It's almost like throwing the warchest at a random foreign player in their early 20s, with half a decent season under their belt in an inferior league, isn't the best way to recruit new players. Who knew?
Are you implying that throwing the warchest at a random English player in their early 20s with a half decent season under their belt in the Premier League would somehow be better? For example, Andy Carroll? Or perhaps Danny Drinkwater?
yeah i'm just really confused why clubs do this? I feel like they don't have to do it if they don't want to. Look at Luton, sure, they are still favorites to go down, but they made some decent business for cheap. In contrast, most clubs seem to overspend and take needless risks
Ten Hag has had so many shockers that should be on this list. Let’s play Ten Hag transfer bingo: 1. Is he Dutch? 2. Has he played in Eredivisie? 3. Has he played for Ajax / U21s? 4. Has he played for Ten Hag before? 5. Is he under a long contract / overvalued AF? 6. Does he have a concerning injury record? That about covers about it.
yeah he shouldn't but he could yet be worth it anyway if he does well. Or at least be worth half that. Plus Chelsea clearly needed a player like him and I think he will do alright in the end because of how young he is. Same can't be said for many others who cost comparable amounts. The list sounds about right to me
Day 1 of asking a "What on Earth is going in Brest?" There's not much alarming going on, but it is the best season, at minimum in the last 40 years when they had World Cup Winner José Luis Brown on the team, and it's unusual to see the historically small club doing very well
Regarding Sancho's cost to United: 140m is only transfer fee and wages, I would be surprised to learn that there wasn't a huge sign-on fee, a loyalty bonus, a number of other bonuses as well as the usual agent fees involved.
Some of these are good players signing for the wrong club at the wrong time. Lukaku to Chelsea made no sense, as they'd just sold Tammy Abraham who would have done no worse for a lot less cash. Van de Beek and Sancho were exceptional talents before joining Manchester United, which I think has more to do with the club than the players. A huge part of the problem is big clubs wanting to be seen to make high profile signings irrespective of the squad (Chelsea and Man U are the obvious culprits) so as to bolster their global image. Remember also that a few years ago, Dom Solanke would have been included in this list, so there's hope yet for some. Oh, and please do an investigation into the way that amortization has fuelled grossly inflated transfer fees and ridiculously long-term contracts. Have a great 2024, Alfie.
An idea for a future video: For each Premier League club, pick ONE player from every other Premier League club that would improve their first team. It would be interesting to see which club gains the most/least players from other clubs. For example, I don't imagine there are any Sheffield United players that would improve Arsenal, or Luton players that would improve Man City, but there could be several Villa players that would improve Fulham or Newcastle players that would boost the starting 11 at N. Forest. Etc... Noted, it could be a very long video
How EtH got it so wrong with Antony just baffles me. You made this player shine, why can’t you do it no more. Well same could be said about VDB too though. Also, just like Antony, how Onana came in and became even worse in terms of shot stopping compared to de gea astonishes as well. Yet, he also has a history with the manager
Because the other signings have been far worse for far longer than Mudryk 😂 You ppl really think just because mudryk was a bad signing (which he was), that he is a top7 worst signing, that’s just not the case
Wolves was making a bunch of dumb decisions around that time. I will never understand why we spent a record fee on a kid that couldn't even score in the league that he was coming from.
I remember thinking how Donny Van de Beek could have been the new Thomas Muller based on his fluidity and Champions League performances for Ajax... I am so sad to see that never happened, even if Frenkie was clearly the most promising player, I had so much faith on VDB becoming a legend somewhere. Hope he recovers somehow as many of that Ajax team who were young are flourishing or have had some success
It was an obligation to buy if they get promoted i.e. he is apparently so good that he can't be bought, while Leeds has Championship revenue but once that sweet sweet Premier league bag comes in they can pay. It's like a delayed permanent signing. Really Leeds tried to get out of making a regular bad signing through a technicality and it backfired hard.
