As a Bundesliga fan, I love the PL clubs endless resources and determination to burn money by refusing to do any sort of scouting or roster planning. Edit: due to my direct translation from German I have apparently misused the word roster. So to stop some from getting so upset, as this appears to be a massive hurdle for them to get over, I meant to say squad. Thank you to the majority who overlooked this error and attempted to understand my opinion.
@@Thespacecadet187 Maybe don't attack someone for not using the ideal word when it's very reasonable that they're not a native speaker. Especially when you perfectly understand the meaning
@@RoseColored_ thank you brother, I didn’t realise that you don’t use the word roster in English, I’m glad you still understood the basis of what I was trying to say.
He had G/A and looks decent in the compilation videos. But was worst in games. Always tries to take the ball on left foot and shoot. While auba waits for the ball
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
And their new clubs don't do these players any favor with this massive fees. If you have so much money and got it just by a big investor instead of hard working, you don't have any sense of the true worth of it. PL clubs are literally like this: "We want Fabio Silva" "20M please" "Ok fine, here you have 40M"
your comment is very true but its risk, look at Bellingham this season. There are some young players that can adapt to any club and perform no matter what, Haaland is another one, Mbappe, but you need to put that risk to invest and profit off them before they become too successful you can't afford them. Like the economy, more money is introduced each year, even though inflated it still makes a difference.
just saying each transfer is a calculated investment in every part of the world at any time. These clubs need to sign players who will improve their club though, that's the problem, don't use their brain.
@@Tre_Vor194 Bellingham was one of the best Bundesliga players of the last season and also captain. Haaland was also an absolute beast before he left. Fabio Silva or Højlund e.g. have been just talented players with mediocre stats. And that's the problem. Bellingham has already proofed what he can do and because of that he was so expensive. Fabio Silva didn't even play constantly in the first team but costed 40M. And then everyone is excpecting a performance he haven't even shown before
@@thomashalbgottschalk8461 Haaland and Bellingham seem to are those kind of guys you can pay anything, they have the mentality to only care about becoming better players. They are exceptional imo And its a difference to players like Neymar. Hopefully they don't get injured that much more....
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.
well I think Chelsea will do better than Man U in the long run. Chelsea are very slow at progressing but will do it eventually. Man U will always be the same with this ownership no matter who is in charge
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
Cucurella deserved his Spot on the list; 65 M£ if im right! Even 10 M would be expensive for a guy who's right place is in front of a camera makin' shampoo ads
@anthonykenneth.1780 no he doesn't lol he is warming the bench at Leipzig that's why they want to sell him. That aside, the original comment is right he wasn't that bad at Chelsea but certainly not great
@@drhenrywaltonjonesjr they'll have to accept half of what they paid for him and they'll be lucky to get that. He hasn't put in one great performance, not one.
@@drhenrywaltonjonesjr Ten Hag may have made some bad signings, but I back him on the Sancho situation. If he'd actually been playing well there might have been a case, but the fact he's been so poor you wouldn't even notice he's gone from the team.
Did you watch the video to the end? I don't think anyone can challenge the top spot. That Leeds story is so hilarious. At least Sancho has played 58 games for United.
Mangala was ok and was at the time city signed him, the starter center back whilst Silva and Imboula werent. Silva's deal was very weird and Imboula was a bit weird. He had a good season for marseille but for Porto, imboula was average. Porto was able to sale him at a 0 profit, something rare for Porto
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.
Grealish gets an unfair amount of criticism tbh. Like all other players, Grealish was not the one who deemed him worth 100mill. I will never understand why people make transfer fees the players fault. Secondly, Guardiola has changed Grealish's game to fit the system. He started to take less risks and became much more defensively sound, tracking back and covering the fullbacks. This is why at the start of the season and up until recently, Grealish was preferred over Doku in the big games. Just look at the 4-4 game Vs Chelsea. Doku was at fault for 3 goals, and after that Grealish started all of the champions league games. Yes, he needs to be braver and score a bit more but he's still a very good player he offers much more than he seems to get credit for
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
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
If I'm a Dortmund player, I'm either staying in Germany or only signing for Man City in the EPL. City have done very well with Dortmund signings (Gundogan, Akanji, Haaland).
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 🤣🤣
Antony's stats at Ajax weren't even anything special, this idea he's a talent waiting to blossom is kinda of BS. He's just not good enough and shouldn't have been signed, there's nothing he does well, he's slow, struggles to beat players, crossing is bad, vision is bad, shooting is bad, has no left foot..
Ajax is a club that develops young players, so they are supposed to be better at 22 years old than at 19, the fact that you are able to read numbers does not make the numbers reflect his development. Manchester United is such a mismanaged club that it had to get him a year too early, so he wasn't ready yet, from Ajax that wasn't ready to sell yet. So you overpay about 20 million relative to a matured Antony one year later for a player that at that point in time was worth 20 million less, so that makes a 40 million loss compared to a proper squad policy. On top of that you give that player a bad start making him having to recover from a struggle.
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
Fabia Silva's transfer value had nothing to do with his value/potential. Porto was in trouble with eufa's fair play rules and jorge mendes managed to sell him for the right value to get them of the hook. Mendes players signings are most times overpriced for reasons unrelated to the player's value
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.
But its not antonys fault man united overpaid for him, ajax didnt want to sell coz it was near the end of the transfer window they put a price tag to scare united but they paid anyway
Antony is included on the list because he gets clicks and comments from uneducated people saying he’s “invisible”, “shite” and “awful… let’s have a quick comparison between Antony and Grealish in their first Manchester seasons: Antony - 8 goals in 44 appearances - I’d say that’s reasonable for a player in a new league. Grealish gets 6 in 39 games and only scored 5 last season - he also cost almost £20m more and peps trying to replace him with Doku already after 2 seasons. Antony is fashionable to hate on by the brainless
You mentioned Richarlison he's balling this season though 9 goal contributions in 17 and with son not around RN he might become their main man, seriously this might be his season
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
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
The hate you have for Lukaku Alfie has no bounds. The guy is a great player that just wasn't in the right team with the right coach. Underrated player.
I know this doesn’t include people within the last 12 months but Onana is literally the worst keeper I’ve ever seen at any paid level. He looks like an outfield player who had to put the gloves on. Even when he makes a save it looks absurd. I can’t even believe he’s a professional
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.
Should've been half Man Utd, half Chelsea, these 2 clubs have destroyed themselves over the last 10 years to the point they are consistently on par with Bournemouth and Wolves these days. As a Chelsea fan I am disgusted with the board over the last 15 years.
)You guys(Chelsea) over the past 2 decades were actually good other than Roman despite him sacking managers left, right and center and big money signings that never worked at least Chelsea were winning trophies and acting smartly under him Ever since Boddly and the whole Ukraine invasion thing there has been utter chaos at Chelsea with Todd trying to do same things under Roman but spending more money in much shorter time
@@luyandzabavukiledlamini4693 too much info to read but yea bro Roman can EAD. The clubs have the money, its whether they have the motivation and determination, with a manager who emphasis that s*at.Chelsea and Man UTD just dont care, not one person in the club aye.
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
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.
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
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.
@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.
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.
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.
To not put Jean Philippe Gbamin is nuts. Lad came in, got injured, then got injured, then got injured, and then got injured. Gbamin came in under Marco Silva in 2019 and has played 7 games in the blue since. Biggest waste of 25 million ever
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
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
