7 Worst Free Transfers of All Time

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From £400,000 a week Juventus midfielder Aaron Ramsey, who joined the Italian giants on a Bosman from Arsenal, to Nicolas Anelka, who was sacked by West Bromwich Albion, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the worst free transfers of all time.
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  • @Dench999or911
    @Dench999or911 Жыл бұрын

    To make the signing of Anelka even worse, Albion had the chance to resign Lukaku on loan that window but instead opted to sign Nicholas and the injury prone Victor Anichebe. Did not make sense at the time and it never will…

  • @StayMotivatedKing

    @StayMotivatedKing

    Жыл бұрын

    Could of had the option to sign him permantly at the end of the season as well if we had him bk on loan as well for just £12milliom

  • @itsytyt5192

    @itsytyt5192

    Жыл бұрын

    dg

  • @michaelduckett7688

    @michaelduckett7688

    Жыл бұрын

    We never had the money to buy Lukaku though and he didn’t want to come over permanently. Anelka was racked off but Anichebe (when fit) was a handful alongside Berahino

  • @Dench999or911

    @Dench999or911

    Жыл бұрын

    @@michaelduckett7688 I said loan not permanent and dude, as much as I want to defend Big Vic, you cannot say he was a suitable replacement for Lukaku!

  • @michaelduckett7688

    @michaelduckett7688

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Dench999or911 ye but he didn’t want to come back either way. Let alone even being able to afford him. And no Bic wasn’t but at least he was somewhat useful.

  • @danieltaylor3737
    @danieltaylor3737 Жыл бұрын

    Bogarde may have been a terrible buy, but at least he was an excellent professional, dutifully turning up to training every day of his 4 year deal, even when faced with the embarrassment of training with the youth teams.

  • @thomaskendell8146

    @thomaskendell8146

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah because of the money he was on

  • @aidanlevangie2927

    @aidanlevangie2927

    Жыл бұрын

    I love his honesty, very refreshing and yeah I agree with him

  • @akk-nd3vj

    @akk-nd3vj

    Жыл бұрын

    yes i remember they tried smoke him out of club but smart man took the money and didnt care. clubs always cry player loyality but when they try get rid of player they signed no such things.

  • @mattbaker3569

    @mattbaker3569

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@akk-nd3vj exactly the same can be said about Jack Rodwell

  • @johnbakker4828

    @johnbakker4828

    Жыл бұрын

    At times he would even fly daily between Amsterdam and London just for training, stuff of legends.

  • @LeeTAZ-sl7de
    @LeeTAZ-sl7de Жыл бұрын

    The only reason Owen went to Stoke was because no other PL side even looked at him and he didnt want to drop down and actually play a season in the Championship.

  • @leightonmilton5162

    @leightonmilton5162

    Жыл бұрын

    Source?

  • @LeeTAZ-sl7de

    @LeeTAZ-sl7de

    Жыл бұрын

    @@leightonmilton5162 the source was around the time his contract was up he had a few offers from Championship clubs, guaranteeing him playing time and he refused to even talk to them because he didnt want to drop down a division. I'm pretty sure you dont need written proof to see that there was no offers from other PL clubs as Stoke and Pulis style of play didnt suit owen, so why did he go there if it was obvious hed spend most his time on the bench?

  • @Aztwecas

    @Aztwecas

    Жыл бұрын

    So no source then?

  • @LeeTAZ-sl7de

    @LeeTAZ-sl7de

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Aztwecas if you count from the players own mouth then yes.

  • @aarong5115

    @aarong5115

    Жыл бұрын

    who are we to ask why he went too stoke in the latter stages of his career maybe it was for family or money who cares . Think about it an ageing Owen knew full well he wouldn't be able to play every minute of a championship season which is one of the most physically demanding in world football all he was looking for was a chance off the bench to maybe grab another premier league goal

  • @norneaernourn8240
    @norneaernourn8240 Жыл бұрын

    To be fair, Bogarde did nothing wrong. He did everything that was asked of him in the contact, otherwise he would've been sacked. He can't really help it, if he didn't fit in the new gaffer's plans. And then, Chelsea could have been creative with it. If they want him off their payroll, they could loan him out and subsidize his wages. Hell they could sell him and subsidize his wages. Either way, it softens the impact of a high earner sitting on the bench. If anything, I get the feeling this is more like a powerplay on the club's part.