@@samuelschonenberger I get the technicalities but why on earth would anyone use an obligation to buy. It's not like signings are paid 100% up front. Either loan, loan with an option, or just sign. Was funny seeing Leeds get screwed over though
@@kieronparr3403 it's pretty simple really, it is to cover teams in case of a serious injury, poor form of the player, or in their case, if it so happens they miss out on promotion...usually there are minimum appearances required to trigger the obligation also...but in Leeds' case they could only afford to buy him if they got to the EPL...if they didn't win promotion, they were not obligated to pay the hefty transfer fee. It is a good practice in some situations like this. But Leeds should have included a minimum appearance clause in the obligation also though, then they wouldn't have been stuck with him 🤣🤣
In fairness to Brewster most games he's played has been the last 10 minutes or if he has started it's been away at like city in a team that couldn't get out of their half. Also every time he looks like picking up form his hamstring goes again. Really hoping he can stay fit next season and smash it in the championship but he'll deffo just get injured again
Antony is the worst signing in Premier League history. He was signed for an extortionate fee of £82m when they needed a striker. Instead they could have got Isak or Haaland for under £60m
Everyone clowns Maguire when he makes mistakes, but he can be a very solid defender and leader when in form. Wasn't worth the money, no, but absolutely does not deserve to be anywhere near this list.
There is a lot of stupid money in the Premier League, from oil sheikhs, American investors, and an incredibly lucrative television deal. It has enabled below-average English clubs to sign up world class players from every continent. But that strategy only works as long as these players keep form and adjust to playing in a new league. You shouldn't blame the players if it doesn't work out. The system is designed to make money, not to develop talented players.
As is the case with 99% of Liverpool academy 1st team prospects (literally only TAA has avoided this fate in the last 25 years), Brewster was out with serious injury for over a year just before Sheffield Utd signed him.
Alfie had a stinker there. Yes, Brewster has been bad but there have been many factors going against him since his switch, not just by him; but you literally have Anthony who costed 80M and doesn't even have 10 league goals yet in two seasons... plus the lovely added bonus of his accusations which brings negative PR to your club, and his massive wages that you can't shake to another club without losing money. Lovely investment of, again: 80.MILLION.POUNDS... but sure, Brewster is way worse.
Brewster still has time to build a career, some injuries can take a couple of years to recover from and a bit longer for the player to regain confidence and start fully using that part of their body again. And sometimes the injury never fully recovers and can hinder a player's progress, but they can still build a decent career.
@@nganhuyen8351 Quansah has played 3 league games. Jones has been poor for 5 years bar his debut and one game 2 weeks ago with constant injuries, has never strung more than 8 games together without injury, and Kelleher doesn't play.
You could've put Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo on the list of Premier League worst transfer ever since 2020. Chelsea's performance is still unstable and has not moved from the bottom of the table. And often reap minor results. Is it possible that Chelsea's dark period will happen again like last season?
I guess the length of their contracts and that they haven't been horrendous is probably why, but they are part of a very mediocre Chelsea team, and haven't been good enough to make the difference (Grotesquely expensive rbf)
He said it would be harsh to put in anyone in the last 12 months, and Enzo Fernandez was signed in Jan, and Caicedo over the summer. Very possible that they would be in a year or two.
Chelsea stability has nothing to do with them as player and them being signed. One played under Potter and Lampard, and the other's 4 months into an injury stricken team that hasn't gelled yet under a manager with no clue what he's doing either. If you weren't picking easy targets you'd say Sterling bcs he's a senior PL experience player on 350k pw that's at the center of the team's struggle for goals the entire time those two have been at Chelsea
I thought the Sancho was such a terrible signing at the time as Man Utd were desperately short in other areas of the pitch and should have tried to strengthen those instead of another attacking winger
Man Utd and Chelsea waste money like no other clubs. Hundreads of millions for little or nothing in return. Ironically, if these clubs had very strict rules for making new signings, they would probably end up getting better deals.
Mostly agree with your videos, but I have to disagree with two things: As a Dutchman, idk which games in particular you watched, Anthony had not the reputation to make it in the premier league at all. He had a few good games in the ucl, but the general opinion was that the sum payed to Ajax was a gift to Ten Haags former club (no joke =) ) Fabio silva too is an excellent player who showed that when linked up with quick players like Xavi Simons, he can excel. He has not played in that role and with the same players he did in Eindhoven. I agree with every other player in your list tho! Great video!
Chelsea have had mostly disastrous transfers for the last 5 years, but Lukaku wasn’t worth his fee because he didn’t fit in with their style as it had been for a while: low scoring games with a great defense. I think of the likes of Timo Werner, who was incapable of scoring unless the ball bounced off his ass into the goal and how many times does that happen in a season. They recruited Kai Havertz at the same time and he, too, though able to score if there was no time to consider missing, only racked up 4-6 goals even when for some reason (height?) he played as a striker. Why Arsenal thought he would score for them I have no idea but he’s done no better and is the worst transfer I’ve seen happen under MA. Mason Mount was adored by pundits and every Chelsea manager for reasons I never understood. He isn’t a good shooter, he doesn‘t have great passer’s vision, I never understood the pedestal they put him on but at MU he has played (when he plays) just like back at Chelsea and his productive output is minimal.
