced by mainstream media. You started with stats and achievements. Real madrid signed Ronaldo in 2009, Kaka etc.. They hadnt won the champions league since 2002, then Bale arrived in 2013. Real Madrid won the champions league in his 1st season. his 3rd season, his 4th season, his 5th season. The Champions League. Bale played in all 4 finals, scored the winning goal in two of those four, and score in the shootout for a third final. he scored 81 goals in 176 matches, thats almost 50%. And you talk about relationship with the fans? Not to mention, he struggled with injuries too & didnt get along well with all the coaches. 4 Champions leaague titles in 5 years... your list is flawed bro

[@Lyralikesit]

Ronaldo ranking so low is a sacrilege

[@2200detsortehul]

Bellingham over Bale is a howler

[@maxinquaye3191]

Pass back Jack (Gealish) should be number 19 on this list.

[@scottyh1238]

Rice over Caicedo is generally low key crazy!! At 23, Caicedo is already far better footballer and its not even remotely close tbh.

[@ptptpt123]

Enzo Fernandez did the unforgivable thing of calling Black French players the worst thing possible, he called them "African". Football world was rightly outraged.

[@lewylewis4801]

Am commenting your video for the first time,but I have always been watching especially the 'rankings'.Thanks Alfie

[@bens4602]

You can’t win sometimes. Bale was instrumental in 4 Champions League wins but gets demoted for being outcast by the club despite him not being the problem.

[@ronpesok2359]

No one disrespects the GOAT Antony 🐐

[@russellkwaramba8433]

If you pay 100 mill in football and the player leaves after 4 years for nothing, that's not a loss of 100million. There is something called Amortization. And oh yeah, marketing returns.

[@LuigiLuigi728]

The fact that Jack Grealish finished top half in this list just shows how ridiculously dreadful most of these signings are… 😅😅 (and that’s coming from a Man City fan who likes him a lot)

[@DarrenPaul]

If you're spending 100m on a player, how much should sell-on be factored in? You're not signing a player to be sold on you're signing a player to drive you forward and be the man. Great video as always!

[@AshManTV92]

Great vid! I'd love for you to list these again but from the point of the selling clubs. Would be interesting to see how the lists compare

[@rosstyson3542]

Actual respect for Bale❤

[@scrilla3455]

Well made video keep them coming!

[@lumosmaxima8709]

The Ronaldo hate is so clear… you talk about the finances… juve made so much money through Ronaldo brand value only…. Should definitely be higher than Caicedo and Grealish

[@williamlee7672]

Juventus fan here. Ronaldo scored but he made Juventus worse and as Alfie said ruined their financial structure. Juve won 4 doubles before Ronaldo came and in that time also two champion league final. Ronaldo came and they only won the league twice in two season. No Italian cup and 1/16 in champion league. His third season Juve only won Italian cup. All the other Juve players regressed in terms of scoring. Their structure tactic of every player pressing was gone as the tactic changed to oh let Ronaldo shoot. I hated the Ronaldo signing. Ruined Juventus.

[@lumosmaxima8709]

@@williamlee7672 clearing cr7 being scapegoated…. Juve already had so much other problems( players aging, not replacing them, management issues)

[@Thorvir]

@@williamlee7672 yeah ronaldo ruined juventus ,not the aging players ,not dybala being injured for half of those 3 years ,not douglas costa spitting in the face of other players more than scoring goals ,not the shitty signings ,but him ,the player that scored the most goals . He's been gone for 3 years and the team continued to regress ,i would argue that ronaldo prolongued the dying Juve team for a couple more years .

[@beno1129]

Why are some people quick to claim 'hate' for everything? It's such an NPC thing to do.

[@Thorvir]

@@beno1129 why are some people unironically calling other people NPC's? It's such an NPC thing to do .

[@sebastiangomezlondono5142]

As a Barca fan I feel like coutinho was decidedly worse than griezmann. Like you mentioned, it was clear to see how griezmann’s significance would be dubious whereas coutinho seemed like a better fit. Despite that, griezmann had a more positive impact imo, and their respective post Barca careers say something of the type of players we were dealing with.

[@christianmuchui495]

W vid this Alfie 👏👏 Keep up

[@TheCaptainblaubeere]

Antony respect button ✍️🔥-->

[@Aloviya]

Bro this list is garbage 😂 Antony is the Goat l. He has same amount Ballon d'ors as Neymar, same amount world cup as Ronaldo, same amount puskas Goals as messi, Same amount, he's 3 goals away from hattrick on every game.

