There is a similar but much older and largely unknown story with Lille OSC. In 1954, a man presented himself at the French border claiming to be Josef Zakarias, one of the main players of the great Hungary team. He also said that he fled the eastern bloc to play for Lille, arguably the best French team at the time. Lille's president, Louis Henno, saw it as a golden opportunity to replace the Dutchman Van Der Hart who was asking for a raise and he proodly presented Zakarias in front of everyone as the next big thing in French football. After a first friendly game, it quickly turned out that the guy wasn't Zakarias at all, but just a Serbian immigrant who could barely kick a football. But the damage was already done, Henno and Lille were ridiculed, Van Der Hart was never properly replaced and they even got relegated for the first time shortly after. Lille took a very long time to recover from this, they would have to wait another 60 years to finally get silverware again.
@federicogiorgetti3118 Even still, I'd 100% demand to see the man take some runs, do some passes and shoot some free-kicks and pens, before I'd ever commit to a contract
Ian Ashbee to Preston nearly put the club out of business, we gave him a 2 year contract on "allegedly" £24k p/w at a time when we had the lowest budget in the Championship and our highest paid player was on around £5k p/w. It wasn't the only bad signing we made around that time but it was the most costly.
another North End fan here. We could have signed 3-4 decent players with that and had a decent shot at survival. Phil Brown had a solid 5 months to turn that around and got off lightly IMO.
I was a Bradford City season ticket holder before moving to Australia but I would say that Carbone earned every penny at Bradford. He was a class above and had a phenomenal work rate…nobody at BCFC would blame him at all. He probably saved us by taking a much reduced contract payout.
Great work, as usual, Alfie! Just a small correction: Damião played for Internacional in Brasil, not Independiente. There are many 'Independientes' across South America, but not, as Far as I know, here in Brasil. 😅
4:49 I recall reading that, if Seth Johnson played 50 games for Leeds, that's when the add-ons would have kicked in and his transfer fee would have gone up to £9 million as you mentioned. He played exactly 49 games for Leeds and then never played for them again, not because of injury, but because Leeds couldn't afford the extra £2m they would have had to pay out had he played that 50th game.
Interesting, but it seems ridiculous for the video to blame Seth Johnson for the general overspending at Leeds. They bet the house on Champions League football and lost. He was just a small part of it.
@@matthewstarkey7665 I’m a derby fan, the guy is held in very high regard here, the lad who sits next to me at pps is actually called Seth in honour of the great man! Genuinely thought he’d be a massive name in the prem, he got injured in his last game, which was the play off win at Wembley and sealed his status as one of the best players to pull on a rams shirt in the pride park era 🐏🐏🐏
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For a second i thought the entire list would be Leeds signings. Great video! I had no idea Flo was so expensive for Rangers - back in Norway he's most famous for two things: 1) his incredible performance in the 2-1 win against Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and 2) being related to everyone else in Norwegian football. In that game against Brazil, Tore André's brother Jostein and cousin Håvard both played, and a third brother and a cousin once removed (Jarle and Per-Egil, respectively) have also represented the national team. There are still Flos knocking about at just about every level of Norwegian football, all of them related.
It's always nice see Brazilian football getting some recognition, and yeah, practically every transfer can possibly terminate the club as they accumulate millions of debts per season
We had a decline at Bolton similar to Leeds and Sunderland, but I can't point to one transfer as being particularly bad. Unless you count the sale of the club to Ken Anderson as a transfer. Maybe we can point at Dean Holdsworth's transfer 20 years earlier because that made us trust him about Anderson.
@@randr2141 m8, big sam wanted two big signings to reach CL, board declined, Big Sam left. This along with mismanagement and poor signings ultimately led to Bolton’s downfall, but I’d have to say mismanagement is what mostly led to all this
@@randr2141 Sam wanted to splash the cash and get in the Champions League, the chairman was happy mid-table. Looking at Leeds you could say it was the logical decision, but since it all went tits up anyway... maybe they should have gone for it
I think it’s also important to note that some of these players (I.e Jovic) are pivotal squad players who give the starters world class opposition during practice. A strong team isn’t only about the starting 11 (imho)
I think the signing of Robbie Fowler by Leeds for 11 mil pound was worst the Seth Johnson... They absolutely didn't needed him. They already had Viduka, Keane and Smith, all were in good form and the signing of Fowler who was way from his prime forced the team to completely change their system to accommodate his style. Even though Fowler's goal scoring record looked good for them, I think this was did the most damaging to Leeds
Nice to see a Cruzeiro signing in this list, the club was definitely devastated by the bad acquisitions made in 2018/2019. But I believe Fred was the most catastrophic: not only the club payed top money for the striker and he was absolute trash on the field, they also willingly took on the responsibility to the fine stipulated in his previous contract with Cruzeiro’s arch rivals (Atletico), and now the club probably be obligated to pay this fine to them despite living in a dire financial situation. Absolute trash
Paul Pogba to Manchester United has to be an Honourable Mention at the least as he has been Awful and I Believe Instrumental in the Dressing Room Unrest …. ⚽️
Bradford buying Benito Carbone making him one of the highest paid Premier League players. Then spending the next 20 years in financial trouble as a side effect. Edit: ok I finished watching the video, never did I think little old Bradford would make the list. Well earned tho.
Great video! Maybe Griezmann and Coutinho to Barcelona will some day be on this list. 3 years without La Liga is something awful to Barcelona. It's almost as to be relegated to some other clubs... BTW: Leandro Damiao played for Internacional of Brazil, not Independiente (one of the biggest clubs from Argentina) ;)
Not like me to have a video idea but here's one: the seven lowest ranked teams on domestic football pyramids that have won major trophies, be it domestic or continental. I saw that Oxford Uni, who play in the Uni leagues, have won an FA Cup. That's the same number of trophies as Fulham, Brum, Middlesbrough, etc, and one more than Hull... It got me thinking about teams that are so far down the leagues that they are all but forgotten, yet have a nice little winner's medal in their trophy room/shed.
Good Idea. Off the top of my head I think there's 2 current 3rd tier clubs who have won European trophies, Ipswich and Magdeburg. Notts County won an FA Cup and are in the National League.