Onana is definitely the worst signing of all time, he is nothing compared to the past 3 goalkeeper legends. The worst record for keeping a clean sheet is so easy to get past Onana, most of the time he dives left or right for the sake of diving to act as if he was trying to save the ball. I am very sure Bradley Henderson could have done a much better job if he was not sold. I really believe David could have saved some of the goals if he was still around.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 589) I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored. If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
When will the clubs find out to not paying idiotic wages, and make them performance-related. The wages at the moment are in many cases pissing on the fans.
@StephenC-dk1vl No it isn't. A millennium is 1000 years. So the first millennium was 1-1000. The second was 1001-2000. The third is 2001-3000. It's called counting.
@Ceaseless_Watcher the first year of your life begins exactly a year before your first birthday. the first minute of football takes place between 0:00 and 0:59. The ninetieth between 89:00 and 89:59. Hope this helps
This is why the world ended on both dates. Once for the literalists and once for the pendants. (Take your pick which is which) All the bad signings since then have been purely figments of our now extinct imaginations.
Hold up, mudryk at £100M is not worse than Antony? LOL. Kalvin Phillips isn’t a worse signing than VDB despite costing more and not featuring as much. Matheus Nunes not mentioned either??? What about Darwin Nunez at £100M I want a prime aguero not a Danny welbeck
Mudryk is 10x the player Antony is and he was only 60 million not 100 million. Nunes is waaaaaaaaaaay too early to put in here. And Darwin Nunez is a good player, also not 100 million. Not sure why you’re defending antony. He’s the worst player out of him, mudryk and Nunez and cost the most
I'm convinced transfers like Lukaku, Auba, Sancho are just for laundering money. Passing players between clubs, no intention of keeping them and hand them back to parent club and the player wages are collateral to keep the players quiet.
Great players can become under performers under the wrong coach and ordinary players can become miracle workers with the right coach. The common thread here is Eric Ten Haag at Man U. He's a terrible manager that somehow gets the worst out of great players.
Although he hasn't 'wowed' United fans, I'd still defend Antony any day of the week, especially when you consider how money seems to mean nothing to the United board. At least Antony fights for the ball and looks hungry! Unlike most of the United attacking players currently. I'd rank Martial as the most draining on United resources since he was purchased.
Antony is a Right Winger with no Right Foot. That speaks volumes to the mentality of the player. Used his time developing spinning tricks. But cant provide a simple pass in feild with his Right Foot. At least Sancho and VDB have ability. But it just didn't work out at United for one reason or another.
The shocking thing is that Man United's 3 best signings since 2020 are Casemiro (injured), Martinez (injured) and Ronaldo (sacked himself) All the others have either been youth players, squad players like Malacia and Evans, or big money disasters.
Nevermind the manager/player relationship .....the manager is the boss and irrespective the name of a player,if the boss has a certain opinion then the player will NOT get their way.... in fact as long as the manager has the backing of the board/fans then the most the player could get is a LONG time warming the bench (if they're lucky) or training with with the crocks or academy youngsters!....ie Jaden Sancho (now Antony is Ten Haag's CHOSEN ONE) and if Antony leaves MUnited he will being driven by Eeric Ten Hhaag ! Haha!!
To be fair to any offensive minded player at ManU: only a few players have managed to stick out in a positive way over the last years. Team cohesion as well as long term development seem to be missing from the ManU dictionary entirely. Teams are getting completely overhauled and tied to one coach, then the cycle repeats with the next coach. Add personal scandals and whacky club politics to that, and it's no wonder we see so many ManU players in here.
“This decade is just under 4 years”
That statement just sent a shock down my spine…
Living through 2020 felt like 3 years had passed.
Funny how our perception of time works considering the calendar always moves at the same speed.
The decade stars in 2021, so 3 years
@@golantrevize1245it’s called the 20’s…it starts in 2020 😂😂
@@GIBBO4182if that is true, the first decade had only 9 years.
Finally, a contest where Chelsea and Man U can go head to head for the trophy!
Charitable of you to leave out Nick Pepe.
Pepe was bought in 2019.
That’s funny but also true 😢😢😢
How far they’ve fallen from that champions league final…
As an Arsenal fan, Pepe was better than Anthony+Sancho combined.
😂
To think Van de Beek was nominated for the Ballon d'or only four years ago
HE WAS?