[@DirectTalkshow]

Harry Kane doesn't turn up in big games, 2 Euro finals, Champions Final, and also against Real Madrid he couldn't do ish

[@khotso_dirane]

First player to cost 100 Million was actually Torres from Liverpool to Chelsea. Transfer fee, plus agent fee, signing bonus, salary etc. added up to 100 million

[@LegoThomasMuller]

My unpopular opinion is that coutinho was completely scapegoated for barcas failings purely because he was the most expensive player in the spree that sent them bankrupt

[@GamerNintendo25]

I think you’re very harsh on Griezemann, and too soft on Felix and Lukaku. Felix should be right there in the bottom mixer just above Hazard, Coutinho, and Lukaku. Griezmann should be above that lot along with Antony and Dembele

[@spongeaang98]

I know Lord Antony gets a justified bad rep, but Eden Hazard's move to Real Madrid is an all time stinker. He is the all time highest Real Madrid transfer ever, was their highest player ever behind Ronaldo, was given THEE NUMBER SEVEN, didn't even score ten goals, had his contract terminated with a year to spare, and retired from the sport altogether. Anthony can at least say that he has a future in the sport even though he's a total bust at United. Hazard was the best player in the Premier League for at least two seasons and completely fell on his face the minute he got to Madrid.

[@s_ren_]

Came for the rankings, stayed for the dry humour

[@thechriscrowing]

Signing a creative inside right for 120m when you've already got Leo Messi is a bonkers transfer strategy,

[@AlDuke14]

Already aged 2 days later 😮

[@tomaslima2371]

So ronaldo to juventus for 100 mil is 9 for not winning the champions league. But neymar for 222 mil - 90 mil (still more expensive than 4onaldo) and not winning the champions league which was the goal all while loosing the league to lille lands him closer to the top

[@ashs.6884]

Legend! Most insightful comments on Gaza from a British commentariat!

[@ethanstrong]

No individual is worth that much money.

[@DiscGolfLeagueMVP]

Pogba's last 3 seasons being a "car crash" is simply not true? He was one of United's best players in both 19/20 and 20/21, the last time we strung 2 decent seasons in a row together. How you can rank Felix and Enzo above him is unbelievably nuts.

[@ComradeOgilvy1984]

Pogba eventually fell apart, but I have always been confused about how much stick he got in those early years. MU usually played significantly better within him on the pitch than without, at least for those two seasons. Either that means Pogba was pretty darn good (albeit perhaps they overpaid for him) or MU had so many other problems going on it is silly to single out Paul.

[@ptptpt123]

Starts at 2:20

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Pogba being a “weapon” is wild

[@daanishdan318]

Mbappe leaving for free is down to PSG's player mismanagement rather than injuries or form. So maybe justifiable

[@naam697]

‘Mini raiola who made a killing out of it’😭😭😭

[@Suppen-Kaspar]

I think mbappe needs a do over, he is probably mid or lower end now

[@Lavassin]

Bro ain't no way Alfie just said caicedo has a higher ceiling than rice... Blud wtf

[@ifechiohakosim3747]

Caicedo is 3 years younger than Rice and since the start of 2024 statistically has been better or on par with Rice and excels him or equals him in every metric but aerial duels. He also captained his national team at 22 and is arguably the second best player in Chelsea besides palmer at only 22. Logically he will only get better by age. Caicedo is only 22 with plenty physical and mental development left and it seems like he’s improving every game whereas Rice is about to enter his prime as he’s turning 26 in a couple of months

[@mishagelenava2962]

I disagree on Griezmann and Coutinho. I understand the similar role to Messi argument, but at the end of the day Griezmann was a way better player, he played better at Barca, he was signed fir less money and sold for more. Coutinho was super overrated player, who wouldn't be worth the money or even half of it, even if he played his full potential. Coutinho did good job at Liverpool when the team was really bad, but he was not a player who could be a star or even starter at a top team. He was losing his starting job at Liverpool in his last season at the club, because it was already clear that Salah, Mane, Firmino front 3 was working wonders and they needed more central and high work rate midfielders rather than creative. I still don't understand how Liverpool sold their bench player to Barca for that money. Griezmann in contrary was really a world class player. The difference between these players is even more evident at the international level. Griezmann was the best player on a world cup winning team, Coutinho has done nothing for Brazil.