The BIGGEST Flop In World Football EVERY Season (2003-2023)

[@drunkenhobo5039]

The Andy Carroll transfer honestly just broke football for me. Every time I see a mad transfer fee I just remind myself that Andy Carroll once cost £35,000,000 (£50m inflation adjusted) and at the time was _the eighth most expensive transfer in football history._ Nothing made sense after that.

[@Nstanier]

The Andy Carroll transfer in my eyes is literally one of the worst transfers of all time. Liverpool basically scammed Chelsea, offloading Fernando Torres, off the back of a truly awful season, for £50m, and then instantly went and got themselves scammed by Newcastle, knowing Liverpool had money, and throwing £35m of that on an absolute donkey that had only ever looked good in the Championship.

[@brettpilkington9539]

To be fair to Liverpool the Suarez transfer basically overrided that mistake and they made a decent profit on him so overall the Torres money was well spent.

[@discreetelite]

Just to play devils advocate somewhat, he scored 11 goals in 19 PL games leading up to the transfer, and looked extremely good for Newcastle, becoming an England international in the process. Imagine what you'd pay now for a striker with that record, probably not a disimilar amount even when factoring in inflation. I'm not saying Liverpool didn't overpay, but it wasn't quite as outrageous as people make out. Obviously he flopped bad at Liverpool, but thats easy to factor in hindisght. Liverpool could only go off his previous performances and record which had been very good for Newcastle.

[@STANKYCHEEZEMAYNE]

@@discreetelite I think part of the problem was that he didn't want to be there at all lmao I think he cried when he was told Newcastle accepted the bid (also all the injuries) everyone knows Mike Ashley is a greedy cunt and everyone but Liverpool knew they were overpaying for a home grown Geordie kid who loved his club more than pretty much anything else lol but at the same time they were getting something like 16.5x his market value at the time of the transfer which is I'd imagine quite difficult to refuse

[@CXBlues]

At least Caroll was a young striker. To me, nothing is compared to Chelsea forking out 35m pounds on Danny Drinkwater. I remember Caroll signing was shocking to everyone but did generate a bit of excitement in certain fans section. Drinkwater signing was a literal meme from the day of his announcement.

[@stefannenezic2493]

It's still unbelievable to me how everyone thinks that Coutinho is worst signing ever, no it's Eden Hazard

[@Donbozo]

I agree with u. Coutinhos first year with Barca wasn’t even that bad but he just fell off then and not putting in enough effort when the team needed it

[@ziopeppecartagialla.1360]

​@@Donbozothe best season of his barca stint was the loan at bayern, and his best game was against barca

[@soundscape26]

Agreed

[@Dr.Yakub22]

Hazard didn't ruin Real madrid finances. They still won 2 la ligas and a ucl with him, and if it wasn't for his lack of fitness, Vini Jr. might not have had the chance to become the world-class player he's today. Meanwhile, Barca has been on a downward spiral since the Coutihno signing both financially and performance wise not to mention he assisted and scored twice against them in the worst defeat in barcalona modern history

[@stefannenezic2493]

@@Dr.Yakub22 That's not Coutinho's fault. Bartomeu is responsible for paying the fees and wages to players that club can't afford. They aren't in financial problems just because Coutinho's deal, it's much more complex than that. This is just a talk about biggest flop, and Hazard flopped harder than Coutinho and that's a fact

[@JHa4848]

Surprised Lucas Torreira was an honourable mention for the 2018-19 season. I know he ended up not living up to expectation but his first season at Arsenal was actually pretty good. First 1/2 of the year he was arguably the best holding mid in the league and his form just fell off in April when Arsenals did.

[@HITCSevens]

Probably distorted by the fact that I thought he was a brilliant signing and exactly what Arsenal needed at the time. Maybe a tad harsh!

[@Someone_you_know124]

That's what I was thinking

[@barmybarnabas8314]

Furthermore Emery completed missued him by playing him in incredibly advanced roles. When played deep he's fantastic.