Hey Allie. Have you ever thought about making videos about women’s football? Barça’s rise to pretty much the top of European football recently would be a good topic for a video
@@gerjerry99 I'm worried that it could very much happen. I'm an Arsenal fan and it would be strange not seeing Everton in the Prem, this season has been one disaster after the other for the Toffees though and they're being made to pay for their insane spending now. Make a hell of a good challenge on FM25/26 though rebuilding Everton right?
I'd like to throw the name Amoroso into the ring. Not the only reason Borussia Dortmund almost went bankrupt, also he scored 18 goals when Dortmund won the league in 2002 - but he was the most expensive transfer of the Bundesliga back then and didnt deliver past his first year. Lots of injuries. Dortmund also sold rightback Evanilson to Parma and had to get him back right away on loan. Bonkers situation. Then left the club for free in 03/04.
Hey !!! It was actually my shout (and for it to be in the vid from some other ppl too) the Damião transfer to Santos one !! Real nice to see it there in the vid. Love the channel to bits.
Paul Pogba at Man United while he has his moments and always seems to play well for France he has never justified the fee they bought him from Juventus and i firmly believe Alex Ferguson was entirely justified in letting him leave for nothing back in 2012 it's not as if he has he helped to pull Man Utd up many trees and the club is looking as mediocre as ever now I'm not saying that's all down to Pogba but this isn't what the club had in mind when they brought him back from Juventus in 2016.
he didn't want pogba to leave the club. He only left because Juventus offered him a lot more money and he went there. Not to mention he had almost no minutes at United the first time he was there
Pogba picks and chooses which games he can be arsed about, and those games have been few and far between since he returned to us. I would rather have a player with half his ability but who gives his all for the team in every damn game than spend a season more wondering which version of Pogba we’re gonna get in any given match! There needs to be a massive clearout in the summer, there’s a lot of dead wood, but Pogba surely has to be one of those making his exit.
Good idea. Maradona to Napoli possibly being greatest impact? Cantona to Man Utd being missing piece in jigsaw to revive them? Kubala then Cruyff at Barca? Suarez then Mattheus at Inter? Rijkaard going back to Ajax being the experienced icing on the cake?
Great video, definitely need a part 2. A suggestion for my team, Chadli to West Brom or even Oliver Burke to West Brom £15mil for nothing! Keep up the good work Alfie 🙌🏼
Did wonder if Carbone would be on this list. And your high level of credibility remains as high as ever for it not being missed. Carbone is a player who was a real class act, his dedication to his football and his decision not to be the man to put the Bantams out of business is often forgotten by fans.
I am extremely so sad to watch this video and particularly,the signing of Jack Rodwell which was ultimately the biggest transfer of all time which destroyed Sunderland on the whole to be languished in the English League 1,good friends!!!:(
It's crazy that a player will standby and watch a club get destroyed just to take home a ridiculous pay packet even at the detriment to their own playing career...
Flo was a panic buy after a 6-2 defeat to Celtic with a certain Chris Sutton netting within a minute the irony is it was originally meant to Ronald de Boer and John Hartson we wanted and within a week both were in Glasgow but the big man failed the medical and his 7 million move was scrapped and Every club knew we were desperate for a striker but then John signed for Celtic the next year and became a club hero scoring famous goals especially at anfeild in the eufa cup in a 2-0 win on route to the final
I was at both those games. Tremendous. Also, I don’t think Murray’s ego could take the fact that Celtic broke/held the record transfer fee. I know he’s mentioned Flo but arguably Boumsong’s very short stay between Auxerrre and Newcastle raising suspicion a few years later proved more catastrophic than Flo. What a shame.
@Boss Tecoglou I get that Boss (great username btw 😎🍀) But that transfer raised eyebrows for the very facts you mention. There was a transfer enquiry and I think that’s what first caught the tax man’s attention as a result. I’m pretty sure there was a raid with club computers etc seized which set off a certain chain of events ...
Celtic fans call Rangers "sevco" because that was the name of the corporate entity that bought Rangers after the financial collapse and administration And that is supposed to be a blow to us being called that😂 Fuckin sevco, who gives a fuck what the holding company is called 😅 You'd think they would be eating a bit more humble pie due to all the paedophile coaches Celtic have had but no, for some reason that doesn't faze them🤷🏼♀️
That was a classy move by Carbone. I dont think he deserves to be number 1, as a result. He could have stuck in there and gotten more money but to take 25% of your contract... He deserves respect for that.
I love tore andre flop. Celtic signed Henrik Larsson and Lubomir Moravcik from Feyenoord and MSV Duisburg for under a million combined. Two of the best bargain signings to reinvigorate a club
The paraguayan twins Angel and Oscar Romero, signed for the Pope's team, San Lorenzo in Argentina for reportedly very high wages and created an absolute mess in the economy and the dressing room. Currently the team is heading to fight relegation in 2023. Remember San Lorenzo is considered one of the "big five" here. The club is imploding partially because of very bad and expensive signings and a lack of leadership from the autorities. It's a very bad situation for the club
Please do a video on Türkgücü München.The club was founded in Germany by Turkish Immigrants in the 70s and after making it's way to the 3rd division the club filed for bankruptcy.The club recently withdrew from the league.Most German football fans hate as far as I can see.A quick look through the Google reviews is all that's needed.
I think you're overstating the impact of Flo's signing at Rangers. Whilst the club carried a potentially high liability (at the time, yet to be decided, and thus not actual debt), there is a single reason why Rangers entered administration in 2012: the new owner, Craig Whyte. Whyte had lied about his wealth and his source of funds to purchase the club the previous summer. It turned out that he had mortgaged the next three seasons' season ticket money as part of a leveraged buyout (where you secure a loan on the assets of the business you are buying). Season ticket money is a great deal more important in Scottish football than English (which is all about the TV deal, ours is pennies) and so this effectively left Rangers without any income. Whyte had counted on Rangers making it through Champions League qualifiers to bring in revenue. When that didn't happen, administration became inevitable. Not really Tore Andre Flo's fault.