@@slips. 2019 Ballon d'Or
TEN HAG OUT!!!
That midfield of van de beek, frenkie de jong, and schone was insane at that year
Nominated but didn't receive a single point.
The premier league has a great sense of destroying every single player produced by the eredivisie
Can’t blame Chelsea for Marco van Ginkel; dude had a glass knee.
It's probably because cannabis is illegal in the UK.
Except Cody Gakpo. Perhaps they should stay away from Buschester and Chelshite?
Not Suarez
maybe the EPL is just way more difficult and competitive than the dutch league??
It's almost like throwing the warchest at a random foreign player in their early 20s, with half a decent season under their belt in an inferior league, isn't the best way to recruit new players. Who knew?
Are you implying that throwing the warchest at a random English player in their early 20s with a half decent season under their belt in the Premier League would somehow be better? For example, Andy Carroll? Or perhaps Danny Drinkwater?
Honestly baffles me that clubs do this. The football/business people are on 6 figure salaries and are almost incompetent at their jobs
@@caesar-dynastysports Where did he imply that, apart from within your head?
yeah i'm just really confused why clubs do this? I feel like they don't have to do it if they don't want to. Look at Luton, sure, they are still favorites to go down, but they made some decent business for cheap. In contrast, most clubs seem to overspend and take needless risks
The fact that many plays in this list are from Manchester United really shows how they need a true director of football
Ten Hag has had so many shockers that should be on this list. Let’s play Ten Hag transfer bingo:
1. Is he Dutch?
2. Has he played in Eredivisie?
3. Has he played for Ajax / U21s?
4. Has he played for Ten Hag before?
5. Is he under a long contract / overvalued AF?
6. Does he have a concerning injury record?
That about covers about it.
7. Is he fairly shite?
For me is Moises Caicedo even if he turns out to be good a player like him should never be worth over £100 million
Rather have a good player than a player like Antony Sancho or Lukaku
yeah he shouldn't but he could yet be worth it anyway if he does well. Or at least be worth half that. Plus Chelsea clearly needed a player like him and I think he will do alright in the end because of how young he is. Same can't be said for many others who cost comparable amounts. The list sounds about right to me
Day 1 of asking a "What on Earth is going in Brest?"
There's not much alarming going on, but it is the best season, at minimum in the last 40 years when they had World Cup Winner José Luis Brown on the team, and it's unusual to see the historically small club doing very well
Hehehe. Brest.
It’s great to see Brest getting bigger.
Haha brest
I love breasts😂
No big cups...
I notice how prominently Man Utd and Chelsea can feature on these sort of lists they really have been 2 examples of how not to do transfer business
Funny AF isn't it
Regarding Sancho's cost to United: 140m is only transfer fee and wages, I would be surprised to learn that there wasn't a huge sign-on fee, a loyalty bonus, a number of other bonuses as well as the usual agent fees involved.
jesus christ that jigsaw analogy was absolutely hilarious.
This should be filled with Man U and Chelsea players
And declan rice kid can't forget that guy £100 million to bottle the league 😂😂😂😂
@@Thelegendhimself91The season's not even halfway done yet🤨 (United fan btw, before you start calling me biased)
@@calmarsh9363 and we all know how it goes they'll bottle yet again as they are a small team
@@Thelegendhimself91 Don't be a bitter lad
@@Thelegendhimself91 Rice is the player of the season so far.
Damn! Manchester united with three players? Crazy stuff
No surprise when the glazers and their puppets such as Woodward have called the shots
Not glazers fault they spent billions on players but they don't pick the players@@jhaych
Chelsea could have had all seven
Not surprising
@@carltonleboss that's absolutely mental
Some of these are good players signing for the wrong club at the wrong time. Lukaku to Chelsea made no sense, as they'd just sold Tammy Abraham who would have done no worse for a lot less cash. Van de Beek and Sancho were exceptional talents before joining Manchester United, which I think has more to do with the club than the players. A huge part of the problem is big clubs wanting to be seen to make high profile signings irrespective of the squad (Chelsea and Man U are the obvious culprits) so as to bolster their global image.
Remember also that a few years ago, Dom Solanke would have been included in this list, so there's hope yet for some.
Oh, and please do an investigation into the way that amortization has fuelled grossly inflated transfer fees and ridiculously long-term contracts.
Have a great 2024, Alfie.