[@Ethanmmmmmm]

@@HITCSevensspot on

[@harukrentz435]

Best what? 😂😂😂

[@ronakshrestha5988]

Modric being laliga flop of the season in 2012/13 is exaggerated. It was half season analysis of modric. In the second half of the season with mourinho's trust growing he almost replaced ozil in the starting lineup

[@Dre3010]

Coutinho’s signing for Barcelona looks like a masterclass when compared to Hazard’s signing for Madrid. He’s lucky that they were still successful despite his performances because he was quite simply embarassing

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

He's even more inconsistent at Aston Villa. Can't even displace a 22 year old Ramsey

[@lk7923]

Tf? Hazard just got injured, he hasn’t been embarrassing coz he can’t play. Coutinho just genuinely lost form and didn’t play well

[@lk7923]

@@lordvadertheleftie9703he literally was playing well and then got injured, scored against Arsenal and has been injured since. Gosh I don’t think some of y’all watch football

[@Dre3010]

@@lordvadertheleftie9703 I’m not talking about him signing for Villa and Ramsey is a baller

[@Dre3010]

@@lk7923 Started overweight, wasn’t performing, got injured, and he never came back. He had plenty of time to come good but he never did. 7 goals in 76 games over a span of 4 years is putrid for a 115M signing. Coutinho wasn’t good for Barcelona but at least he had his moments and even at his worst he contributed more than Hazard. The main reason why Coutinho’s move is seen as much worse than Hazard’s is because the state of both clubs. Barcelona wasn’t good financially or sporting-wise during much of Coutinho’s tenure, so he was under a microscope. Hazard on the other hand did nothing but steal 20M euros a season from Madrid on top of his gigantic fee, but since Madrid kept on winning and it didn’t affect them he sort of got a pass. Also as Alfie argued Coutinho was never worth that much money, plus he never really was going to be a good fit alongside Messi, just like Griezmann. His signing for Barcelona was bad sporting-wise, but it became atrocious because of external factors (fit, fee and the financial state of the club). Hazard’s was terrible sporting-wise, but it didn’t affect Madrid that much

[@Lymbe06]

Modric first year at Madrid is SEVERELY underrated and overlooked and I’m not saying that just because he flourished into one of the legends of the game. You could see from day one that he oozed of talent, his first touch and passing were world class and he gave everything even if he was subbed in in the last 10 minutes of the game. That he would be named LaLiga’s worst signing is a disgrace and worth of an investigation. For further proof you can search “How bad was Luka Modric’s first year at Madrid actually”, there’re some great videos on the topic.

[@raulputong331]

Yes, this guys assessment of the great 2018 Ballon D'Or winner, Luka Modric, is disgracefully wrong!🤔

[@jakefelix505]

His flop was a exagerrated by media.. most fans new he be special with time he only had half a season ro start.

[@tobznoobs]

@@raulputong331 the spanish media made that choice, not alfie. he just mentioned that awful spanish press picked modric as the worst signing that year.

[@mrtom2854]

Everton did have a flop of the season contender in 2017/18, but I don't think it was Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson was never a bad player for Everton (and obviously nobody could've predicted the noncing that led to him being let go for nothing), and at times looked like one of Everton's best players. It was Davy Klaassen that was the real flop. He cost nearly £30 million, and made a grand total of 7 appearances in all competitions, scoring 0 goals.

[@glennb6020]

23 million and resigned for 14 million 9 mill loss Sigurdsson overpaid for and no where near as good as he was for Swansea Hamstrung their budget

[@RetroProg]

Agreed, Gbamin as well, heel every Everton signing in the last 8 years The only bright spot for the toffees is there are three worse teams than them this seasonThat may not be the case at the end of the summer window the way things are going.

[@PataMuncher]

@@RetroProg Yes him for sure never Sigurdsson

[@damienbrown6764]

He’s also a nonce

[@TJS2212]

I agree Everton paid too much for Sigurdsson but he was a good player for them. Scored goals, got assists and could make something happen. Gbamin, Klassen, Niasse and Tosun (there will be more but these are the ones that come to mind) were all abysmal signings. Made huge losses on them and got absolutely nothing in return.

[@maxsimonis3470]

Sadio Mané 22/23 deserves more than a honourable mention: Signed for 32 mio € which looked like a bargain at the time, he will cost Bayern 66 mio € in wages over the next years (makes it even harder for bayern to offload him) only to punch his teammate, without making any impact in the squad and performing below bundesliga average in his position in many aspects!

[@petesmart1983]

He's be gone soon probably to Saudi

[@soundscape26]

His honourable mention are the first 3 seconds of the video. 😄

[@maxsimonis3470]

@@soundscape26oh ur right I wrote the comment in the end haha

[@stevencooke6451]

For some reason people don't want to mention how underwhelming he was. In fact, people keep fatuously pointing to him as the reason Liverpool dropped out of the top four. And he got involved in a punch-up with his rhyming teammate, Leroy Sane.

[@anubis8586]

@@stevencooke6451because of his “good boy” PR campaign and image and casuals supporting him as well as his toxic fanbase.

