What’s the best Premier League transfer?
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Quantifying the Premier League’s greatest transfer can be difficult. But we’ve given it a go.
There are many factors to consider, including but not limited to, sell-on profit, impact on the squad, or likelihood of winning a trophy.
Abhishek Raj, has defined what a “good transfer” should look like, and has decided the best transfer in Premier League history. Illustrated by Craig Silcock.
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#PremierLeague #Transfers
Anelka to Arsenal for 500K who was then sold to Real Madrid 18 Months later for £23m. Arsene Wenger used the funds of the transfer to create the best training facility in English football at the time, and used the spare £11m to sign Thierry Henry who went on to be the best player in prem history.
This is has to be up there as it benefited both the club's infrastructure n the team.
Hard to argue with that one…
the only comment that understood the assignment
HENRY BEST PLAYER LOL
Really !!!! This beats 5000 to 1 odds 😅😂😅
For me Harry Maguire. I mean Leicester advertised a fridge to the point where it was sold for 80 million great British pounds. Brilliant business.
Fridge 💀💀💀💀
Bullying is okay if it's towards football players since they are not real people who don't feel emotions
@@felixbache5369 pay me what he's on to slowly run around Old Trafford and you can say whatever you like in a youtube comment section i'll never see.
This is personal 😂
Nah tbf he was class for us and for england
Mahrez was bought for £400,000 and sold for £60 million, which is 150 times his original value.
He's one of the best right wingers and his contribution to Leicester's miracle is indisputable.
I think he should be the best transfer deal ever made.
Yes I agree. I don't really understand how they credit Kante with raising Mahrez's value in the video. The year Leicester won the league Mahrez was PFA player of the year. At the very worst you could say they raised each others value.
one of the best left wingers? he's definetly a top class winger but one of the best? nah
@@el-youtub3r402 you're totally right
@@el-youtub3r402 he’s totally one of the best
@@el-youtub3r402 yeah, he's one of the best wingers in the world, his g\a ratio for the minutes he has played is just spectacular
Small list -
- Seamus Coleman: 60k and became a club legend
- Coutinho: 13m, became the best player and sold for over 100m funding Liverpool dominance
- Kante: watch the video
- cantona: from Leeds cmon
- teves: from West ham to United was a risk but became one of the deadliest trios ever
- Viera: became king despite being from abroad which wasn't common at the time
- Ronaldo: was obv his ability but the balandor and fee he was sold for cant be matched
- VVD: has there ever been a singing with more single impact?
Kompany: signed window before takeover but was key to where city are today
Vidic - signed from Moscow and went on to be one of the most feared defenders ever
Alan Shearer - bought for under 5m by Blackburn; wins the league and sold for a British record fee to Newcastle
Jay Jay Ococha - on a free from PSG to Bolton and his impact commercially and on the pitch was astronomical
My fav:
Juniniho to Middlesbrough
There has never been a player then and since who impacted a EPL team directly from a South American team
Balandor? Do you mean Ballon d'Or?
@@WS12658 no I mean balandor
great list
@@deenuk125 Ah yes, Balandor, the Finnish audit company; famously owned by Ronaldo. My guy, you mean the Ballon d'Or.
@@ByrdFlu no I mean the Austrian Insurance firm, owned by David Alaba; the Balandor - never heard of this other award
Cantona to Man United has to be up there too. Galvanised them into being the dominant force they were for 20 years, and cost £1mil from a deadly rival!
£1 mil was a large amount back then
this is the one I was thinking of too. Man Utd pre-Cantona hadn't won much and this was the catalyst that kick-started the Ferguson success years.
That was my initial guess but they make a stronger case for their choice.
@@teddyawesome5197 Its a fifth of what Lazio paid for Paul Gasgoine, it was a respectable amount it wasn’t excessive.
@@shakiMiki if they did the same methodology and looked at the trophies won. And the increase in value of the whole team I think it would be difficult to argue against.