I call 38k a week a lot of money in English football its a whole, whole heap in Scottish football. Flo should have got 7k a week tops and that is still a lot of money even in 2022 in Scottish football.
@@Big_Yin You've completely misunderstood. Buying Rangers meant taking on all of their liabilities. Normally a football club exits administration with creditors taking pennies on the pound, but HMRC refused to do that. Purchasing the assets was not the issue.
Decent video. I’d like to see something in a similar vein, along the lines of clubs who suffered as a result of selling the Crown Jewels. I’ll chuck in Denis Irwin from Oldham to United. United kicked on with him holding the defensive line, whereas Oldham went completely to pot. And the transfer fee, if I remember rightly, was peanuts.
Amazing vid mate! Only one heads up, the club Damiao played here in Brazil before Santos is Internacional, not Independiente, Independiente is from Argentina!
Sunderland were collapsing whether they signed Rodwell or not. That signing was a symptom of what was going on and not the cause. Feel sorry for Rodwell. He's been demonised for wanting a contract to be honoured. Great interview with him in the Athletic a month or two ago.
He's attempting to change the narrative after the fact. He's been poor everywhere else he went and clearly lost the desire for football whilst warming the bench at City.
He had no interest in playing. He is not a professional. Saying to the club that he's injured while telling the sun paper he's fit and wants to play for England 😂
The main issue with benito carbonne at BCFC was that he was actually too good for the players around him. He saw things on the pitch and played passes the others just never saw in time. As such he never gelled with the team and we dint get the most out of him.
The thing about Damião is that Santos had gained a pretty big amount of money on Neymar, enough to build a competitive team and then some, but wasted nearly all on him. And yeah, even back then a lot of people though it was a stupid move. Since then they didn't win anything major, and this year look like relegation candidates.
Santos ganhou muito dinheiro principalmente entre 2010 e 2013, mas ainda depois disso pois o Santos é reconhecido como um grande celeiro de jogadores, mas a equipe se perdeu em sucessivas administrações ruins.
Shocked that Gaizka Mendieta's transfer from Valencia to Lazio never got even a honorable mention. That signing put Cragnotti in jail, and Lazio in so much debt that it took Lotito over a decade to get them back out of it
I think the Rodwell story is the worst and most egregious one on this list and deserves the top (?) spot. The questionable signing and inflated terms element can possibly be overlooked, but the fact that Rodwell turned out to be a douchebag and _knowingly caused the financial ruin of the club_ just takes the biscuit.
Mate, he was a symptom of the ruination not the cause of it. The board made to crazy decision to offer him a Premier League contract with no regard to what would happen if things didnt work out ie no 'get-out' clauses included if they were relegated or if he failed to be selected for an agreed number of first team appearances etc. Not rocket science for any competent business to put together an acceptable contract that suited both parties. Rodwells agent must have thought he was gods gift to footballers after pulling that deal off, the club literally gifted them both millions of pounds for absolutely fuck all.
Hey Alfie, got another video request. How about you take a look at the 7 highest scoring games of the Premier League era and see what happened to the teams involved after
you could include lukaku considering now that 97.5 million pounds would be amazing for. the club due to Chelsea struggling to pay for buses and having our owner leave
Not to be 'that guy' but noticed you said Leandro Damiao stuck it out with Independiente which is the Argentinean club rather than Internacional.......
@Alfie "Stadium of Light", is that Sunderlands stadium name or were they guest playing at Benfica's Estadio da Luz? An idea for a video from a long term fan of your work; *interesting stadium names* (as you know usually honouring "forgotten" footballers, so lots of interesting material, I think?) Keep up the good work and spreading the good words, saludos de Colombia !
"The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands.] A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town" Wiki
I suggested Xisco to Newcastle United, signed for a decent fee and wage packet only to score just one PL goal and be 6th choice striker at best, while being signed by Dennis Wise as a favour to a football agent after he'd told Keegan he'd try to sign Bastian Schweinstiger as James Milner's replacement. Keegan duly resigned, Newcastle ended the season with relegation, and the fans' relationship with Mike Ashley never recovered. This seven is still full of good shouts
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@@man4437 No it wasn't. There wasn't a joke. You meant foreign born players and those who played for other countries at youth level, you just communicated poorly and I made a joke. If you can't take that tiny an L and laugh instead of lying, a hard life beckons.
Hi mate as a Sunderland fan N’dong was far worst he cost us 15 million was on a lower wage than rodwell but showed nothing at all and we got relegated he left on loan to Watford then got released a year later love the content
The only people debating whether Rangers are still Rangers appear to be Celtic fans... 🤷♀️ So I would say there isn't really widespread debate about that particular issue x
You can't fault Jack Rodwell''s talent. While he spent the last two seasons at Sydney FC 90% injured, the games he did play were quite good. It's just a shame injuries really plagued his career. He is currently a free agent.
Pierre Van Hooiijdonk helping Nottingham Forest get promoted and then going on strike and refusing to play is up there for me. We have never fully recovered from that bottom of the PL finish. I know that the whole thing went deeper than that, but for me and what I remember of the whole debacle...Wow what a *wa*.
Jack Rodwell is playing here in Australia for the club I support, he's doing quite well, set up and scored some goals, has been injured a few times though 👍
Chelsea paid 30m for Danny Drinkwater but also paid Leicester 30m for Ngolo Kante and 60m for Kante is still a massive win. You win some you lose some. Rare Marina L for Drinkwater
Post-liquidation Rangers are not a continuation of the old club. The new Rangers is a phoenix club. I don't know why there is any debate over it. When a company goes into liquidation, they cease to exist. That's why a NEW company was formed, and hence a NEW club, which then bought the assets of the old club. The confusion of some is due to the short turnaround compared to other phoenix clubs, such as Newport County, which usually take years to form after the original went into liquidation.
Pretty sure if Celtic found themselves in the same situation and a new company had to be formed and the club were relegated to the bottom tier, then the fans would say its the same club. Of course its the same club, they retain all the same honors that the club won under the old ownership and all governing bodies recognize this.