[@BALHAM69]

a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

Boring

[@MadKieranM]

That sounds very interesting

[@Strawberry-IJ]

@sh3tpostsgamertime204 Why?

[@PataMuncher]

And now we’re a Bayern feeder club 😎

[@sh3tpostsgamertime204]

@@Strawberry-IJ I think the highlights are the most interesting for this story and going into extended detail wouldn’t achieve much for a 15 min video

[@k0zargamng851]

Alfie you should really consider doing a video on the Bosnian men's national team, from being ranked 13 in the world in 2014 and qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil, to not qualifying for a single tournament since, yet managing to win their uefa nation leagues group, but genuinely hitting our lowest point with a 2-0 defeat to Luxembourg. Aging players, players who represent other national teams that are eligible to play for Bosnia but aren't seeming interested, just the genuine geopolitical mess that Bosnia is with how the Dayton agreement was meant to simply end the Bosnian war yet became the country's de facto constitution. I think it would make for a very interesting video, and could even span additional videos like how Velez Mostar are forced to play away from their original stadium in Mostar as it is on the Croatian side of the river, with their old stadium being taken over by Zrinjski Mostar. A club that was actually banned in Yugoslavia because of their nationalistic origin

[@okochannell]

and you should be fighting for the second spot... I mean it's Slovakia goddamit

[@sinisteak6790]

possibly a better comparison for shevchenko would be: imagine harry kane joins real madrid this summer for £140M, and only scores 6 goals all season

[@jm-np4mu]

Very hypothetical & unlikely

[@RandomLad1383]

​@@jm-np4muthat's why he said "imagine"

[@leehenry5764]

Too be fair, his manager never wanted him

[@MitsubishiGTO]

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[@limjahey9302]

Considering Diego Costa posed with live wolves, I think its disrespectful to include him in this list.

[@voiceofcrime]

yes, that's worth 30 PL goals alone

[@djani021]

Falcao did with a tiger for Atletico Madrid picture

[@davek6415]

You could do a whole video on players who had one or two good seasons, decided they were now world class and demanded stupid wage increases, which their clubs refused to pay, preferring to let them move on instead. They almost always come crashing back down to earth at their new club. In such a video, Alex Song and Mattheu Flamini would probably be Arsenal's front runners, but most PL clubs have at least one candidate, including many of those featuring in this video, like Coutinho, Torres, Carroll, and Lukaku.

[@cristianoarrogantaldo1344]

adeybaor comes to mind

[@brettpilkington9539]

@@luppo7812 say what you want about Neymar but his PSG numbers are excellent. Obviously it's a shit league but he can only play what's put in front of him.

[@brettpilkington9539]

@@luppo7812 173 games, 118 goals and 77 assists and you are saying he's fell off lol?

[@brettpilkington9539]

@@luppo7812 meat riding, I don't even like Neymar, I'm just saying his output has been good for PSG, and I'm talking about the fact that other teams in the league are weak not his teammates.

[@leehenry5764]

Carroll never demanded anything, that was Liverpool who fought he was worth the money they paid for him

[@konzza]

Hate Werners inclusion here. He missed a bunch of sitters, but also made team attack click with his relentless super intelligent running. Chelseas attack as a team fell off the cliff when Werner was let go.

[@chelseafan1692]

he was awful/. stop this

[@RedCloudGawdian]

Werner's lack of goals was an issue but people forget that with him in the side, Chelsea won the UCL and were the in form team in the PL under Tuchel. Only once things changed tactically and he was taken out the side did their attacking output end up in the mud

[@brun4775]

Yes it's similar to Anthony at Man U. Both had/have huge issues with their end product but still played useful roles in the team.

[@thiagod9]

Spot on he created sm of Chelsea’s attack that season

[@stealthiscool]

You can say that all you want but he was bought to score at an elite level and he didn't even do it at an average level and was eventually sold at a massive loss

[@MikeyDarwish]

Idk how Charles De Ketelaere wasn’t mentioned for 22-23. Milan’s most expensive signing and only registered a single assist for the whole season on the final game day vs Verona

[@StamfordBridge]

All of Torres’ floppiness was forgiven for THAT goal.

[@NunoVippan]

The ultimate happy ending to a flop story. 😀

[@RahulSharma-wq4qy]

I agree. Andy Carroll was a bigger flop

[@TeamGeist06]

He also won the corner that drogba scored from in the final.

[@hoze1235]

Also scored in europa league final

[@jamal1079]

Chelsea were already through befroe he scored

[@chlcrk]

A sub two minute introduction on a HITC Sevens video? Crazy times indeed

[@georgepringopoulos4329]

To be honest, Cisse was unlucky due to his leg being broken as well. No one can predict what would happen if he was healthy. He had a quite good second season before he left, as he wanted to be a striker, however benitez was using him to the right wing.