Coutinho to Liverpool was the best transfer ever:
1] cost them just 13 million
2}was liverpool's best player
3]sold at 147 million
4]with that money they brought vvd and allison which heralded the era of Liverpool success
Has to be top 5 at least
Hazard to Chelsea was better. Won far more trophies and was crucial to our success. He was the club's best player for 5 of the 7 seasons he spent in the Prem and was arguably the league's best player for at least 3 and maybe 4 seasons outright.
Carried the club for a couple of years when we had a declining squad and was sold for 140 million including add ons with one year left on his deal.
Hazard was the leagues best player maybe once or twice.
@@BenCowley111 2014/15, 2016/17 and 2018/19 which was probably his best season where he dragged Sarri's mediocre team singlehandedly to a 3rd place and Europa League. He was the best player in the league for those three seasons.
I'd argue 17/18 as well because Chelsea were pretty poor and he was winning games on his own at most times but it wasn't as impressive as the next season.
As another commentor just said, Anelka to Arsenal for 500K who was then sold to Real Madrid 18 Months later for £23m. If you apply the inflation value (in real terms and football market inflation), could easily argue that's a better transfer than Coutinho.
I would say Patrick Vieira. Joined a struggling and aging Arsenal side for very little money and was a lynchpin in turning them into the Invincibles. I would say staying for years and winning trophies is more valuable than a big selling fee.
Hard to argue against Kanté ❤
The goat
If what you get is levels above what you had in the same position last year, it’s a really good transfer
Peter Schmeichel. Cost them £0.5m and he was an integral part in United going from a Tottenham-type club to winning the treble when he left. It also took them almost 10 years to find a proper replacement.
No 7 years
Or 6
The fact Schmeichel is the only goalkeeper to win POTY in premier league history isn't spoken about enough. I'd love to see Tifo do a video on his season.
what do you mean by Tottenham -type club?
@@murdotch2484 TIFO, Time to get Maram AlBaharna on the case!
I would argue the case for Shearer, sold by my club, Southampton for £3.5m to Blackburn, won the premier league then sold on to Newcastle for a world record fee of £15m and went on to become the all time premiere league goalscorer. Having a strike rate of 0.8 goals PER GAME for Bburn... Not a bad bit of business by them.
Frank Lampard deserves a shout here. Cost a fair bit at the time but when a centre midfielder becomes the highest scoring player in the club's history and was as consistant over such a long period of time as he was, absolutely one of the best signings ever.
Frank lampard is a legend but him being Chelsea top goal scorer is a bad representation of Chelsea fc
@@JPayne95 to be fair there ain't many Chelsea strikers that played in Chelsea that long so that's one reason why
Best transfer ever, Phillippe Couthinho, a unicorn type player without a clear position in a modern highly structured teams, bought for 13 million, sold for 150, money reinvented in VVD and Allison, arguably best players at their positions that fit perfectly in a modern highly structured team
I’m surprised not a mention of Sami Hyypia is made here; for his cost at the time, he improved the defence, won every trophy bar the PL and even captained the club…
Haven’t seen anyone mention azpilicueta yet, £8m for a captain who in 9 years with the club has won everything there is to win.
Agreed. Can't believe no one mentioned Dave.
Litterally the first player that came to mind was Kante when I saw the title
Bought for reserve and became world class
Kante is special and makes everyone look way better than they are, everyone can focus on their creative side
They know Kante has their backs covered
The Vardy and Mahrez goals got all the highlights, deservedly so, but Kante's TOTAL CONTROL of the midfield against so many "superior" opponents was the true difference for Leicester that season. I don't think you could take away the efforts of anyone on that team and still see Leicester win it, but Kante's efforts seem most significant to me
Since no one has mentioned him in the comments, I put my case forward for Andy Robertson. £8m from a relegated Hull City in an era when some clubs will spend 3 to 4 times that much for a backup full back. Always reliable and available and is on pace not only to break the premier league record for most assists by a defender but, fitness and form permitting, might even reach the overall top 10 in 3 or so seasons. And yes I know Trent will absolutely smash that record but for now Robbo is ahead on that list. He is already a premier league great in terms of left backs. Only real question left is where amongst the greats will he rank
Sheesh, Kepa turned into a £71.6m backup goalkeeper which makes Robertson's fee look even more spectularly low.
