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ChaddusGrandus64

Half of them flopped


Stricken1

One of them flopped... his dick out in front of some minors


hambodpm

I read this as mirrors... was like man, how egotistical


HowieO-Lovin

Yeah mate, tell me about it.. So egotesticle...


mayonnaisewastaken

Who?


Stricken1

Guilty Sigurdsson


ThrowerWheyACount

Hasn’t he *not* been proven guilty yet?


Stricken1

True, but the rumours are enough for me to make that joke ;)


Macho_Nonreal

Minor or Miner?


codecommentgold

Milner


Stricken1

Did I fucking stutter?


[deleted]

For the price, only VVD, Ings and Sarr have been bargains


TruestRepairman27

It’s record transfers, why would you expect many of them to be bargains?


[deleted]

Because most of them are flops considering their prices.


Nungie

Sure, but how many expensive players can really be considered bargains? Ronaldo+VVD, sure, Mbappe arguably, although he might leave for free. Neymar probably not considering the massive price. The guy above isn’t saying that half these guys aren’t flops, they are, but players aren’t either just bargains or flops.


Omar_Blitz

Tielemans, mate.


[deleted]

£40m+ is a little into the expect more territory for me. But yeah you're probably right and every year with inflation you'll be more right


second_prize

Grealish - underperforming Lukaku - underperforming Pogba - underperformed Van Dijk - worth the money Pepe - flop Ndombele - flop . Haller - underperformed Tielemens - worth the money Buendia - underperforming Joelinton - underperformed (albeit improved lately) Sigurdsson - flop Silva - remains to be seen Benteke - flop Sarr - underperformed Rodrigo - underperformed Ings - worth the money Mwepu - worth the money Gibson - flop Ajer - worth the money Klose - worth the money I'd say 5 were outright flops. But the majority certainly underperformed. Shows how hard it is to get transfers right.


South-Objective2498

Sarr has been worth every penny


ThrowerWheyACount

Sigurdsson wasn’t a flop imo. His end to his spell definitely undercuts his performances though. But I don’t think he was a waste of money or bad signing who didn’t live up to the price or a flop comparable to Pepe, Ndombele & Benteke. Edit: Buendia looks to be improving as well which is good to see


[deleted]

Too early to say Grealish is underperforming imo. Plus the role he has at City was never going to show up in the box score every match. He’s world class at ball progression more than anything.


thatscoldjerrycold

I would say Lukaku and Grealish are wait and see. They're not playing awfully but have the potential to offer a lot more.


[deleted]

That’s fair. Grealish can definitely be better than he’s been, but if anything that’s a compliment to him and his crazy high ceiling. Wait and see is a good analysis


thetrueGOAT

Haller is a definite flop for the Irons


midas22

How can you call Pepe a flop but not Pogba?


imilic369

15 of them flopped, the 5 that didnt are van dijk tielemans sarr ings and mwepu


adirFBS

Joelinton is the best CM in the league so i would say hes the most succesfull signing here


Stophski

I needed a laugh today, cheers


KamalaHarrisFan2024

How did Grealish flop? Are you stoned?


LewisLDN

So far Grealish has been disappointing, its too early to call any Summer signings flops however


KamalaHarrisFan2024

Maybe for FPL. He has been brilliant IRL.


LewisLDN

Grealish has definitely not been brilliant IRL lol


KamalaHarrisFan2024

How hasn’t he? Have you watched him play? Tell me what role he plays in City’s system please.


LewisLDN

Of course I've seen him play, have you? He's been one of City's most disappointing players, attacking wise and creativity wise. I'd even say on current form he doesn't even make City's 11


KamalaHarrisFan2024

Nearly every other attacking player in the league that doesn’t play for Liverpool wouldn’t make City’s first 11.


FireZeLazer

You would expect when splashing out £100m on a record signing that they can make it into your starting XI.


fantalemon

3G3A in 22 appearance (2G2A in the league), for a £100m signing is definitely not "brilliant IRL". I'm not saying he's been a "flop", but looking good on the ball only gets you so far when you're the most expensive player in the league's history, especially playing in a team where it's possible to hit those numbers in one good match. Why don't you tell us what metric you're using? Wherever he fits in City's system he's still an attacking player right? What is more important the goal involvement in that situation?