An idea for a future video:
For each Premier League club, pick ONE player from every other Premier League club that would improve their first team. It would be interesting to see which club gains the most/least players from other clubs. For example, I don't imagine there are any Sheffield United players that would improve Arsenal, or Luton players that would improve Man City, but there could be several Villa players that would improve Fulham or Newcastle players that would boost the starting 11 at N. Forest. Etc...
Noted, it could be a very long video
What i think should be done when signing new players is keep their buying price anonymous so that they do not have pressure when they are expensive
How EtH got it so wrong with Antony just baffles me. You made this player shine, why can’t you do it no more. Well same could be said about VDB too though. Also, just like Antony, how Onana came in and became even worse in terms of shot stopping compared to de gea astonishes as well. Yet, he also has a history with the manager
I still remember Sancho arguing who scored more goals with Saka in england camp during his bumdesliga years.
So why is mudryk not on the list
Mudryk is going to be called a young up and coming talent at age 26 or something like he’s Jesse Lingard
Because the other signings have been far worse for far longer than Mudryk 😂
You ppl really think just because mudryk was a bad signing (which he was), that he is a top7 worst signing, that’s just not the case
He’s scored a fair bit now
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Good morning from Las Vegas!!!!!! You are so damn funny!😂😂
Tanguy Ndombele was a 2019 signing so just missed out on making this list. I was expecting to see the chelsea squad dominate for a change
As a man United fan, I’m immensely proud we didn’t make every single name on this list … because I expected that.
Wolves was making a bunch of dumb decisions around that time. I will never understand why we spent a record fee on a kid that couldn't even score in the league that he was coming from.
Lukaku shouldn’t be that high. He was chelsea’s top scorer in the only title from team world cup chelsea achieved so far
The entire Augustin court saga is just one giant "ummmmm ACTUALLY"
I remember thinking how Donny Van de Beek could have been the new Thomas Muller based on his fluidity and Champions League performances for Ajax... I am so sad to see that never happened, even if Frenkie was clearly the most promising player, I had so much faith on VDB becoming a legend somewhere. Hope he recovers somehow as many of that Ajax team who were young are flourishing or have had some success
I'll never understand the type of 'genius' needed to agree on a "obligation to buy" clause on an transfer.
Yeah I don't get it. It's just buying someone
It was an obligation to buy if they get promoted i.e. he is apparently so good that he can't be bought, while Leeds has Championship revenue but once that sweet sweet Premier league bag comes in they can pay.
It's like a delayed permanent signing.
Really Leeds tried to get out of making a regular bad signing through a technicality and it backfired hard.
@@samuelschonenberger I get the technicalities but why on earth would anyone use an obligation to buy. It's not like signings are paid 100% up front. Either loan, loan with an option, or just sign. Was funny seeing Leeds get screwed over though
@@kieronparr3403 They were too confident in him and themselves but probably needed to defer the payment even more than normal.
@@kieronparr3403 it's pretty simple really, it is to cover teams in case of a serious injury, poor form of the player, or in their case, if it so happens they miss out on promotion...usually there are minimum appearances required to trigger the obligation also...but in Leeds' case they could only afford to buy him if they got to the EPL...if they didn't win promotion, they were not obligated to pay the hefty transfer fee. It is a good practice in some situations like this. But Leeds should have included a minimum appearance clause in the obligation also though, then they wouldn't have been stuck with him 🤣🤣
12:52 Alfie’s abstract humor is actually GOLD 😂😂😂😂😂
Anthony can be an absolute top performer, on Strictly come dancing
Can you make a list on the 7 Worst Todd Boehly Signings?
I second this as a yank
In fairness to Brewster most games he's played has been the last 10 minutes or if he has started it's been away at like city in a team that couldn't get out of their half. Also every time he looks like picking up form his hamstring goes again. Really hoping he can stay fit next season and smash it in the championship but he'll deffo just get injured again
Anthony is another Nani,Memphis Depay. Clearly has it all there but just can’t deliver. All 3 { could be argued to be over confident in themselves.
The only thing is I remember Nani winning games for us...
Nani was miles clear of Antony
Antony does not "have it all"
Nani was actually cooking bro😂
Nani took over from CR more than anyohe could have expected for at least three seasons.
Seeing Jack Rodwell give me so much PTSD the worst time to be a Sunderland fan that was
i thought this would just be about chelsea...