For me it’s van dijk from Celtic to Southampton, not only did they sell him on for £75mill it pushed Southampton into the europa league for one season.
Ah, you've literally beaten me to it 🤣
I would also tentatively suggest John McGinn from St Mirren to Hibs.
He's become rock solid for Villa and Scotland.
My first thought too. But Liverpool bought coutinho for less than we paid for van dijk. They sold him for enough money to buy van dijk AND alisson.
Our best transfer is still sir Rickie Lambert anyway
Premier League: Henry. 16 million euros for probably the best PL striker of the early-mid 2000s, club legend, and arguably the greatest gunner of all time.
Bundesliga: Gerd Muller. They signed him when he was 18-17 years old with not much experience after being Third Division champion. Went on to win 13 titles with Bayern with 3 UCLs.
Serie A: Milito is my pick. Bought for 28 million euros and scored all four goals in the decisive matches for Inter in the 2009-2010 season (1-0 vs Roma in Coppa Italia's final, 2-0 vs Bayern in UCL's final, and 1-0 against Siena in the last game of the season clinching the Serie A title).
Ligue 1: Juninho Pernambucano. 100 goals for Lyon. 7 Ligue 1 titles in a row + 1 Coupe de France. That's it. If I'm not mistaken, Lyon did not pay a dime for him.
LaLiga: CR7.
IMO...Eric Cantona to Manchester United.
I would have to say Coutinho from Inter to Liverpool for 15 million then subsequent sale to Barcelona for 160 million is the best transfer. It funded the transfer of Alison and Van Dijk as well as moved Neymar out of Barcelona to PSG. Winning Liverpool the UCL and PL. As a Spurs fan I was disappointed to see Bale go but that is up there as well going to RM and Ronaldo going to RM.
Bergkamp to Arsenal imo was as important as Wenger to Arsenal. He almost single handedly changed the face of the prem and turned an Arsenal side who were pretty dogshit in the mid 90s and heralded the destruction of "boring boring arsenal"
Not only the best transfer in Arsenal's history, but arguably the Premier League. Transformed the club completely and heralded the beginning of elite foreign players coming to England in their prime.
If we can make a metric for the beauty of his technique he'd be off the charts
Hands down, Denis Irwin. Could play rb, lb, and always fit. Could get you a goal...
“And he’s a Cork man too”
I agree pal - one of the very best transfers ever but... he transferred to MU in 1990, 2 years before the PL began.
Did you watch one fricking second of the video?
@@mabbeman it was a Roy Keane joke
The first 60% of this video was going over the technical parameters of someone's spreadsheet. And I would have really liked to hear what some of the other top transfers were from this analysis. Also did you guys account for inflation in the transfer market?
Why don't you go and make video then you jobs worth
Im a villa fan but id say the best ever signing has to be Henry, signed as a winger, transformed into the leagues deadliest striker, club captain, legend, icon who broken club records yet to be broken since, helped his side go an entire season undefeated... Rightfully has his own statue outside the ground... When we talk about impact on a team theres no one on his level.
Coutinho to Liverpool was one of the best ever transfer.
• He came cheap, at just €13m.
• During his stay, he was one of the best players in the world and contributed highly to Liverpool.
• He was sold at €135m, a 10x profit.
• His transfer funded for players like Allison Becker and Virgil Van Dijk, which transformed the team.
• In a macabre way, him not working out for Barcelona also ensured that this transfer never strengthened their rivals, most notably in the 2018/19 CL semi-final.
His transfer paved the way for liverpool to be valued from less than 1B to 3+/4B
Didn’t help them win a champions league or a premier league tho. So many better picks than countiho for best transfer of all time bale from saints to spurs, rooney to united, ronaldo to united, aguero to city, Henry to arsenal, lewandowski to bayern, benzema to real madrid etc etc that’s just modern era, plenty before that as well
You made great points 👍
@@Buriboorizaemon Do we? I think most were in favor of bringing him back when he was available on the cheap. Very happy to see him doing better at Villa
@@lewisphillips275 one player can't singlehandedly win you trophies, not especially with the defence that Liverpool had then.