[@stevenmoore120]

I came here, before even finishing the video, to say just this. Very unfair to include Cisse after that horrible leg break.

[@captvimes]

It was a clean break as well not just a partial or fracture that the media like to refer to as a break. That can kill you let alone what your career will be after.

[@Welcome2TheOhioState]

I can see the video of that injury against Blackburn in my head frame by frame

[@dianabialaskahansen2972]

Considering Chelsea has so many big flops, it is quite incredible that they have been able to compete for titles over the last 20 years, lol.

[@scottbuckingham3537]

Can you do a video on the biggest career revival every season to go alongside this one?

[@Greggers1601]

Cisse breaking his leg would be the reason for his low numbers that season 😂

[@ezraezra2928]

He also did this in 2006 with France national team against China.

[@makavelismith]

@@ezraezra2928 Which is part of the reason why he hasn't scored many goals against Chinese opposition too.

[@ezraezra2928]

@@makavelismith True fact 😂😂😂

[@Thrill_Hou]

I like how you said you weren’t picking on Chelsea and then proceed to shit on them at nearly every entry in this rundown. 😂😂👍

[@SpiceBoy7UK23]

I absolutely love your list, you named all the flops I could think of. Some of them, are players many of us forgot because their arrival in EPL was forgetful. I love the list. Great work!

[@MrReese]

I can see why you chose Richarlison, but as someone who is close to the Bundesliga I have a hard time imagining someone being a bigger flop than Sadio Mané at Bayern this season, for several reasons. First, he was quite unimpressive on the pitch, then he injured himself, then he got back and players were surprised about Mané's technical shortcomings as a footballer, and then he slapped Sane after the game against ManCity and got the biggest fine Bayern ever asked a player to pay :D. Also, I am sure no member of the Austrian Wunderteam was ever a flop 😇✌.

[@PaulBeenisYourFriend]

Wow! How often do you hear a Fosbury Flop high jump reference these days? Magnificent, Alfie

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

it is utterly ridiculous how many chelsea players feature in this and add it to what theyve done since abramovich left chelsea fans must rage at the mismanagement of their recruitment,but even in saying that theyve won leagues and champions leagues along the way

[@mrpepperami01]

That Balotelli to liverpool move really deserved to get top spot on that year. Falcao was awful but was a loan. I’ve never seen a player as bad as Balotelli for liverpool. Awful

[@T.E.S.S.]

You haven't seen many Liverpool players then

[@RandomXxX13]

Alberto Aquilani? Something like that. He was awful.

[@bzilla-d4i]

When did you start watching Liverpool play, there were much worse than Balotelli

[@tasbhu764]

what are you tlaking about man?? Liverpool have had far shittier players lol, borini

[@makavelismith]

@@bzilla-d4i I feel like if someone is too young to remember Sean Dundee that we should leave them with their blessing of ignorance and drink deep, ourselves.

[@Astro-M0]

Modric is bigger than 90% of the premier league stop wafflin 💀💀

[@simonpeyton-n3h]

these videos really do bring back such nostalgia,so many names that time has deleted from our brains but instantly recognisable,i even remember some of the transfer fees b4 he says them lol

[@ezraezra2928]

Chelsea players wearing No.9 were known for bad luck in football. Kezman, Torres, Higuain, Lakaka, and Aubameyang, all had tough season with this number! Even non-striker footballers like Boulahrouz and Sidwell had bad season too! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@babamukuru666]

Looking at the 19/20 season I still wonder what Frankfurt was doing to unlock Jovic, Haller and Rebic

[@rainernaid4378]

first of all the coach (Niko Kovac); Kovac understands the mentality of players like Rebic and Jovic; Kovac was Croatian national coach, he knew rebic before (also he is croatian/german). and the trio just were perfectly together; Haller as the clear 9, Rebic on the left wing, and jovic playing around haller. since haller is a big guy u need at least one defender if not two defenders on him, which makes room for Jovic, who just is athletic and deadly striker (if he has the time). I always felt, that Haller couldnt perform in WestHam since the tactics didnt suit him.. still miss that trio at frankfurt 🥲 EDIT: I believe that Kovac was just the perfect coach for Frankfurt at that moment. The team overall had great mentality, which (i believe) unlocked the potential of the player.