I thought it was just gonna be man utd
And declan rice 😂😂😂😂
@@Thelegendhimself91as an arsenal fan i’d happily give west ham another 20m on top of what we paid…
@@zeeafraud7898 yikes kid you that desperate for average players 🤦♂️😂😂😂😂really are banter fc 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@Thelegendhimself91 Rice is top 3 DMs in the world, far better than average
12:37 is the most accurate description of what happened to Chelsea
Bro dropped a ManU transfer video and thought we wouldnt notice
Fábio Silva is one more player of "Mendes Laundry Services"😉
Ha ha ha ha ha. The jigsaw analogy. Goodness. That broke me. Happy New Year to you, Alfie. Hope 2024 is a good one for you
Antony is the worst signing in Premier League history. He was signed for an extortionate fee of £82m when they needed a striker. Instead they could have got Isak or Haaland for under £60m
They were never going to get Haaland, he would never play for them
@@epicmarschmallow5049 Tell that to Ole when he almost had a deal with him before being rejected by united board
Pogba left on a free and then they broke a world record for him to come back, that’s still the worst imo
20:28 The crowd, when playing any EA Sports game in the 2000's.
By counting just with transfer from 2020 onwards you are leaving the most elite one of Maguire
At least Maguire's been on the pitch for most of his time at United. Unlike the lads featured.
They also forgot declan rice 100 million flop
Everyone clowns Maguire when he makes mistakes, but he can be a very solid defender and leader when in form. Wasn't worth the money, no, but absolutely does not deserve to be anywhere near this list.
@@Thelegendhimself91are you joking? He’s been unreal this season
@@edwardbrown7986 no he hasn't kid he's nowhere near 100 million don't be stupid son
There is a lot of stupid money in the Premier League, from oil sheikhs, American investors, and an incredibly lucrative television deal. It has enabled below-average English clubs to sign up world class players from every continent. But that strategy only works as long as these players keep form and adjust to playing in a new league. You shouldn't blame the players if it doesn't work out. The system is designed to make money, not to develop talented players.
As is the case with 99% of Liverpool academy 1st team prospects (literally only TAA has avoided this fate in the last 25 years), Brewster was out with serious injury for over a year just before Sheffield Utd signed him.
Alfie had a stinker there. Yes, Brewster has been bad but there have been many factors going against him since his switch, not just by him; but you literally have Anthony who costed 80M and doesn't even have 10 league goals yet in two seasons... plus the lovely added bonus of his accusations which brings negative PR to your club, and his massive wages that you can't shake to another club without losing money.
Lovely investment of, again: 80.MILLION.POUNDS... but sure, Brewster is way worse.
Brewster still has time to build a career, some injuries can take a couple of years to recover from and a bit longer for the player to regain confidence and start fully using that part of their body again. And sometimes the injury never fully recovers and can hinder a player's progress, but they can still build a decent career.
Curtis Jones, Quansah and Kelleher are doing well right now tbh
@@nganhuyen8351 Quansah has played 3 league games. Jones has been poor for 5 years bar his debut and one game 2 weeks ago with constant injuries, has never strung more than 8 games together without injury, and Kelleher doesn't play.
@tdyerwestfield that's the problem with plastic out of towners like you claiming to support my club
12:37 Alfie’s humor is lowkey quality
This is why i think the PL could benefit greatly from adopting something akin to the salary cap of the NBA.
You could've put Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo on the list of Premier League worst transfer ever since 2020. Chelsea's performance is still unstable and has not moved from the bottom of the table. And often reap minor results. Is it possible that Chelsea's dark period will happen again like last season?
I guess the length of their contracts and that they haven't been horrendous is probably why, but they are part of a very mediocre Chelsea team, and haven't been good enough to make the difference (Grotesquely expensive rbf)
Enzo and caicedo are two of the best talents in world football its just that chelsea is in such a mess that they haven't been at their best
He said it would be harsh to put in anyone in the last 12 months, and Enzo Fernandez was signed in Jan, and Caicedo over the summer. Very possible that they would be in a year or two.
Chelsea stability has nothing to do with them as player and them being signed.
One played under Potter and Lampard, and the other's 4 months into an injury stricken team that hasn't gelled yet under a manager with no clue what he's doing either.
If you weren't picking easy targets you'd say Sterling bcs he's a senior PL experience player on 350k pw that's at the center of the team's struggle for goals the entire time those two have been at Chelsea
Two quality players playing for a side who struggle to score goals.
The jigsaw analogy 😭
Hilarousss
big club/league moves for 18/19 years for huge sums basically ruin their careers
I thought the Sancho was such a terrible signing at the time as Man Utd were desperately short in other areas of the pitch and should have tried to strengthen those instead of another attacking winger
Lukaku is one of the most misused misunderstood players ever, watching Chelsea play him how they did was so insanely frustrating.