I’m going to argue Kante is still under appreciated, even today. He makes every player around him better, has thrived in multiple systems, and has grown as a player. If I’m building a fantasy midfield from scratch, I’m starting with him.
I always circle back to £6m for Kompany to City. I don't think anyone expected to get a player that would turn into one of the world's best, would be a club captain and leader for an elite team.
Also the little stint Blackburn Rovers went through inflating players value then bringing in ridiculous fees.
Roque Santa Cruz: £3.5m from Bayern Munich, sold for £17.5m
David Bentley: 6 figure fee from Arsenal, sold for £15m.
Chris Samba: bought from Hertha Berlin for £450k, sold for £12.3m to Anzhi.
Stephen Warnock: bought from Liverpool for £1.5m sold for £8m
Phil Jones: Academy, sold for £16.5m
Then they mismanaged themselves into League 1...
THERE IS NO BETTER TRANSFER THAN WHAT JUVE DID TO MAN UNITED
got Pogba for free, then sold him for 100+ mil Euros, then got him again for free
But Pogba got injured (again) and he'll be sidelined for weeks...I guess that is what you get for free
an underrated one is ronaldo to juve, Real sold a 33 year old player for 117 million AND got rid of his 60 million a year salary.
Here to ask Joe Devine to be the best man at my wedding
a Joe Devine best man speech is the stuff of dreams tbf
I’d like to make a shout for Zaha. Basically Crystal Palace paid a negative £8m to take Zaha and he has been Crystal Palace’s best player for half a decade and the clubs’ best ever player. There’s absolutely no way the club stays in the Premier League without him. The value of being in the Premier League should be considerably attributed to him.
Im surprised no one's mentioned david silva. Bought at the start of the take over and completely encapsulated what manchester were going to try to be about. Alongside aguero became one of the most formidable partnerships in premier league and manchester city history and was instrumental in both the first FA cup in years and the the first 2 premier league titles. And to top it all off was bought for just over £20M
I think the transfer of Roy Keane in 93 to Manchester United is extremely undervalued.
For over a decade he set the standard of intensity and focus for United, he’s instrumental in their long term domestic dominance.
7 x EPL titles (3 in a row)
4 x FA Cups
1 x Champions League
All for £3.75 million (£7.25 million today)
£3.75 m is not the same as £7.25m today. Football inflation is very different to inflation in general.
@@joebarnes100 true but it was still extremely inexpensive if you compare Gianluigi Lentini move to AC Milan in 1992 for £13 million or Alan Shearer’s £15 million move to Newcastle in 1996.
He's like a 70 million investment today . He was wanted by real madrids , liverpool and the great Italian clubs and united just won the race
I'm with you mate
@@grealish2234 he had already agreed terms with Blackburn, but Fergie came in during the weekend and couped the deal - and what a deal it turned out to be for ManU. Record signing in the premier league at the time, so I think even higher than £70m.
outtake from fourfourtwo's article on highest British transfers :
"It would have been Blackburn who once again set the record with this very transfer (and at a rumoured higher fee of £4m) had it not been for the office with the fax machine in it to be locked up before they could finalise the deal on a Friday evening.
Instead, wiley Alex Ferguson managed to capitalise on the east Lancastrians' strict adherence to weekends off, and land Roy Keane's signature by Monday morning."
Cucurella to Chelsea.
After one season at Brighton selling him for a potential £63 mil and getting Colwill for a season for free was incredible business
Eden Hazard to Chelsea. They bought him for around 20M, he was undoubtedly the club's best player while he was there, won 2 PLs and 2 ELs and he was sold for 130M.
130m? I thought it was only about 70m as he had a year left on his contract
@@WOOOPdoctorFROGhere You'd think that, but Marina put in a shitload of add-ons. Iirc, Chelsea makes 20m every time Real wins the CL long as Hazard is there.