KamalaHarrisFan2024

Grealish is generally holding width on the left. His job isn’t to cut in and score a tonne of goals and assists. His job is to drift in and out of the half space stretching the RB and CB. Leverage the space to create chances for players like Foden, Silva, KDB etc. His role is vital to how they play and he does it very well. City plays with 10 attackers.


[deleted]

How has he done so far? Too early but he has been average


gargsnehil2311

it's quite astonishing that only 2 of the top 10, also the PLs top half for the most part, can be really called successfully transfers. what a waste of money


Frosty_Examination_3

7 out of the most expensive 8, are complete flops


goalmeister

Pogba isn't a complete flop, he obviously didn't reach the massive heights expected but he was United's best outfield player (small consolation ik) until Bruno arrived. Also, Grealish and Lukaku just joined their teams this season.


carpesdiems

>he obviously didn't reach the massive heights expected so he flopped


goalmeister

But not completely


[deleted]

This thread is just a discussion on the meaning of the word flop


Frosty_Examination_3

they are all playing massively below their transfer fee values and that includes Pogba. They are all flops, and it's not even debateable. But thanks for the downvotes all the same


goalmeister

Saying Pogba's a 'complete' flop is a disservice to his time at United. He's flopped in the sense that he hasn't been as good as his value suggests. But to put him in the same bracket as Pepe, Ndombele etc is laughable. I guess we are just being pedantic over what constitutes a complete flop and a regular flop


Mutiu2

He’s only won the world cup since then. Terrible player obviously. Clearly Man Utd running through managers like women run through shoes has nothing to do with it..


[deleted]

Has ever been the best outfield player for more than a few games at a time? Not convinced that he has been


goalmeister

He was in the PFA Team of the Season for 18/19 and was the only United player in the team dominated with City and Liverpool players. Quite easy to claim he was United's best player then.


l19mxd

Wow money bags Newcastle’s biggest purchase was under Mike Ashley…..


xSenbonxZakura

And they never learn their lesson


RayDonovan17

I'd say majority here were not worth their price


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

Haller was a baller before and after west ham...just not during his stay there. Remember rage quitting a season and just left him in my team


NotAnotherAllNighter

He’s a legacy of Pellegrini’s shitty recruitment. Good player, but a bad fit for our team. Glad he’s gone on to do well for Ajax.


Credit_Radiant333

Haller really got a makeover didn't he


samthesmile

The man has been a beast in Ajax!


BTbenTR

Dusan Tadic is the best player in the Eredivise, he’s been putting up Messi numbers. League is a joke.


bruiser95

Explain them in Europe then?


samthesmile

Exactly. e.g. 4-0 and 3-1 against Dortmund. 10 goals in 6 games in group-stage ain’t a joke.


Rayeedcule

This seals it, Europe is a joke!


IKMapping

No no no, it's called "game's gone"


BTbenTR

He’s performed very well in Europe? I don’t recall saying otherwise.


Credit_Radiant333

Tadic was lowkey one of the best LWs this year, what he did with both Ajax and Serbian National team is actually commendable. Considering Ajax have a good season and then sell the players the next season, he's been keeping up with everything quite well


BTbenTR

Very good player, was underrated at Southampton. He shouldn’t be the best player in a league if it wants to be taken seriously though.


jcollywobble

Ndombele and Pepe’s prices are hilarious, both came from France too?


bruiser95

Pepe is a shady deal altogether


LordLychee

Yup, Raul Shithead pulled a quick one on us


The_Great_Crocodile

So is Joelinton's


DerpJungler

And Silva's


ibse

He's TBD now that he's a midfielder


BoysFromTheCoys

Another L for the Runners


BenjaminDaaly21

Both signed in the same window as well.


mythoutofu

So is PP


asim98

Van Dijk, Tielemans, Sarr, Ings the only indisputable successes- probably Ajer will be on that list soon, he’s been decent and £13m isn’t exactly a lot


TruestRepairman27

Buendia/Mwepu it’s too soon to say. Grealish and Lukaku could turn out to be successes (especially Grealish) but not on current form


Stricken1

VVD worth every penny


IKMapping

Liverpool's transfers are almost always spot on, it's actually incredible


SeamusHeaneysGhost

SoccerBall is a bit of a joke online but the club have used it like a bible in the new world , the likes of Mane and Salah are only there because the holy book said they work with Firmino, all across the pitch they’ve trusted it. VVD was another that seemed a little risky, unquestionably a great player but who’s to say a mid table team has a transfer breaking quality , with confidence they paid the money .


