There’s no art to buying top footballers when your coffers are full, and you don’t know what to do with the money. A clever and experienced manager can sometimes get a quality player for free. The following chapters feature ten big-name players who didn’t cost their new employers a penny on the transfer market. From Paul Pogba to Ruud Gullit and Sol Campbell, the following are the 11 best footballers who moved to a new club for free!
Apart from a brief anabasis in Zaragoza, Spain, Brazilian defender Cafu played in his homeland until the age of 27, having already travelled to Europe in 1997 as a World (1994) and South American (1997) champion. AS Roma became his employer, and he spent six years there and was instrumental in winning the Italian title in 2001.
Cafu earned the nickname Il Pendolino (The Fast Man) during his engagement on the Apennine Peninsula, heading to rival AC Milan after his contract expired in the capital in 2003. In the colors of the Rossoneri, Cafu won his second Italian title (2004) and lifted the Champions League winner’s trophy above his head three years later. In 2008, he retired from his successful career at the club.
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