Heung min son
Ridiculous performance levels on the pitch but the monetary value is crazy. Completely brought a new fanbase to Tottenham
Good shout
Trophy?
Top Marx for the images in this video!
Peter Schmeichel...
In 1991, bought for 500 grand - won the International GK of the year twice (92 & 93) - finished in the top three FIVE times...
And in 2000, was declared on the list of Top 10 GKs of all time....
Coutinho= Bought for 13m Sold for 130m, funded the players that went on win absolutely everything in English football. Ow, and a 3 European finals taking one home.
I would also say the sell of coutinho to Barcelona was what brought about the it factor to there current success and a sensible transfer.
Everton got a club legend for 60k
Great video. Vincent Kompany for £6m is the one that sticks in my mind (albeit from a very biased point of view).
As a Leeds fan i think us losing Cantona for 1 million to United is probably one of the worst transfers in prem league history,we paid 1 million for him and sold him for that what a terrible piece of business.
Luis Suarez was on another level, what a bargain!
arsene wenger and saf had many genius transfers. anelka, henry, viera, van der sar, cantona and persie
Would be interesting with a list with something like the 20 best transfers based on this.
Don’t forget Eden Hazard’s 30 odd million move to Chelsea to be sold on the last year of his contract for 120m+ with the add-ons after becoming the best player in the Premier League at the time
As an Everton fan it's Coleman. £60k acquisition value. He's not and hasn't ever been the best RB in the world, but he was top 3 in the PL for years. Value could easily have been £25m - 415x his acquisition cost.
Can you also do a "Worst premier league transfer ever"
Cantona from Leeds to United, no question about it. He retired over 20 years ago and I still miss the guy! No Cantona, no Fergie, no class of '92. Eric changed the course of United's history. The magnificent reign of Fergie was kick started by Le King.
Gianfranco Zola to Chelsea. He cost £4.5m at the age of 30(quite high for 1996). He goes on to win major 5 trophies in 4 years (the clubs first silverware since the early 70s) and inspires Roman Abramovich to buy the club.
Best EVER PL transfer is clearly, Eric Cantona, he was the cog which helped Manchester United to win their first Premier League title, and all the money that came with that, he was the one that the class of 92 looked up to, he helped the club to win two doubles, and set them on their way to winning THE Treble.
Without him, would Beckham, Scholes, etc have won as much as they did, would they have been as big a household name??
Most likely not.
Value for money, success, it all points towards Eric Cantona, with second place Peter Schmeichel.
Kanté may not be footballs number 1 player, but he is the people's number 1.
Can we get a reverse of this video about Harry Maguire
I’d say heung min son is up there, especially when you factor in his commercial value in the Asian markets. Easily top 10-5 best in the world rn- and only for 22 mil
As a Spurs fan I must agree
Especially given all those trophies he's helped Spurs win
Oh yes this is a clever answer. I think its something like 25% of Korea actively identifying as THFC fans isn't it?
@@CaptainSw4g That’s actually insane if that’s true. Happy to see our fan base grow cuz of Son, Mexicans also love him
I think you lot are overestimating Son's popularity in the Asian market. I give you S.Korean market. Abit doubtful in the other East Asian markets.....
I would have to go with Vincent kompany or Sergio Aguero. Vincent kompany costing only around 10 million who went on to become an integral leader for the squad since his departure, and would go on and become on of the worlds best defenders. As for Aguero well I don’t think I need Mitch explaining 36 million at the time, but you can’t argue that price since he scored probably the most iconic goal of all time, and would go one to become one of the best prem strikers ever.
Luis Suarez, Alan shearer and Thierry Henry
I know this happened 15 years before the formation of the English Premiet League but without a doubt the greatest signing transfer in the history of British football has to be Liverpool signing Kenny Dalglish
Definitely Ronaldo to United, Bought for 12mil won everything possible and sold for 80mil...best in Prem history in my opinion
12 million was a lot at the time, for a unproven teenager from a foreign league.