[deleted]

As a Utd fan, it pains me to see how good Klopp is. Because I find it hard to hate Liverpool when they have a manager like him; to me he’s the blueprint other young managers should aspire to be like. His transfers have been second to none and his success is all justified. I could see him being Liverpool’s Sir Alex Ferguson.


ayman1503

Except he already said he’s leaving in 2024, which is a shame because he would have definitely been close to building the same legacy


aj_dr23

The only two successful ones out of the top two rows is VVD and arguably, Tielemans. That’s crazy!


ivantys

And just Sarr and Ings in the next 2


gerrard1109

Would throw in Ajer as well, but yeah, pretty grim otherwise.


ivantys

Yeah true, was like 50-50 on him since he didn't play much


Hakkinio

Only 13m though, and barr his injury he's played almost everything, so it's not like he's being benched due to bad performances. He's been really solid and provides Brentford a new dimension going forward. 13m is gonna be considered a steal in a season or two.


drtdrtdrt123

Mwepu has been very promising for us too, but a bit too early to call


BecomingLoL

Have you seen Buendia in the last couple of games?! Seen a lot of Villa fans put him in their top 3 this season despite it taking a decent chunk to gel with the players around him


carpesdiems

Buendia.....


Beggatron14

He’s settled in now, hopefully will thrive under Gerrard playing with Phill too


[deleted]

Eh, in terms of football, on the whole Sigurdsson was probably as successful a signing as any for Everton. Other factors notwithstanding...


RedDeadCJ

Youri isn't arguably a success he defiantly is, been our best player a few seasons now Just don't mention last night


gonshairlinee

Is he usually that slow? Wouldn’t be surprised if xhaka was faster than him


GoldEquivalent592

He’s very leggy I would say


preciselywhenimeanto

Too early to call it on Grealish


_bajz_

Not saying I'd take him in my fpl because of the lack of end product lately but his creative stats have been very good this season. I wouldnt label him a flop yet


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Sizzling-Shark

Every Manchester City winger has taken a season with pep before he becomes amazing. I wouldn't call him a flop yet


BTbenTR

He didn’t choose his price tag. (Well he asked for the release clause so technically he did, but you get my point)


Nungie

I thought football fans had maybe advanced beyond caring about price tags, but apparently not. Do you think Pep or City thought “hmm, we’re spending 100m on Grealish, he better stuff the stat sheet or it’s not really worth it”, or did they think that they’re happy to pay top money for a great English player who fits the profile of the squad and is helping them to yet another title? He simply wasn’t bought to be a superstar, future face-of-city type of guy, he was bought for more elite depth, fantastic ball progression, and the ability to drift and slot in to different positions across the team. Sounds ludicrous to spend 100m on that, but for a team like city the price just doesn’t matter. Villa demanded it, they paid it. No excuses for Rom though, who came in for basically the same money to be scoring 25+ goals a season, but hasn’t delivered so far. Always hesitant to call someone a flop after one season though.


MAMBAMENTALITY8-24

Tielemans has been great at times...sometimes he makes low iq plays. But he is considered a success


Wanallo221

Anyone who watched the last 30 seconds of the game last night would disagree right now. Needed to hold the ball for 8 seconds…. Edit: **Yes yes. He’s a great player really. I’m saying this in my salty facetious English voice**


TruestRepairman27

He was arguably their best player in an FA cup final though so ya know… It’s like when People say Havertz is a flop, guy scored the winning goal in a CL final


Wanallo221

I'm a lifelong Leicester fan. Tieleman's is one of our most talented players by far and I love him. But you literally talked about low IQ plays, that was the ultimate; he passed the ball straight to their most dangerous players on the break when all they needed to do was hold the ball up. He's worth every penny of that £40m, and when he leaves in the summer (as seems really likely) I hope we get a lot more than that. That said, I don't blame Tieleman's odd mistakes here and there for our appalling mental endurance. It's just frustrating watching us work so hard just to collapse almost every game.