@@ollymuirs It's immaterial whether the governing bodies recognise it. They also recognise that Newport County has a history going back to 1912 and allow them to retain their meagre honours, and yet they were reformed (important word No. 1) four months after going bankrupt (important word No. 2). And yet, everyone agrees that Newport County is a phoenix club. Of course Newport County is not the same club. It's not the same business as that which folded. The same applies to Rangers. Businesses are legally treated as people in their own right. If a person dies and you decide to take their name and their legacy, it doesn't make you that person you've replaced.
@@daviddavies3637 it doesn’t really matter, majority of football fans view rangers as the same club that founded in 1872 and especially people outside of Scotland
Alfie you’re obviously interested in the role money plays as a force in football. How can a club find these vast sums for transfers if not handed the money by a very rich owner? The simple answer is, like any loan, mortgage or “borrowing” of any kind, a commercial bank is allowed to create the money (not cash directly) out of nothing. All it takes is credit worthiness and the ability to “repay.” The best example is the trouble Barcelona FC has got into with bank debt because it’s bank was willing to create enormous funds for new players. Money is killing football. The role of betting in and around the game is a scandal to come.
mightve not been the best for us but still love tore andre flo, still sing his song all the time and also we’re still the same club, we wear 150 years on our kit, not 10
There is a similar but much older and largely unknown story with Lille OSC.
In 1954, a man presented himself at the French border claiming to be Josef Zakarias, one of the main players of the great Hungary team. He also said that he fled the eastern bloc to play for Lille, arguably the best French team at the time.
Lille's president, Louis Henno, saw it as a golden opportunity to replace the Dutchman Van Der Hart who was asking for a raise and he proodly presented Zakarias in front of everyone as the next big thing in French football. After a first friendly game, it quickly turned out that the guy wasn't Zakarias at all, but just a Serbian immigrant who could barely kick a football. But the damage was already done, Henno and Lille were ridiculed, Van Der Hart was never properly replaced and they even got relegated for the first time shortly after. Lille took a very long time to recover from this, they would have to wait another 60 years to finally get silverware again.
Yes but it was 56, Graehme Souness was ridiculed from a guy Ali Dia pretending to be Weah's cousin in 2004 in full Internet era
What a great story!
@federicogiorgetti3118 Even still, I'd 100% demand to see the man take some runs, do some passes and shoot some free-kicks and pens, before I'd ever commit to a contract
Ian Ashbee to Preston nearly put the club out of business, we gave him a 2 year contract on "allegedly" £24k p/w at a time when we had the lowest budget in the Championship and our highest paid player was on around £5k p/w. It wasn't the only bad signing we made around that time but it was the most costly.
another North End fan here. We could have signed 3-4 decent players with that and had a decent shot at survival. Phil Brown had a solid 5 months to turn that around and got off lightly IMO.
We have made many stupid transfers tbf 😂
@@samuelcross2396 Especially during those couple of year when Phil Brown + Graham Westley were in charge
A video on Everton wouldn't be about one bad signing, it would be about 20
God I’d put that horrible season of ferguson/brown out of my mind. Incredible how close we were to going bust before hemmings
I was a Bradford City season ticket holder before moving to Australia but I would say that Carbone earned every penny at Bradford. He was a class above and had a phenomenal work rate…nobody at BCFC would blame him at all. He probably saved us by taking a much reduced contract payout.
Greg Clayton spot on 👏👍
My cousin had a friend who knows him, said he was a gentleman and someone you would give a ring to during game's night
He shouldn't be in this list.
A lot of his videos are full of shit
He should have to do a new video because of your input 😂
He was great for us all those years ago when in the Prem (Sheff Wed supporter)
6:17 Independiente is from Argentina, and Leandro Damião, as the shirt he's wearing shows, stayed in Internacional.
I noticed that too, wrong "In...."
And Nabil Bentaleb is an Algerian international NOT a Moroccan international.
This is bad or lazy research.
Such a small team this Independiente de Porto Alegre, born in 2006, died in 2010.
Great work, as usual, Alfie! Just a small correction: Damião played for Internacional in Brasil, not Independiente. There are many 'Independientes' across South America, but not, as Far as I know, here in Brasil. 😅
He also called Bentaleb a Moroccan international even though he represents Algeria
Nice to see another Brazilian in here!
it's really good to see a brazilian writing a perfect english. Congrats,lad !!
@@AdamMiligan Digo o mesmo, cara! Tamo junto! 😁😁😁
@@vandeirferreira1329 Ah, muito obrigado, cara!! Agradeço muito os elogios! 😊
Leandro Damiao was an absolute beast on FM 12
i rember one gamethrough in Liverpool with him having 315 apps and 428 goals.. Used him on corner glitch, but still.. Ridiculous
4:49 I recall reading that, if Seth Johnson played 50 games for Leeds, that's when the add-ons would have kicked in and his transfer fee would have gone up to £9 million as you mentioned. He played exactly 49 games for Leeds and then never played for them again, not because of injury, but because Leeds couldn't afford the extra £2m they would have had to pay out had he played that 50th game.
As a United fan, I find this...fucking MORTIFYING..FUCK, can this be true!?!?
He wasn’t as bad as Thomas brolin
Interesting, but it seems ridiculous for the video to blame Seth Johnson for the general overspending at Leeds. They bet the house on Champions League football and lost. He was just a small part of it.
@@iankemp1131 4:20 “the signing of Seth Johnson was by no mean the sole cause”
@@matthewstarkey7665 I’m a derby fan, the guy is held in very high regard here, the lad who sits next to me at pps is actually called Seth in honour of the great man!
Genuinely thought he’d be a massive name in the prem, he got injured in his last game, which was the play off win at Wembley and sealed his status as one of the best players to pull on a rams shirt in the pride park era 🐏🐏🐏
have to say my Team (Crewe Alex) done well out the Seth Johnson transfer as we got 5% of the transfer fee. So there was a winner in the transfer
Up the Alex, born in crewe, live in crewe, die in crewe
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@@roking567: We appreciate your great loyalty and definition of your hometown. With a solid identity as this, you show the world the map of your proud city rather than vagrantly wandering around trying to find yourself.