[@andrejristic4956]

Jovic is actually really talented, but he is lazy, doesnt have a work ethic and no hunger to be better. His goal was to come to a big club, not to be the best at that club and as soon as he joined real he started dating models and not giving an f about football

[@ImmortalTreknique]

I gonna stick up for Kezman here. I had a season ticket at the time and he used to run his nuts off every game. I remember him very fondly due to the effort he put in.

[@tobiascfc94]

You’re right. He had an okay second half of the season, but I think it’s because he didn’t hit the ground running at the start where he was just hitting the post, and lacking pace, and only scoring a penalty at home to Newcastle late on before the new year. But in the second half he reminded me of Torres at Chelsea which was not scoring many, but when he did they were important ones as maybe some of his goals probably wouldn’t of gained us 95 points although most of the goals were coming from Lampard and Gudjohnson I think. He had a very good pre-season though…

[@ImmortalTreknique]

@@tobiascfc94 👊

[@Robi2009]

17:58 - Modrić winning 5 times Champions League at Real Madrid - "Semi decent career" 🤦‍♂

[@adambutler1376]

How was Robinho at a premier league record £32.5m not mentioned at all

[@blackboywiththesauce2359]

You forgot Messi in his first season at PSG with 5 goals all season

[@Miuranger1]

He's a fanboy

[@lwandomadikizela2213]

12/13: Modric did struggle at Madrid in his first season but he became a club legend and the first Ballon D'or winner in the peak Ronaldo and Messi era. Song was utter dross at Barcelona. 13/14: I think Jozy Altidore deserves a shout out for flop of the season. 60 plus Premier League games and only one goal for Sunderland is atrocious. 14/15: As bad Falcao was at Manchester United, Rodwell at Sunderland ruined the club for years and he's joined by Ricky Alvarez. 15/16: Actually, Turan wasn't bad at Barcelona. It's just he was never going to replace the MSN. Memphis on the other hand was hopeless at Manchester United. 18 months and 2 Premier League goals proves he ain't good enough for Manchester United plus he was more concerned about his brand than Manchester United. 17/18: Drinkwater was one of many dreadful signings at Chelsea that season. Bakayoko, Morata, Zappacosta, Barkley were disaster class signings but none comes close to the Sanchez and MKH swap deal. Both clubs paid dearly for that transfer however Manchester United suffered more from that than Arsenal. Sanchez was passed it and carrying a high wage package while MKH was equally hopeless at Arsenal. 19/20: Flops galore. Pepe, Maguire, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Gerson Fernandes, Kean, Hazard, Jovic, Griezmann, Felix, Delph, Piatek, Haller, Cutrone, Kevin Augustin, etc. 20/21: Arthur and Pjanic. The swap deal that ultimately destroyed both Juventus and Barcelona in the long term. Both are cash strapped and still struggling to clear the debt. Werner wasn't bad but he was struggling for goals despite his good all round game. 21/22: Only one winner, Romelu Lukaku aka Lakaka. Left Inter to prove a point at Chelsea only to completely piss off the entire Chelsea fan base with that infamous interview and never recovered since.

[@RPCentral7]

I just knew you wouldn't include Grealish for 21-22 and surprise surprise you didnt. Lukaku had 3 times his return last year in much less games. Sort out the English bias for future mate, not even a mention for 3 league goals after 100m

[@jimmideerichards9554]

I would argue Torres scoring against Barcelona in the Semi Final made his transfer all but worth it, seen as we went on to win the Final against Bayern. So regardless of all his failures in a Chelsea shirt, that one moment made it all worth it. Kind of like Haverz, except he scored in the final 😂, but you know what I mean.

[@theunclethetwo3038]

He was a nightmare that seemed never -ending at the time.

[@bens4602]

Chelsea would’ve gone through anyway on away goals regardless of his goal. People forget this.

[@CovertBandit0]

Man really said Modrić had a “decent” career at Real. 😂

[@SanIldeBaby]

Great video, as usual. Just one note: Cassano is (and was) teetotal so he may have been accused of having a terrible diet, but he was certainly not drinking heavily

[@makavelismith]

He was brilliant.

[@adamdolezalek9402]

I hated Pogba for big part of his United stay but I don't think he flopped in his first season. Sure he wasn't as good as he was at Juventus in Serie A but he wasn't that bad imo.

[@ApeOfMyIdeal]

Bit harsh on Cisse, who only started 10 games for Liverpool (16 appearances overall) and was out for 6 months during 04-05 with a horribly broken leg.

[@मृदुलशर्मा]

I don't necessarily think Costa would be considered biggest flop for 2018-19 season, came up in midway season scored a crucial goal against arsenal in second leg of the Europa League, then scored a brace against Real Madrid in the Super cup final. Also scored a brace at the World cup against Portugal, so I don't think that he was that big of a flop that season. Later on he got worse for sure.