It's Antony or Antony dos Santos. Not Anthony Martial. Top notch, quality video mate. Not in any way biased towards MU either. 👏😂
2:04 Antony but chapter description reads "Anthony Martial"
Man Utd and Chelsea waste money like no other clubs. Hundreads of millions for little or nothing in return. Ironically, if these clubs had very strict rules for making new signings, they would probably end up getting better deals.
They overpay coz it's united, noone likes them
That's the precise opposite of irony.
@@drs-xj3pb bet you're no fun at parties
@@redboyjanOh, look: irony!
@@drs-xj3pb proof
Sorry but placing Antony anywhere other than #1 failure is just straight wrong. And it's not even close.
André Onana
Bruno Fernandes out
Premier League clubs are laughed at the world over for over spending on unproven players. Lots of money but little brain
Mostly agree with your videos, but I have to disagree with two things:
As a Dutchman, idk which games in particular you watched, Anthony had not the reputation to make it in the premier league at all. He had a few good games in the ucl, but the general opinion was that the sum payed to Ajax was a gift to Ten Haags former club (no joke =) )
Fabio silva too is an excellent player who showed that when linked up with quick players like Xavi Simons, he can excel. He has not played in that role and with the same players he did in Eindhoven.
I agree with every other player in your list tho! Great video!
Chelsea have had mostly disastrous transfers for the last 5 years, but Lukaku wasn’t worth his fee because he didn’t fit in with their style as it had been for a while: low scoring games with a great defense. I think of the likes of Timo Werner, who was incapable of scoring unless the ball bounced off his ass into the goal and how many times does that happen in a season. They recruited Kai Havertz at the same time and he, too, though able to score if there was no time to consider missing, only racked up 4-6 goals even when for some reason (height?) he played as a striker. Why Arsenal thought he would score for them I have no idea but he’s done no better and is the worst transfer I’ve seen happen under MA.
Mason Mount was adored by pundits and every Chelsea manager for reasons I never understood. He isn’t a good shooter, he doesn‘t have great passer’s vision, I never understood the pedestal they put him on but at MU he has played (when he plays) just like back at Chelsea and his productive output is minimal.
I'm a Chelsea fan and I agree. I can't get why every manager and pundit thought Mount was Lampard reincarnated.
I mean Silva is still 21 he can easily recover.
Havertz to Chelsea deserves a shout. That guy was horrendous for them
Havertz won us the Champions league and we sold him to Arsenal almost recruiting the very said amount.lol. so what are you talking about dude 😎
Onana is definitely the worst signing of all time, he is nothing compared to the past 3 goalkeeper legends. The worst record for keeping a clean sheet is so easy to get past Onana, most of the time he dives left or right for the sake of diving to act as if he was trying to save the ball. I am very sure Bradley Henderson could have done a much better job if he was not sold. I really believe David could have saved some of the goals if he was still around.
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 589)
I will not give up until the video is made or Alfie himself tells me to stop. Everyone else telling me that will be ignored.
If you don't believe my number, just go back to the previous videos. I'm at the bottom most of the time, but I'm there.
It’s over
Forget about it buddy
When will the clubs find out to not paying idiotic wages, and make them performance-related. The wages at the moment are in many cases pissing on the fans.
Decade started 1. January 2021 not 2020. You think that the year 2000 was already a part of third millenium of this era?
@StephenC-dk1vl No it isn't. A millennium is 1000 years. So the first millennium was 1-1000. The second was 1001-2000. The third is 2001-3000. It's called counting.
@Ceaseless_Watcher the first year of your life begins exactly a year before your first birthday. the first minute of football takes place between 0:00 and 0:59. The ninetieth between 89:00 and 89:59. Hope this helps
This is why the world ended on both dates. Once for the literalists and once for the pendants. (Take your pick which is which) All the bad signings since then have been purely figments of our now extinct imaginations.
second danny drinkwater mention in 7 days 💀
How have you taken a video about seven footballers and dragged it out into a 23 minute epic? Serial waffler
First time here?
@@soundscape26 nah - I see these pop up from time to time and am just baffled by them every-time. This one I thought was particularly egregious
Antony is the biggest example of being expensive because of their passport.
how are Kalvin Philips, Wesley Fofana, Koulibaly not on this list Mudryk's stats are not even better than Antony or sancho
We need another best player with evrry number or best player from each english county
Antony, Raphina, Richarlison. All the same player, all would be on the bench on a Sunday recreational co-ed leaague.