For a second i thought the entire list would be Leeds signings. Great video! I had no idea Flo was so expensive for Rangers - back in Norway he's most famous for two things: 1) his incredible performance in the 2-1 win against Brazil at the 1998 World Cup and 2) being related to everyone else in Norwegian football. In that game against Brazil, Tore André's brother Jostein and cousin Håvard both played, and a third brother and a cousin once removed (Jarle and Per-Egil, respectively) have also represented the national team. There are still Flos knocking about at just about every level of Norwegian football, all of them related.
Jostein was at Sheffield United when I first started playing the original Championship Manager, now Football Manager, as a teen!
Great choice of words “Everton spunking close to 50 million pounds on gyifi sigurosson” 🤣🤣🤣
Overpaid yes but he was Swansea main star n somehow he’s also homegrown and it also ruins Swansea till this day
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@@lordbendtner6404 i dont think that was this guys point
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@@lordbendtner6404 it was a joke about his actions with an underage girl not related to football
It's always nice see Brazilian football getting some recognition, and yeah, practically every transfer can possibly terminate the club as they accumulate millions of debts per season
4:19 it’s great that occasionally when I’m watching a video about Leeds’ woes this picture of my cousin crying pops up to lighten the mood
We had a decline at Bolton similar to Leeds and Sunderland, but I can't point to one transfer as being particularly bad. Unless you count the sale of the club to Ken Anderson as a transfer. Maybe we can point at Dean Holdsworth's transfer 20 years earlier because that made us trust him about Anderson.
Lies again? Bad Transfers
In my opinion elmander is what effed bolton up. Too much pay and too little result
Getting rid of Big Sam was your downfall.
@@randr2141 m8, big sam wanted two big signings to reach CL, board declined, Big Sam left. This along with mismanagement and poor signings ultimately led to Bolton’s downfall, but I’d have to say mismanagement is what mostly led to all this
@@randr2141 Sam wanted to splash the cash and get in the Champions League, the chairman was happy mid-table. Looking at Leeds you could say it was the logical decision, but since it all went tits up anyway... maybe they should have gone for it
I think it’s also important to note that some of these players (I.e Jovic) are pivotal squad players who give the starters world class opposition during practice. A strong team isn’t only about the starting 11 (imho)
Right. Who doesn't want to pay 60mi for a squad player
@@caiowasem lolz. You are correct.
I think the signing of Robbie Fowler by Leeds for 11 mil pound was worst the Seth Johnson... They absolutely didn't needed him. They already had Viduka, Keane and Smith, all were in good form and the signing of Fowler who was way from his prime forced the team to completely change their system to accommodate his style. Even though Fowler's goal scoring record looked good for them, I think this was did the most damaging to Leeds
This was clearly not your day Alfie... Bentaleb represents Algeria and Damiao´s brazilian team was Internacional, not Independiente (argentina)
Nice to see a Cruzeiro signing in this list, the club was definitely devastated by the bad acquisitions made in 2018/2019. But I believe Fred was the most catastrophic: not only the club payed top money for the striker and he was absolute trash on the field, they also willingly took on the responsibility to the fine stipulated in his previous contract with Cruzeiro’s arch rivals (Atletico), and now the club probably be obligated to pay this fine to them despite living in a dire financial situation. Absolute trash
Paul Pogba to Manchester United has to be an Honourable Mention at the least as he has been Awful and I Believe Instrumental in the Dressing Room Unrest …. ⚽️
I prefer the agent Sanchez one does more damage
Nah it was boss last year when he was here, gonna have to be a signing this year
@@MrAdventure31 what you mean
& Alexis Sanchez
Eh, an unprovable speculation shaped by media framing on an easy-to-hate player. Dembele and Coutinho damaged Barcelona more as an institution.
Bradford buying Benito Carbone making him one of the highest paid Premier League players. Then spending the next 20 years in financial trouble as a side effect.
Edit: ok I finished watching the video, never did I think little old Bradford would make the list. Well earned tho.
Great video! Maybe Griezmann and Coutinho to Barcelona will some day be on this list. 3 years without La Liga is something awful to Barcelona. It's almost as to be relegated to some other clubs...
BTW: Leandro Damiao played for Internacional of Brazil, not Independiente (one of the biggest clubs from Argentina) ;)
Not like me to have a video idea but here's one: the seven lowest ranked teams on domestic football pyramids that have won major trophies, be it domestic or continental.
I saw that Oxford Uni, who play in the Uni leagues, have won an FA Cup. That's the same number of trophies as Fulham, Brum, Middlesbrough, etc, and one more than Hull... It got me thinking about teams that are so far down the leagues that they are all but forgotten, yet have a nice little winner's medal in their trophy room/shed.
Good Idea. Off the top of my head I think there's 2 current 3rd tier clubs who have won European trophies, Ipswich and Magdeburg. Notts County won an FA Cup and are in the National League.
Like it
Oxford won League Cup 🏆 👍
Correction: There's no Indepediente in Brazil. The club that Damião played untill 2013 was SC Internacional.
Hey Allie. Have you ever thought about making videos about women’s football? Barça’s rise to pretty much the top of European football recently would be a good topic for a video
Bump
Michael Bridges was great for Leeds and played a huge part in the clubs rise to European football before injuries cut his Leeds career short.
Spot on, if fact some could say his injury picked up in the Champions League was when things started to go wrong for Leeds.
HITC Sevens video in 2025, 7 most damaging transfers part 5.
Dele Alli to Everton as the club are mired in the middle of the Championship.
My goodness, actually wouldn't want to see this happen (supporting Man Utd), but what a scenario that would be which isn't 100% out of question
@@gerjerry99 I'm worried that it could very much happen. I'm an Arsenal fan and it would be strange not seeing Everton in the Prem, this season has been one disaster after the other for the Toffees though and they're being made to pay for their insane spending now.
Make a hell of a good challenge on FM25/26 though rebuilding Everton right?