[@bryanmorrison2396]

Breno sounds like moving to Germany without family broke him. Or for be talking by him just signing a Contract extension shows how so much can change in footie if he surroundings aren't full-tilting

[@ChewyHands]

Worth mentioning that Alfonso Alves only struggled under Southgate (as did all strikers) he score goals everywhere else before and after.

[@ygrbooks]

Brilliant as always - thank you so much!

[@andreichiriac7823]

The story of Farul Constanța romanian champions this season winning their first (or maybe second?) title. Club owned, run and managed by romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, a native of the city of Constanța. Youngest champions in Europe this season (average players age), important contribution (some of the vital) from: 2 players born in 2005, one in 2006, 1 in 2003 and 3 in 2002 - all products of the club academy. Came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the decisive match against Gigi Becali's team FCSB(who has a claim to Steaua Bucharest history).

[@anthonygreen8638]

I fear Mason Mount could flop at United. They've spent the last 10 years spending a fortune of acclaimed sought after established players and promising young talent and ruining them. Pogba, McGuire, Sancho, Sanchez, Falcao, Lukaku, Antony, Fred, Memphis.....Mount???

[@brettpilkington9539]

Sancho and Antony it's too soon to say that, they could still develop in to ballers

[@bhutochakrabarti4173]

​@@brettpilkington9539Antony yes Sancho not really. He has had 2 seasons and no impact whatsoever.

[@imaratspal]

I'm surprised Jonathan Woodgate to Real Madrid didn't make the list for 2004-05

[@Eclecticompany]

I'd be interested on a video featuring players who were undisputed stars, before a transfer to a different club proved disastrous for both the player and new club. Eden Hazard is an obvious template for this; but I find it fascinating due to the quality of the player's skill or dedication never being in question. I do suspect, however, it would lengthy to research as the context would be greatly different for each player. And reaching a conclusion into why performance declined so significantly would be near impossible.

[@Stampistuta]

Choosing Falcao over Mangala is wild. Mangala is one of the worst signing of all time.

[@martintemelkov]

15:55 - that "miss" came in the 2011/12 season though, not the 2010/11.

[@greensmithbackup6774]

It was always whack to me as a Bolton fan (since 2004-05) that Diouf had this huge megastar profile with Senegal and was also a flop at Liverpool. He was solid for Bolton, and had no clue about his two poor seasons beforehand. Did know about the spitting though...

[@makavelismith]

He is still a figure that Sadio Mane looks up to, having been a huge inspiration for him as a kid.

[@МикитаШульга]

Shevchenko actually struggled a lot by injuries at chelsea

[@AB-ys4yn]

Injuries and bad team set up. In Shev's defence I always say - in Milan he was very very consistent top scorer season after season on a highest level winning everything. But injuries and secondary role made him a flop at Chelsea

[@QCMM45]

How is Maguire not on the list?????? Possibly the worst signing in pl history

[@glennb6020]

You know very little

[@harukrentz435]

Worst signing in PL history? Maguire gave us 2 very solid seasons you dungus, he was no worse than Lukaku who was bought by chelsea from inter for 100m.

[@pn33milan11]

Sheva really hurts. He was at the top of the world at Milan in 2006. One of our top scorer and most beloved players in the history of the club. He was the first player i have ever been a fan of, before Kaká. How he decided to leave Milan all of a sudden for some not understandable reasons for little 13-year old me was a hard pill to swallow, as much as seeing him failing in England

[@seandelap8587]

Veron performed better in European football than he did domestically for some reason

[@hyywe240]

He literally says that doesn't he?

[@petesmart1983]

Veron was brilliant in Italy tho

[@c1h9o8b0i]

Verón's play style wasn't suited to play in the Premier League

[@chahineboudemagh9596]

I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN national team (1958-1962)

[@mainsmain]

Jorge Mendes should be investigated for that Bébé transfer

[@rhysjackson2597]

Another suggestion for the 01/02 season, Francis Jeffers for Arsenal. So bad that I had actually forgotten he existed until I was much older when I came across him on FM 😂

[@leehenry5764]

He only costed £8 million thou

[@lualuawatkinson]

@leehenry5764 Brother do you know how much money that was at the time I mean the top transfer in the world in the 80s was maradona for 5 million

[@spongeb27]

Idk if I would really count Kalvin Phillips as a flop. It was a weird signing from the beginning, they didn't really need him with the squad they had so they didn't play him, despite forking out a decent chunk for him. That being said, it's kinda chump change for City and I don't feel like when the transfer was happening anyone was really saying "oh Kalvin Phillips is gonna shake up the league and make City so much better, he's such a star player" etc., He was Leeds' star player for sure but idk, it doesn't feel like a flop when he didn't really play; he didn't play badly he was just far from needed, which I feel like people already suspected going in Great video btw :)

[@Durbanite2010]

Ah, Richarlison. He will spearhead Sp*rs dropping back to mid-table where they belong, forever in Arsenal's shadow.