Surely 35m for Andy Carroll is and was nuts, but imagine Newcastle's thinking saying no to 30m for Andy Carroll.
I think putting Brewster in this list was a bit unfair. He's hardly started for Sheffield United and hardly costs Sancho money.
the fabio silva was definitely a jorge mendes's sus business
Shame to see Football Manager 2020 youth legend Donny van de Beek fall this far
Antony is the worst player to have ever played in the premier league.
Video Idea: The expansion of the World Cup to include 48 teams, and it's impact, for better or worse, on the sport.
Mudryk?????? As a consideration, will be coming back to this in a season or two
It's the long term contracts that really hurt when the guy doesn't play/produce
Hold up, mudryk at £100M is not worse than Antony? LOL.
Kalvin Phillips isn’t a worse signing than VDB despite costing more and not featuring as much.
Matheus Nunes not mentioned either???
What about Darwin Nunez at £100M I want a prime aguero not a Danny welbeck
Mudryk is better than Antony
Mudryk is 10x the player Antony is and he was only 60 million not 100 million. Nunes is waaaaaaaaaaay too early to put in here. And Darwin Nunez is a good player, also not 100 million. Not sure why you’re defending antony. He’s the worst player out of him, mudryk and Nunez and cost the most
I'm convinced transfers like Lukaku, Auba, Sancho are just for laundering money. Passing players between clubs, no intention of keeping them and hand them back to parent club and the player wages are collateral to keep the players quiet.
Great players can become under performers under the wrong coach and ordinary players can become miracle workers with the right coach. The common thread here is Eric Ten Haag at Man U. He's a terrible manager that somehow gets the worst out of great players.
Although he hasn't 'wowed' United fans, I'd still defend Antony any day of the week, especially when you consider how money seems to mean nothing to the United board. At least Antony fights for the ball and looks hungry! Unlike most of the United attacking players currently. I'd rank Martial as the most draining on United resources since he was purchased.
Antony is a Right Winger with no Right Foot. That speaks volumes to the mentality of the player. Used his time developing spinning tricks. But cant provide a simple pass in feild with his Right Foot. At least Sancho and VDB have ability. But it just didn't work out at United for one reason or another.
Antony is a pound shop Allan St Maximin. What a signing
The shocking thing is that Man United's 3 best signings since 2020 are Casemiro (injured), Martinez (injured) and Ronaldo (sacked himself)
All the others have either been youth players, squad players like Malacia and Evans, or big money disasters.
How did Leeds owe 20 million in wages for like 5 months? That’s a million per week.
I think bro hates Lukaku
MUFC: We are a great club. Our players are frequently featured in top 10 lists.
Sponsors: Ya ya ya please take my money!
Nevermind the manager/player relationship .....the manager is the boss and irrespective the name of a player,if the boss has a certain opinion then the player will NOT get their way....
in fact as long as the manager has the backing of the board/fans then the most the player could get is a LONG time warming the bench (if they're lucky) or training with with the crocks or academy youngsters!....ie Jaden Sancho (now Antony is Ten Haag's CHOSEN ONE) and if Antony leaves MUnited he will being driven by Eeric Ten Hhaag ! Haha!!
tbf, Mangala looked the goods before signing for Citeh.
Personally I wouldn’t have included the Augustine deal, as the loan clause was agreed while Leeds were a championship club.
Literally incorrect, the clause was activated SPECIFICALLY because Leeds became a premier league team 🤡
We need one for la liga
Graat video. Sancho could still come good at another club.
Sancho has to be looking at Bellingham wondering what his sliding doors moment was
this is why I always say - the players you DON'T sign are just as important as the ones you do. Take heed, Brailsford.
Antony states is basically 11 goal involvements in 63 games that’s a goal involvement every 17 games for £85 million 🤯
I think your numbers are a bit off. 11 in 63 works out to better than 1 in 6, not 1 in 17. Your general point stands, however.
the hell United always paid more for less valueable player... terrible board, they get fooled by anybody,.
To be fair to any offensive minded player at ManU: only a few players have managed to stick out in a positive way over the last years. Team cohesion as well as long term development seem to be missing from the ManU dictionary entirely. Teams are getting completely overhauled and tied to one coach, then the cycle repeats with the next coach. Add personal scandals and whacky club politics to that, and it's no wonder we see so many ManU players in here.
As Villa fan I can mention Coutinho but those 7 are much worse then him :)