Nabil bentaleb is an Algerian international, even tho he hasn't been called up for a few years now
Was looking to see if anyone else saw this
@@JogOn15 lol same here
I heard the Seth Johnson "story" was actually Michael Bridges. Probably could have been any Leeds player at that time
I'd like to throw the name Amoroso into the ring.
Not the only reason Borussia Dortmund almost went bankrupt, also he scored 18 goals when Dortmund won the league in 2002 - but he was the most expensive transfer of the Bundesliga back then and didnt deliver past his first year. Lots of injuries. Dortmund also sold rightback Evanilson to Parma and had to get him back right away on loan. Bonkers situation. Then left the club for free in 03/04.
Hey !!! It was actually my shout (and for it to be in the vid from some other ppl too) the Damião transfer to Santos one !! Real nice to see it there in the vid. Love the channel to bits.
Paul Pogba at Man United while he has his moments and always seems to play well for France he has never justified the fee they bought him from Juventus and i firmly believe Alex Ferguson was entirely justified in letting him leave for nothing back in 2012 it's not as if he has he helped to pull Man Utd up many trees and the club is looking as mediocre as ever now I'm not saying that's all down to Pogba but this isn't what the club had in mind when they brought him back from Juventus in 2016.
he didn't want pogba to leave the club. He only left because Juventus offered him a lot more money and he went there. Not to mention he had almost no minutes at United the first time he was there
These owners have destroyed English football 💩
Pogba is currently a cancer more concerned with his hairdo than winning and working for the team. I’m looking forward to moving on
Pogba picks and chooses which games he can be arsed about, and those games have been few and far between since he returned to us. I would rather have a player with half his ability but who gives his all for the team in every damn game than spend a season more wondering which version of Pogba we’re gonna get in any given match!
There needs to be a massive clearout in the summer, there’s a lot of dead wood, but Pogba surely has to be one of those making his exit.
Could you make a video on Bradford? from Premier League to 14th in League 2
Make a video about transfers that revived or made football club a great club.
that sounds like a good idea
VVD to LFC
Good idea.
Maradona to Napoli possibly being greatest impact?
Cantona to Man Utd being missing piece in jigsaw to revive them?
Kubala then Cruyff at Barca?
Suarez then Mattheus at Inter?
Rijkaard going back to Ajax being the experienced icing on the cake?
Next year: Bruno to Newcastle 😎
@@moo613 Coutinho to LFC
Great video, definitely need a part 2. A suggestion for my team, Chadli to West Brom or even Oliver Burke to West Brom £15mil for nothing! Keep up the good work Alfie 🙌🏼
Did wonder if Carbone would be on this list. And your high level of credibility remains as high as ever for it not being missed. Carbone is a player who was a real class act, his dedication to his football and his decision not to be the man to put the Bantams out of business is often forgotten by fans.
I am extremely so sad to watch this video and particularly,the signing of Jack Rodwell which was ultimately the biggest transfer of all time which destroyed Sunderland on the whole to be languished in the English League 1,good friends!!!:(
Best thing to happen, makes me so happy.
It's crazy that a player will standby and watch a club get destroyed just to take home a ridiculous pay packet even at the detriment to their own playing career...
@@V8HiluxZX6R The club gave him a contract. Contracts are meant to be fulfilled you know.
@@vforvendetta211 sure part of the contract includes actually turning up and doing your job
@@safcjcp Yes, in almost all other areas but definitely that's not how it works in football.
Flo was a panic buy after a 6-2 defeat to Celtic with a certain Chris Sutton netting within a minute the irony is it was originally meant to Ronald de Boer and John Hartson we wanted and within a week both were in Glasgow but the big man failed the medical and his 7 million move was scrapped and Every club knew we were desperate for a striker but then John signed for Celtic the next year and became a club hero scoring famous goals especially at anfeild in the eufa cup in a 2-0 win on route to the final
I was at both those games. Tremendous.
Also, I don’t think Murray’s ego could take the fact that Celtic broke/held the record transfer fee.
I know he’s mentioned Flo but arguably Boumsong’s very short stay between Auxerrre and Newcastle raising suspicion a few years later proved more catastrophic than Flo. What a shame.
@Boss Tecoglou
I get that Boss (great username btw 😎🍀)
But that transfer raised eyebrows for the very facts you mention. There was a transfer enquiry and I think that’s what first caught the tax man’s attention as a result. I’m pretty sure there was a raid with club computers etc seized which set off a certain chain of events ...
Celtic fans call Rangers "sevco" because that was the name of the corporate entity that bought Rangers after the financial collapse and administration
And that is supposed to be a blow to us being called that😂
Fuckin sevco, who gives a fuck what the holding company is called 😅
You'd think they would be eating a bit more humble pie due to all the paedophile coaches Celtic have had but no, for some reason that doesn't faze them🤷🏼♀️
That was a classy move by Carbone. I dont think he deserves to be number 1, as a result. He could have stuck in there and gotten more money but to take 25% of your contract... He deserves respect for that.
I love tore andre flop. Celtic signed Henrik Larsson and Lubomir Moravcik from Feyenoord and MSV Duisburg for under a million combined. Two of the best bargain signings to reinvigorate a club
Ya all Nesbits but rangers are at least tolerable Nesbits
The paraguayan twins Angel and Oscar Romero, signed for the Pope's team, San Lorenzo in Argentina for reportedly very high wages and created an absolute mess in the economy and the dressing room. Currently the team is heading to fight relegation in 2023. Remember San Lorenzo is considered one of the "big five" here. The club is imploding partially because of very bad and expensive signings and a lack of leadership from the autorities. It's a very bad situation for the club
Please do a video on Türkgücü München.The club was founded in Germany by Turkish Immigrants in the 70s and after making it's way to the 3rd division the club filed for bankruptcy.The club recently withdrew from the league.Most German football fans hate as far as I can see.A quick look through the Google reviews is all that's needed.
They also featured in FIFA 22, as their former division is in the game.
Yup we hate them. They also fked us up by filing for insolvency because it boosted Braunschweig.
