Top 10 Worst Transfers in Football History
From Christian Benteke to Liverpool FC and Radamel Falcao to Manchester United FC, there have been many terrible football transfers. Here are the top 10 worst transfers in football history.
After spending five successful years at Liverpool FC, Chelsea FC became interested in the Spaniard and paid Liverpool FC a whopping £50 million. But after joining Chelsea FC, Fernando Torres' progress instantly declined.
Despite winning the UEFA Champions League in 2012 and the UEFA Europa League in 2013 with Chelsea FC, he was still a terrible player for the club. He eventually made a permanent move to Italian club AC Milan and then soon after made a permanent move to Spanish club Atletico Madrid FC, which is the team he currently plays for.
After winning the UEFA Champions League with Real Madrid FC in 2014, Ángel Di Maria attracted the interest of Manchester United FC. The English club paid a whopping £60 million for the Argentine, but Di Maria soon became a failure at Manchester United FC.
Soon after, he was bought by French club PSG FC, which is the team he plays for now.
After spending many successful years at Newcastle United FC, Andy Carroll moved to Liverpool FC in 2011 for £35 million. But the transfer was a disaster for Liverpool FC. He only netted a few goals here and there and was very injury prone.
He was eventually sold to the London club West Ham United FC, which is the club he currently plays for.
After having a successful time at Aston Villa FC and earning himself a reputation as a tough man who can score lots of goals, Liverpool FC became interested in him and paid £30 million for the Belgian.
At first, Benteke was scoring quite a few goals and even got a few wonder goals, but his progress soon declined dramatically. He soon ended up just becoming a bench warmer. He eventually got sold to Crystal Palace FC for £30 million, and he still plays for them now. At least Liverpool FC got all their money back.
Zlatan Ibrahimovic may be a world-class player, but his career isn't perfect. After a successful time at Inter Milan FC, Ibrahimovic joined FC Barcelona for £46 million, but the transfer was a disaster.
He didn't get much playing time because, at the time, FC Barcelona had players like Lionel Messi, Thierry Henry, David Villa, Pedro, and Bojan. There wasn't much room for Zlatan Ibrahimovic. When he did play, he was quite disappointing and was eventually sold to AC Milan. Since then, he has also played for PSG FC and Manchester United FC.
After a successful time at Ukrainian team Shaktar Donetsk FC, FC Barcelona became interested in Demytro Chygrynskiy and paid Shaktar Donetsk FC £25 million. But FC Barcelona didn't get their money's worth, and they sold Chygrynskiy soon after.
He was terrible, and with his fee, Liverpool bought Alisson and Van Dijk.
When Asier Illarramendi moved to Real Madrid FC for £32 million in 2013, he was meant to be a big signing for the club to play alongside the likes of Gareth Bale and Isco. However, he was a disaster at Real Madrid FC.
He didn't get much playing time because of Gareth Bale, Isco, Mesut Özil, and Ángel Di Maria. When he did play, he was very disappointing, hence why he was just a bench warmer for most of his time at Real Madrid FC. After spending one season at Real Madrid FC, he was sold to Valencia FC, where he still currently plays.
After a very successful time at German club Borussia Dortmund FC, Mario Götze was bought by their rivals FC Bayern Munich in 2014 for £37 million to replace Toni Kroos. He was set to be a huge player at the German club.
He spent two years at FC Bayern Munich and won two Bundesliga titles as well as the FIFA World Cup in Brazil in 2014 with the Germany national team. However, he was never a first-team regular at FC Bayern Munich because of the likes of Thiago Alcantara, Arjen Robben, Franck Ribery, and Xabi Alonso. After spending two quite unsuccessful years at FC Bayern Munich, he returned to his former club Borussia Dortmund FC in 2016, and he still plays for them now.
After an average season at French club AS Monaco, Radamel Falcao went on loan to Manchester United FC in 2014 with a possible future transfer fee of £50 million. But he was just a disaster at Manchester United FC. He spent most of his time there sitting on the bench, and with good reason. When he did play, he couldn't find the back of the net.
Manchester United FC ended up paying no transfer fee for Radamel Falcao, and the Colombian man only spent one season there. After that, he was soon bought by Chelsea FC in 2015, where he only spent one season as well. In 2016, he returned to AS Monaco, and he has regained some of his good form since then.
Retired manager Sir Alex Ferguson is known as a legend at Manchester United FC, and he doesn't make many mistakes. But when he does, they are certainly big mistakes.
A significant mistake he made was buying Juan Sebastián Veron from Lazio FC for £28 million. Veron was expected to be a huge player at the club but was just average. After spending two seasons at Manchester United FC, he was sold to Inter Milan FC, where he stayed long enough to win the UEFA Champions League with them in 2010.