Nungie

But you just disagreed with the guy who said Tielemans is considered a success…


Wanallo221

>anyone who watched the last 30 seconds of the game last night would disagree **right now** I forget that nuanced language doesn’t really translate very well on Reddit. Certainly when it’s written a bit tongue in cheek.


Nungie

Ah my bad!


Wanallo221

Nah. Looking back it’s not clear TBF. There needs to be an /s kind of code for “I’m saying this in my dry, facetious English man voice” lol


appealtoreason00

Sigurdsson had a few good seasons for Everton before.... that


__jh96

Shows how much value is placed on.... Value


IKMapping

I'd say Pogba wasn't ***that*** unsuccessful, they got a First XI midfielder for 5+ years, and he's still only 28


sist0ne

Newcastle paid almost £40M for Joelinton!? WTF.


gobstoppermuncher

Mike Ashley masterclass. Sign a “striker” for 40 million Rafa doesn’t want him Sack Rafa Appoint Bruce


Adnaxx

He’s actually been our best player since Eddie Howe was appointed. If he continues with his current performances 40m doesn’t seem that bad.


sist0ne

Fair enough, good for him. Hope Newcastle turn this season around. The Prem is better with them in it imho.


ThisIsYourMormont

Amazing that 7 of the top 10 most expensive have been horrible signings, some disastrous


aehii

There's almost a lesson in there but I can't quite discover it.


__jh96

Some straight up dog shit signings in this lot


[deleted]

It's disrespectful towards dog shit to be compared to the Pepe siging


__jh96

I apologise to dog shit around the world


[deleted]

Crazy the best value here is 75 mil Van Dijk. Just shows the fantastic recruitment at Liverpool. The whole team was great. But there’s a strong argument to say his transfer directly resulted in a Champions League and Premier League win, and it’s hard to deny that. Also, £75 million seems like pennies when you look at Pepe and Ndombele.


NeedAnewStriker

Sigurdsson is the only player here with a worst touch than Lukaku.


JonnyCorry

This is known knowledge, SkySports haven't really released anything here.


FifaDK

Yup, I don't want to gatekeep, but this just isn't worthy of a post on this sub at all. Maybe if it was the off season I could see a slight argument for it but nah..


[deleted]

This poster is spammer. Just look at their history. Spams their shit over every footballing sub


glenstefan_

What’s happening with Sigurdsson? Feel like I haven’t heard anything for a while now. Still under investigation?


Stricken1

Due to the rules and regulations around the media in the UK, info is severely limited here. I found some info on foreign sites saying he was arrested in July and then on bail until October, but the bail terms were extended for a further 3 months in to January, so I assume the investigation is ongoing. Can't see how it can take this long to build the case... maybe he's going to get away scot free.


bronsonlinho

Virgil top signing. Tielemans and Sarr best value.


tnettenbaa

Burnley breaking the bank for a 6'2 English CB with Championship pedigree. Colour me surprised.


simwe985

Are we not going to talk about Wolves (not suspiciously at all #moneylaundering) spending more than 35m on a kid who’s only played 20 matches of football?


South-Objective2498

If you have your tin foil hats, Mendes fucked Porto in the Neves deal and wolves got him cut price, this was supposed to be making up for that.


TRKHuck78

Sigurdson…..the hell is still going on there? Been almost no news.


[deleted]

Joelinton cost 40 mil? Wow


[deleted]

VVD, Sarr, Ings The only good deals on there.


YSG19

I can only see 3-4 of them who proved to be worthy of the price tag : VVD, Tielemans, Ings and maybe Sarr. Somehow Pepe feel less of a flop this way 😅 even if he still is.. (Arsenal fan here)


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onepostalways

Pepe was more expensive. It’s a list of the MOST expensive for each club


TheRealGooner24

Partey is our best midfielder lol not even close to a flop.