Azpilicueta was bought for 7m.
10 years of service, ~500 apps for Captain Dave and won everything to win with zero off-field drama.
@@joebarnes100 they sold him for 80 though, well worth the gamble
The 12 mil part, I agree with. But, considering what he went on to become, the fact that he was an unproven teen at the time United signed him is part of what makes him such an amazing transfer in retrospect.
Just love the level of detail Tifo puts into the videos
Not a big name signing but one time my club Coventry sold Gael Bigirimana to Newcastle, he stayed for 4 years made 13 apps for them, all of which were in the first of his 4 years, they then loaned him back to us for a season and then we bought him back for less than we sold him for a year later, he then went on to score for us in the EFL Trophy Final
Pretty funny story tbf 😂
Since this was titled 'Premier League transfer' I assumed that it was going to be between Prem clubs... in which case the answer would be: Eric Cantona, from Leeds Utd to MUFC even though he retired and so cost them the full 1 million pound fee, his impact on the team, the club, the league and the game are altogether unmatched (IMHO).
Leicester was in the prem when they signed Kante wym
@@andreitv9921 I mean, between 2 prem clubs.
I'd argue Seamus Coleman, whilst he didn't have the massive impact that Kante had, didn't take Everton to titles or nothing, they signed him for 60k, no that's not a typo, it's not meant to be 600, it's 60k
ffs, even if they sold him right now, at age 35, they'd still turn a profit from transfer fee to transfer fee, on top of the 341 PL appearances (398 across all comps) idk if there's any player that can come close to value for transfer fee paid (excluding frees/academy players ofc)
Kante is the obvious choice, but I think I would argue for another player, with regards to the criteria set up in the video.
Coutinho was bought for 8.5 million and sold for 146 million. I'm not arguing the impact Coutinho had on the field was bigger than Kante, but the money earned, allowed Liverpool to transform the team and sustain a much higher level than they had.
Whatever Kante did at Leicester, it seems to have faded away at this point, as they look to be going in the wrong direction the last couple of season, where the sale of Coutinho, is still a big part of the reason for Liverpools success.
I'm not sure the Drinkwater sale is representative of Kantes impact, but more of Chelseas short term desperation for a home grown midfielder to fill a void.
Coutinho, 11m to Liverpool from Inter and sold 5 years later for 121m. The player was also very good for Liverpool and they used Barcelona’s fees to sign players.
Selling coutinho for 146 million, him not being successful at barca and you putting the money towards multiple better players
Surely Ronaldo at Real Madrid. Look at all they won with him there and they still managed to get €100mill from Juventus at the end of that.
Real Madrid? Premier League?
liverpool bringing robertson is a decent deal
Great video, Tifo team - one suggestion - I didn’t enjoy the side scrolling on this video. Cool idea but made it more difficult to follow what was on the screen. Thanks
A tactical analysis of the women's team that just won the euros might be quite a cool video, how we had a ball playing cb next to an aerially dominant one and so on
Head over to our IRL channel for exactly that!
Cristiano Ronaldo during his first spell at Manchester United when he arrived from Sporting CP. I say this even as diehard Liverpool supporter. It was a completely transformative transfer for not only Man United but for the Premier League and world football at large, since he would kick on his unprecedented run of Ballon d'Or triumphs and get in the conversation of GOAT status alongside Lionel Messi.
Great statisctically sound and entertaining video on the value of transfers by Tifo. Also very easy to understand and follow. Certainly the most Sensible Transfer!
Phillipe Coutinho to Liverpool has to be up there.
I believe something like 8m was paid for a return of 145m.
Agree about Kante👍
Le Sulk, anyone?
Arsenal bought for 500k, sold for 22.3 million.
Alan shearer to Newcastle, not so much for the player but the club, became Newcastles record goal scorer and became a club legend
Chelsea bought Hazard for 20 million pounds, he scored about half of Chelsea's goals and they sold him for something like 115 million. Not quite Kante' return but nearly there.