[@aaaabbbb2483]

There’s no way you can say Mkhitaryan was a flop. He was crucial for Man Utd in the Europa League.

[@petesmart1983]

He toured as the next big thing after being a star at both shaktar and Dortmund

[@elliotcoffman2643]

He had like 20 goals 25 assists the season before

[@leehenry5764]

​@@elliotcoffman2643In farmers league

[@АндрійМорозов-с9д]

Surprised that there's no Robinho and Kaka

[@lukeriley1892]

Cisse for 04/05 is ridiculous. He was out for most of that season with a broken leg

[@soundwaves7302]

Coutinho hate is wild he was only bad for like two months and then a braindead Barca kicked him out to Bayern where he proved to be amazing 😭

[@DGAMINGDE]

I love how Alfie started calling everyone "donkey" lol

[@camiloprijs8411]

Its just a thought, but could it be that a lot of players dont feel comfortable in Bayern due to having a hard time understanding them and well.... German culture.. Its usually the family men that do well there, not the youngsters that arent used to German culture

[@agentsmith2378]

Awesome vid bro.

[@nickysiggs304]

Love these videos

[@lilturbo2657]

Killing it as always Alfie

[@StamfordBridge]

So proud of my club dominating this list. Come on, you Blues! 😂

[@danielfrancis7798]

It would be cool to do this going back decade by decade until you get to the first ever transfer in world football. I do like hearing ya talk about players from around 100 or so years ago.

[@josephtreacy667]

Alf Common was the first 1000 pound transfer.

[@johnchimbani8473]

Cassano is a legend. He openly admitted that when he was in Madrid all he did was smuggle escorts into his hotels and they had to bring 🎂 and sweets with them😂😂😂

[@ulkercikolata3667]

Arda Turan scored 15 goals and 11 assists in 55 matches for Barcelona. For a reserve player, I think he doesn't have bad statistics and he didn't play badly in 2015.

[@_JackCarley]

Can’t believe Alfie said modric has had a semi decent Real Madrid career as if he’s not one of the goats

[@Rahman_Rahman]

That’s the joke

[@kayacevikel8483]

Please release another in depth 40 minute banger. It'll make the twitter collapse much more livable for everyone

[@maxthrust88888]

Drogba did not hit the ground running, and Kezman was only 5 million and hardly got his game.

[@abdullamasud4278]

At 2:45, can anyone help me understand why Everton didn't qualify for UEFA cup while the two clubs above and below them did?

[@drs-xj3pb]

The two above them, Liverpool and Blackburn, qualified by league position. Of the two below them, Southampton, as FA Cup runners-up, took the spot won by Arsenal, since Arsenal qualified for the CL; Manchester City qualified through the Fair Play rankings. Neither of those is now used. These days the FA Cup spot, if vacated, would be filled by league position. Fair Play rankings aren't used for anything.

[@mikesays08]

One player you’ll never find on a list like this - Steve Freeze

[@gspvideo5543]

To be fair to Cisse… he broke his leg 😂

[@Outwhere]

If I heard it correctly he also mentioned Haller who got testicular cancer.

[@deccylad]

@Outwhere the honorable mention for Haller was for his transfer to West Ham, not Dortmund

[@glennb6020]

That counts as a flop if you buy someone and they break their leg

[@makavelismith]

@@glennb6020 No, it doesn't. Unless you're making a bad joke... but then I think that makes you the flop.

[@glennb6020]

@@makavelismith it literally does, all these arbitrary nonsense people put in. If you cost a fuck tonne and break your leg and rule yourself out for a year. Then you are a flop. Don’t be daft

[@tomlevick2935]

Interesting fact: veron actually thought he was joining Sheffield United whenan utd called as he us a lifelong fan.

[@christophercopley6474]

Could we have a premier league predictions video on where you think each team will finish that could could be fun as it has a follow up video ready at the end of the season to see how many you called correct or close

[@Jaxymann]

It's mental how 2-3 years ago, Koulibaly would've cost you £60 million and an arm & a leg to sign. And now after one bad season, he's departing to a retirement home league where he'll be forgotten. My how time flies.