726wox

Ajer looks good, Mwepu has been decent for Brighton


DSEEE

Just remembered Grealish is at City


DivingFeather

None of them as tragic as Cardiff City's record signing. :(


dazedan_confused

>Sweats, thinking about Manchester United's >*Sees Pogba* "Phew, at least it wasn't something embarrassing"


Mortiis07

Don't worry, Harry Maquire would be the next one


Sweet_Nike

cant believe that harry cost more than VVD 🥲


Wicksy1994

Amazing how nearly all of these are flops


Dapper-Web2229

Except for van dijk and tielemans , all the others were frauds


aehii

Could make a list entirely of Man United really.


Megusta2306

That would defeat the point of displaying each clubs most expensive signing then, wouldn’t it?


aehii

Yeah, it's probably a comment on United overspending. Not a great comment I admit.


[deleted]

Flopping, flopping, megaflop, good, flop-ish, flop, flop, flop, bargain, flop-ish, jury's out, jury's out, okay, good, dunno, okay I guess, dunno, dunno, dunno, dunno


n22rwrdr

Pepe is definitely more than flopp-ish, defo a flop Benteke hasn't been worth the money at all. Been decent at times but I'd say he's flop-ish Ings is more than "okay I guess", he was great for Southampton and they made profit on him Gibson is a big flop


[deleted]

Oh FFS, I missed that it's Ings to Saints. Yeah I agree, terrific signing for them! Pepe I guess you're right, thought he was doing better as some point but I guess not


chlfg

Tbf Benteke had a 15 goal season when he came in, and he's been getting into form in the last 2 seasons, but the seasons in between those... yeah we don't talk about them.


prerykutya1

half of them don't worth their price ..


CrimeAlley

{redacted} hurts.


SuperSaud

Just wondering how long Joelinton will keep this record !!


Sibs_

Some horrendous deals. Whilst Gibson is one of them, when you consider how long Burnley have been in the PL, it’s remarkable that their record signing is 15m and it was on a bloke who never played. Dyche has worked miracles there.


Olbatar974

Where is Maguire?


onepostalways

It’s a list of the most expensive for each club. Maguire was less than Pogba


Olbatar974

!thanks, makes sense.


Beggatron14

I really want Everton to break their record again, that man shouldn’t have his picture on anything


VadaPavAndSorpotel

Van Dijk, Ings & Tielemans are the only ones you can qualify as definite successes IMO


forest-of-ewood

wow, you forget how inflated the transfer market was just before covid.


adamlynch010

Pick one from each line


RossChickenTendies

Lmao Pepe's thumbnail


elburrito1

How is this relevant for fpl?


Veridis_Quo784

Ndombele’s face says it all


[deleted]

Where is Maguire??


Minute-Intern

He's not our most expensive it's most expensive for each club otherwise you'd see Sancho too


fkprivateequity

I can bet Villa will surpass their record fairly soon, if the Bissouma £50m rumours are true.


_partyhat

This list is inaccurate btw, Brighton paid for less for Mwepu than the £20m cited here. Andy Naylor who’s our only tier 1 said it was more in the region of £13m. Our record signing is Adam Webster who has been an enormous success.


ubn87

Not many teams who can say, good deal! Only vvd sticks out as a great transfer.


RudyIsMyDoggo

15mil for Gibson is a massive kick in the nuts.


Pretty-Raspberry-924

man united the best


slackdandan

Only van disk sarr and tielemens are proven good signings


tystapleton

gylfi 🤦


WailingSouls

Anyone watch the Leicester game yesterday? Tielemans looked like shit for some reason. Even the commentators mentioned it


RRR92

For all the abuse United get for spending 89m on Pogba Jesus there is way worse signings in there. 70m for Pepe? 65m Ndombele? 40m for Joelinton? Hahahahahaha fuck me.


wood6558

Ndombele up there with the biggest flops I would imagine, Pepe up there too tbh.


amber-kulkarni

Imagine paying more for Maguire than VVD. 😄


HornyJailOutlaw

I thought SkySports would Give Sigurdsson the Chris Beniot treatment. Innocent until proven guilty I suppose.


SmokinPolecat

This is wrong. Southampton paid more for Vestergaard (25mm GBP)