Players aside, WENGER was the biggest single signing a club has made... From nutrition to facilities and physio, man changed the level full stop
The Messi picture created a flickering effect. You might wanna check that for epileptic safety.
There are so many contenders. Hazard, Mahrez, Ronaldo, Cantona, Coutinio, Shearer. The list goes on. Kante is definitely up there as well.
For me it's Ronaldo. Won the PL 3 times, the FA Cup, the UCL and the Ballon D'or. On top of that sold a ton of shirts and was sold for a £68m profit. Not bad for a £12m signing
Anelka or Coutinho
The aftermath of their transfers to and from the clubs took their respective teams to incredible heights!
Schmeichel to Manchester United had to be one of the greatest goalkeeper signings in history
azpilicueta is my vote, club captain and a centerpiece in a dozen managers and winning everything he can for club. all for 7 million euros
I was looking for this particular comment
Azpi is true bargain
7m. Played as rb .played at lb.played rwb .played as rcb .cl winner europa winner pl winner .
I had kante too as my pick
Trust TiFo to try to quantify a fun debate and make it a mathematical equation.
my mind always goes for Aguero to Manchester City and Rooney to Manchester United.
Mo Salah
a comparison of other players using the same metrics would have been nice to put in perspective just how special his transfer was. I mean, Ronaldo has scored hundreds of goals. But so have I at futsal and indoor 5 a side. I don't want to brag or anything, but it'd be good if people knew who he was competing with for, perspective. you know.
Kevin Phillips, 325k. 30 goals, European Golden Boot winner. Still the only Englishman to win it.
I love you bro!! especially podcasts.
Alex Ferguson to Man Utd
I would like to see a in depth video of how kante plays, as a person who mostly watches highlights i've never been able to fullt apriciate what he brings to the team.
Couldn't agree more! The effect Kante had on English football is tremendous...and on football fans.
Please where is the arsenal sensible transfers video 🥺🙏
Philippe Coutinho. Highly rated prospect who had spent 3 years at Milan and looked like he had been possibly overhyped after struggling to make an impact at Inter and being unspectacular at Espanyol, on loan. Signed for £8mil, which rose to £12mil. He went on to be one of the biggest figures in the club's rise away from the Hodgson era, under Rodgers and starred with Klopp before going to Barca 5 years later for £142mil. An appreciation of more than 1000% from the value we payed. During this time he nailed himself on as one of Brazils star men.
Sad to see, because he was truly a magician with us, that he is viewed as a sort of a flopped at Barca and Bayern. However, this to me actually represents a better deal for us receiving £142mil for him to leave Barca £17mil.
Good brief. But he didn't flop at Bayern at all. 11 goals + 9 assists in a packed Bayern where he wasn't even a starter was a good record
@@saavanelias8059 agreed. He played well at Bayern, but he wasn't kept on after the loan and he struggled to hold a starting role. Which for a player who was bought by Barca for €160mil shouldn't be the case. He should start close to every game.
Maybe Hazard to Chelsea?
-Brought for 32 Million
-Was instrumental to all Chelsea trophies in his 7 year spell
- Kept them from becoming a mid table club
- was sold for 130 Million
- with that money Chelsea bought Mendy, Werner, Havertz and later won the Champions League
As if you're trying to label buying Werner as a good thing 🤣. I liked him at RB but let's be honest he isn't winning the balloon dor anytime soon is he? Chelsea fan desperately clutching at straws to think of an amazing transfer despite buying over 1,000,000,000 players in the last 10 years.🤣
@@hermankermit-warm1121 I really don't like Werner, but he was important to Chelsea's champions League
What a move that was running down contact and getting freedom to go where really wanted to go for their career
I know it's not exactly your area, but would love a 'Sensible Transfer' video on Fantasy Football:-)
You say that PSG merch sales increased 40% when they signed Messi but aren't sure if Messi shirt sales cannibalized Neymar and Mbappe. But regardless of that, merchandise sales increased 40 PERCENT after Messi signed, there is no way that PSG would see a 40% increase without that signing. Maybe 5% or 10% but nothing like 40%.