I think you're overstating the impact of Flo's signing at Rangers. Whilst the club carried a potentially high liability (at the time, yet to be decided, and thus not actual debt), there is a single reason why Rangers entered administration in 2012: the new owner, Craig Whyte. Whyte had lied about his wealth and his source of funds to purchase the club the previous summer. It turned out that he had mortgaged the next three seasons' season ticket money as part of a leveraged buyout (where you secure a loan on the assets of the business you are buying). Season ticket money is a great deal more important in Scottish football than English (which is all about the TV deal, ours is pennies) and so this effectively left Rangers without any income. Whyte had counted on Rangers making it through Champions League qualifiers to bring in revenue. When that didn't happen, administration became inevitable. Not really Tore Andre Flo's fault.
I call 38k a week a lot of money in English football its a whole, whole heap in Scottish football. Flo should have got 7k a week tops and that is still a lot of money even in 2022 in Scottish football.
the price for original Rangers assets was only 1 pound sterling, hardly requiring a loan for liquidated assets.
*Literally 54 fur a Pound*
@@Big_Yin You've completely misunderstood. Buying Rangers meant taking on all of their liabilities. Normally a football club exits administration with creditors taking pennies on the pound, but HMRC refused to do that. Purchasing the assets was not the issue.
@@zulu9812 liquidation is actually alot worse than administration thats why sevco haven't paid any debts of original Rangers.
*54 fur a Pound*
@@Big_Yin That doesn't change the fact that Rangers entered administration because of Craig Whyte, and not because of Tore Andre Flo.
Decent video. I’d like to see something in a similar vein, along the lines of clubs who suffered as a result of selling the Crown Jewels. I’ll chuck in Denis Irwin from Oldham to United. United kicked on with him holding the defensive line, whereas Oldham went completely to pot. And the transfer fee, if I remember rightly, was peanuts.
Quick correction on Damião's video. It's Internacional, not independiente. Independiente is from Argentina
6:20 INTERNACIONAL not Independiente which is in spanish because they're from Argentina.
the disrespect
Also Rodriguinho actually plays for Cuiabá since the start of the Brazilian season
brewster to sheffiled
Andre Silenzi at Nottingham Forest. Darren Caskey at Notts County.
Amazing vid mate! Only one heads up, the club Damiao played here in Brazil before Santos is Internacional, not Independiente, Independiente is from Argentina!
Think an XI or a 7 of players who rode the coattails of great teams and are generally sub average players would be interesting🤔
That's a great idea mate. A guy that already came into my mind is Jolean Lescott
Sunderland were collapsing whether they signed Rodwell or not. That signing was a symptom of what was going on and not the cause.
Feel sorry for Rodwell. He's been demonised for wanting a contract to be honoured. Great interview with him in the Athletic a month or two ago.
He's attempting to change the narrative after the fact. He's been poor everywhere else he went and clearly lost the desire for football whilst warming the bench at City.
He had no interest in playing. He is not a professional. Saying to the club that he's injured while telling the sun paper he's fit and wants to play for England 😂
Badly want part 2. This is an extremely interesting list
The main issue with benito carbonne at BCFC was that he was actually too good for the players around him. He saw things on the pitch and played passes the others just never saw in time. As such he never gelled with the team and we dint get the most out of him.
This was a fun one too listen to, thanks!
First time watching you...half way through the Seth Johnson saga and already hooked. Quality stuff!!
The first one… 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 had me cry laughing. Great content for a Sunday morning
The thing about Damião is that Santos had gained a pretty big amount of money on Neymar, enough to build a competitive team and then some, but wasted nearly all on him. And yeah, even back then a lot of people though it was a stupid move. Since then they didn't win anything major, and this year look like relegation candidates.
Santos ganhou muito dinheiro principalmente entre 2010 e 2013, mas ainda depois disso pois o Santos é reconhecido como um grande celeiro de jogadores, mas a equipe se perdeu em sucessivas administrações ruins.
Missed Denilson to Betis around 98. Broke the club for quite a while
Damiao - Not Indepiendende but Interncional, Porto Alegre. South of Brazil.
Surprised that you didn’t mention Jon Obi Mikel, single-handedly bankrupted one of Norway’s biggest clubs.
Did not know this. What happened?
Rosenborg?
Wait, what ?
Leeds made many bad transfers but Michael Bridges was not one. His first season he scored a lot of goal. Injuries stopped him being a great.
That Damião story is just quality, love this channel👌
Shocked that Gaizka Mendieta's transfer from Valencia to Lazio never got even a honorable mention. That signing put Cragnotti in jail, and Lazio in so much debt that it took Lotito over a decade to get them back out of it
I think the Rodwell story is the worst and most egregious one on this list and deserves the top (?) spot. The questionable signing and inflated terms element can possibly be overlooked, but the fact that Rodwell turned out to be a douchebag and _knowingly caused the financial ruin of the club_ just takes the biscuit.
Mate, he was a symptom of the ruination not the cause of it. The board made to crazy decision to offer him a Premier League contract with no regard to what would happen if things didnt work out ie no 'get-out' clauses included if they were relegated or if he failed to be selected for an agreed number of first team appearances etc. Not rocket science for any competent business to put together an acceptable contract that suited both parties. Rodwells agent must have thought he was gods gift to footballers after pulling that deal off, the club literally gifted them both millions of pounds for absolutely fuck all.
I felt some sarcasitck in your voice when u said
30 million Brazilian ryalll
"With a nicn name like Rodriginho you should expect to be one of the best in the world"
LOOOOOOOOOOO!OOOOOOL that was pure comedy
Another brilliant video, Alfie!! Just don't forget about that sub-Saharan African club-based Best XI!!
Love the video! But just want to point out that Damiao was at Internacional not Independiente, and Bentaleb plus for Algeria not Morocco 👍
Hey Alfie, got another video request. How about you take a look at the 7 highest scoring games of the Premier League era and see what happened to the teams involved after
you could include lukaku considering now that 97.5 million pounds would be amazing for. the club due to Chelsea struggling to pay for buses and having our owner leave
What? You gotta be joking. Chelsea is gonna play UCL next year, far from destroyed.
Not to be 'that guy' but noticed you said Leandro Damiao stuck it out with Independiente which is the Argentinean club rather than Internacional.......