[@petesmart1983]

He was never good tho, always mistake prone.

[@joshsymon6992]

@@petesmart1983 then you didn't watch him at napoli

[@lucaslonchampt613]

12:32 Tell that to Ric Flair

[@bzilla-d4i]

As Cafu said, Brazilians don't belong in the Premier League and as long as the majority of the squad are playing there the World Cup will always be out of reach, as Premier League football kills Joga Bonito

[@kanewingfield6441]

These type of videos always make me feel old. Its the championship/football manager years. Good times lol

[@T.E.S.S.]

I still think Werner would have worked out well at Liverpool

[@makavelismith]

Klopp would have found a way to get a lot better out of him. Whether it would have been enough to justify the price... That's another story.

[@DW51380]

To be fair from what I seen of him he was actually a really good player then it just came to the finishing bit and it was like someone swapped his shoot and cross buttons on fifa

[@stefan5730]

He is a poor finisher, and there us nothing you can do to fix it at his age. Still very fast and good at high press.

[@Rydonattelo]

Flo going from Chelsea to Rangers in the late 90s for 12 million ( still a Scottish record signing) as to be up there with all things considered. Considering the highest transfer price a Scottish team has paid in the last 20 years is about 8 million. For context, around the same time Alan Sheara went to New Castle for 15 million around the same time. This was a massive amount for any club and for Flo to only really play a handful of games with a handful of goals this has to be up there for consideration.

[@lordvadertheleftie9703]

Lee Hendie at Villa would only perform when his contract was due for renewal. 5 games of magic then back on the coke

[@harukrentz435]

Sounds like Anthony Martialm

[@adamprice237]

Not having this. Hendrie is given this daft reputation but he was a solid player throughout for us. UTV

[@adamprice237]

But fair on the coke statement haha

[@goalsdraw8897]

I can understand that economically and team outcome coutinho can be seen as a very easy choice ( mainly due to his contribution to the barca 8-2 humiliation) but INDIVIDUALLY player performance wise he was definitely not the worst . His first half season was class . And he had sparks of brilliance in his later seasons as well , not consistent but definitely better than Jovic and hazard

[@matthias2711]

You know, "World Football" is more than just the Premier League, LaLigas Top clubs and Bayern München...

[@HITCSevens]

Yes, and almost half the inclusions weren't players at Premier League clubs! Since the Premier League has had such financial dominance over the last 20 years though, and has tended to sign players with lots of hype surrounding them, it's not surprising that they are overrepresented.

[@EdwardElfigo]

@@HITCSevensAC Milan spent over 200m signing flop after flop in 17/18 and none got mentioned 😂

[@soundscape26]

Alfie is British... he will much more quickly detect a flop in say, Southampton or Leicester than he will one at Fiorentina or Bayer Leverkusen.

[@matthias2711]

@@soundscape26 Then he should write biggest flops of the Premier League

[@T.E.S.S.]

and yet the premier league, la liga and bayern munich are part of world football. checkmate matthias.

[@martymcfly1391]

Alfie mate. Modric having a semi decent career?? His first season at Real was definitely underwhelming. But give that man some credit! Top class jugador!

[@glennb6020]

That’s the joke

[@martymcfly1391]

@@glennb6020 i reckon I didn't see the sarcasm straight away. 😆

[@michaelolande8763]

That descriptions of Aubamayang visit to Angola and stepping on land mine!

[@bananaslamma35]

Sometimes the flop is less about the player being bad, and more about the player not fitting in the team they transferred to.

[@patrickdematosribeiro1845]

I agree Ronaldo has a very disappointing season. But I would not call Portugal being eliminated in the quarter finals an early exit, it is the third best result at a world cup in the history of the country.

[@bens4602]

Worst signings since 2000: 1. Hazard - Real Madrid 2. Pogba - Man Utd 3. Coutinho - Barcelona 4. Dembele - Barcelona 5. Torres - Chelsea Lukaku escapes with great fortune, Richarlison’s got a lot to do to avoid it. The football nerds will remember Denilson to Betis. That’s worth a mention.

[@glennb6020]

I can’t get across how badly Afonso Alves fucked us, spent too much on him: didn’t have the money to bring in quality players next year.

[@harukrentz435]

Scored 2 goals in his debut game against man united yes? 😂

[@RyuzakiTaiyou]

Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 516) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.

[@bentarbuck6161]

I love how many of these players i recognise for being fm wonderkids. Keirisson on fm09 was a beast ad i still pick him up on fm23 on a free for the nostalgia