Well, they know how it goes. Sometimes you buy a product that looks tempting, promising high quality and longevity, only to find out that it’s an entirely overpriced piece of junk. It’s sometimes the same with soccer players.
It is not easy to buy a quality player for good money. Even the best managers sometimes disappoint. They sign a footballer who rocks like a god, but by the time he moves to a new club, he is just a shadow of his former self.
This happens in many football leagues and in the best competition in the world – English Premier League. We have picked out the 13 worst transfers in the history of the English Premier League that managers regretted signing.
With Fulham threatened with relegation from the Premier League in the 2013/14 season, they purchased striker Konstantinos Mitroglou from Olympiakos Piraeus for £11.4 million at the last minute before the January transfer deadline. As soon became apparent, that move was a complete disaster.
The Greece international played just three league games, and Fulham was eventually relegated. Until the summer of 2016, though he was a regular at the club, most of the time, he was a guest at Benfica Lisbon, where he performed admirably. He scored 20 goals in 32 games in Portugal’s top division, leading the club to buy him for £6.3 million two years before his four-year contract at Fulham expired.
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