Shane Duffy to Celtic belongs in this list
Was a loan deal, not a transfer, but, didn't go well for both parties...
@Alfie
"Stadium of Light", is that Sunderlands stadium name or were they guest playing at Benfica's Estadio da Luz?
An idea for a video from a long term fan of your work; *interesting stadium names* (as you know usually honouring "forgotten" footballers, so lots of interesting material, I think?)
Keep up the good work and spreading the good words, saludos de Colombia !
"The stadium was named by chairman Bob Murray to reflect the coal mining heritage of the North East and the former Monkwearmouth Colliery site on which it stands.] A Davy lamp monument stands at the entrance to reflect the coal mining industry that brought prosperity to the town" Wiki
Yesss! Part 2 needed 🙏
I suggested Xisco to Newcastle United, signed for a decent fee and wage packet only to score just one PL goal and be 6th choice striker at best, while being signed by Dennis Wise as a favour to a football agent after he'd told Keegan he'd try to sign Bastian Schweinstiger as James Milner's replacement. Keegan duly resigned, Newcastle ended the season with relegation, and the fans' relationship with Mike Ashley never recovered. This seven is still full of good shouts
We did a mistake buying Drinkwater. We will never make the same mistake again
Lukaku
Ross Barkley
@@Josh-pj7tq barkley come on a bargain deal but still not a world beater but still worth the bargain prices
Kepa
The list is quite long for chelsea
Lukaku
Shevchenko
Torres
Kepa
Werner
...the list goes on
England XI if none of the eligible players had declared for them
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Jimmy Bullard
If no-one eligible at all had declared for them they would have no players. That's a short video.
@@VelvetMetrolink Aye.
@@VelvetMetrolink that was the joke
@@man4437 No it wasn't. There wasn't a joke. You meant foreign born players and those who played for other countries at youth level, you just communicated poorly and I made a joke. If you can't take that tiny an L and laugh instead of lying, a hard life beckons.
17:43 Yup... your output really us amazing🎉
It’s internacional not independiente
Love these videos, absolute class
brewster to sheffiled
Video starts at 2:10 this guy waffles too much omg
Hi mate as a Sunderland fan N’dong was far worst he cost us 15 million was on a lower wage than rodwell but showed nothing at all and we got relegated he left on loan to Watford then got released a year later love the content
And we could have had mvilla for a fraction of the cost
It is not independiente its internacional! Independiente is from Argentina!!! Min 6:25
The only people debating whether Rangers are still Rangers appear to be Celtic fans... 🤷♀️ So I would say there isn't really widespread debate about that particular issue x
You can't fault Jack Rodwell''s talent. While he spent the last two seasons at Sydney FC 90% injured, the games he did play were quite good. It's just a shame injuries really plagued his career. He is currently a free agent.
Pierre Van Hooiijdonk helping Nottingham Forest get promoted and then going on strike and refusing to play is up there for me.
We have never fully recovered from that bottom of the PL finish.
I know that the whole thing went deeper than that, but for me and what I remember of the whole debacle...Wow what a *wa*.
Jack Rodwell is playing here in Australia for the club I support, he's doing quite well, set up and scored some goals, has been injured a few times though 👍
Theres a surprise is the beach close
playing in 1 of the worst leagues in the world ........ no comment !!!!
This needs to get a Part 2
Chelsea paid 30m for Danny Drinkwater but also paid Leicester 30m for Ngolo Kante and 60m for Kante is still a massive win. You win some you lose some. Rare Marina L for Drinkwater
Crikey I love this channel
Watching Alfie's content reminds me of Tifo football pre athletic takeover
This type of stuff happens to me in Manager career mode lmao
7 most violent games (onfield).
I.e. battle of Santiago.
That intro dude what even😂 2 minutes of waffle
That danny drinkwater and countinho deal were absolute mkeny laundering tactics
Damião NEVER played for Independiente, he never played in Argentina. He played for Internacional in Brazil.
Bridges started well just was unfortunately badly injured and never the same again. Fowler, Barmby and Johnson were the real big mistakes.
Benito Carbone said he would love to come back as a manger or staff member one day
Day one: Serbia FC National team but you can’t use players ending with -ic. Good luck.
Post-liquidation Rangers are not a continuation of the old club. The new Rangers is a phoenix club. I don't know why there is any debate over it. When a company goes into liquidation, they cease to exist. That's why a NEW company was formed, and hence a NEW club, which then bought the assets of the old club. The confusion of some is due to the short turnaround compared to other phoenix clubs, such as Newport County, which usually take years to form after the original went into liquidation.
Pretty sure if Celtic found themselves in the same situation and a new company had to be formed and the club were relegated to the bottom tier, then the fans would say its the same club. Of course its the same club, they retain all the same honors that the club won under the old ownership and all governing bodies recognize this.
@@ollymuirs It's immaterial whether the governing bodies recognise it. They also recognise that Newport County has a history going back to 1912 and allow them to retain their meagre honours, and yet they were reformed (important word No. 1) four months after going bankrupt (important word No. 2). And yet, everyone agrees that Newport County is a phoenix club.
Of course Newport County is not the same club. It's not the same business as that which folded. The same applies to Rangers. Businesses are legally treated as people in their own right. If a person dies and you decide to take their name and their legacy, it doesn't make you that person you've replaced.
@@daviddavies3637 it doesn’t really matter, majority of football fans view rangers as the same club that founded in 1872 and especially people outside of Scotland
Alfie you’re obviously interested in the role money plays as a force in football.
How can a club find these vast sums for transfers if not handed the money by a very rich owner?
The simple answer is, like any loan, mortgage or “borrowing” of any kind, a commercial bank is allowed to create the money (not cash directly) out of nothing.
All it takes is credit worthiness and the ability to “repay.”
The best example is the trouble Barcelona FC has got into with bank debt because it’s bank was willing to create enormous funds for new players.
Money is killing football.
The role of betting in and around the game is a scandal to come.
mightve not been the best for us but still love tore andre flo, still sing his song all the time and also we’re still the same club, we wear 150 years on our kit, not 10