  • @roberw1912

    @roberw1912

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I agree, Chelsea should have paid half his wages so another club would take him. At 33 at the end of contract I don't blame Bogarde for taking the payday

  • @kieronparr3403

    @kieronparr3403

    Жыл бұрын

    He was a pro and completely honest. I don't see a problem with him doing his job and getting paid. People will People though

  • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@kieronparr3403The way footballers are talked about by the media is so nuts, Bogarde is the villain for fulfilling a contract he was offered by his employer but If this same scenario was in a US sport, the media would rightfully be clowning Chelsea for being stupid with their contracts. This shit really rubs me the wrong way

  • @justhuy7960

    @justhuy7960

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DiscGolfLeagueMVP basically John Wall at Rockets lol

  • @Meekz-el5me

    @Meekz-el5me

    Жыл бұрын

    Loved his honesty, we do live in a money driven world

  • @NL-fg6it
    @NL-fg6it Жыл бұрын

    Arsene Wenger predicted that free transfers were going to become more and more frequent in one of his last seasons as Arsenal manager. People ridiculed him for it but it was yet another thing, concerning the future of football, that he was right about.

  • @dr9465

    @dr9465

    Жыл бұрын

    Arsene seems to push narratives.

  • @NL-fg6it

    @NL-fg6it

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dr9465 Arsene is honest and sees things sooner than others.

  • @tlawal7

    @tlawal7

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dr9465 this isn't a narrative, it's a prophecy

  • @kieranfogarty778

    @kieranfogarty778

    Жыл бұрын

    Its true I watched something about it on another KZread video..big time player's leaving their contracts run down gives them more power when it comes to negotiating contracts with their current or future club ..Pogba and Mbappe recent examples

  • @Zack_410

    @Zack_410

    Жыл бұрын

    Him saying the World Cup should be every 2 years is him talking out of his ass.

  • @constablekennedy7705
    @constablekennedy7705 Жыл бұрын

    Free Transfers are actually becoming more of a thing nowadays so part 2 should be on the way in No Time …. 🤷🏿‍♂️. ⚽️

  • @michaeldeeping2452

    @michaeldeeping2452

    Жыл бұрын

    Agents and players know if there's no transfer fee they'll get a big signing on bonus and more wages, only a matter of time til more players started running their contracts down

  • @johnmitchell2269

    @johnmitchell2269

    Жыл бұрын

    Players intentionally run down their contracts now under advice from their agents.

  • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@johnmitchell2269 as they should. People should have complete agency over where they want to live and work. so if a team can't find a transfer that doesn't suit the player, they shouldn't be forced to go somewhere they don't want to be

  • @elliotstone2764

    @elliotstone2764

    Жыл бұрын

    @@DiscGolfLeagueMVP they don’t have to join a team if they don’t want to, a transfer doesn’t force them to leave they can turn the contract down

  • @magnusliang4183

    @magnusliang4183

    Жыл бұрын

    Good luck keeping Harry Mac

  • @tdyerwestfield
    @tdyerwestfield Жыл бұрын

    All I remember of Bosingwa is a game against Liverpool when Benayoun was shielding the ball in the corner of the pitch, Bosingwa kung-fu kicking Benayoun in the back and a free kick being given in favour of Bosingwa.

  • @ZolaMagic25

    @ZolaMagic25

    Жыл бұрын

    Bosingwa was the best right back in the league under Ancelotti, but people only remember him for the end of his time at Chelsea when things weren't going so well for him

  • @drtenma3744

    @drtenma3744

    Жыл бұрын

    I googled the guy because the name rang a bell ( Didn't watch the whole video ) and I think I speak for 99.9 % of football fans that this chap is clearly remembered for his unibrow.

  • @patsonzgambo9672
    @patsonzgambo9672 Жыл бұрын

    1. 2:12 michael owen 2. 4:18 carlos sanchez 3. 6:25 aaron ramsey 4. 9:00 jose bosingwa 5. 11:43 mark bosnich 6. 13:42 nicolas anelka 7. 16:11 winston bogarde

  • @Halcryder
    @Halcryder Жыл бұрын

    Initially surprised Alexis Sanchez didn’t make the 7, then I remembered he was a swap deal and not a free transfer

  • @danattwater8277

    @danattwater8277

    Жыл бұрын

    I was waiting for him in top spot lmao. Good shout, forgot all about mkhitaryan

  • @archerpool

    @archerpool

    Жыл бұрын

    Cheers, Geoff.

  • @ashleyburns6752
    @ashleyburns6752 Жыл бұрын

    I think its almost getting to the point where a ''What the hell is going on at Wolves'' is needed. The squad is getting smaller and smaller.

  • @bricktop.

    @bricktop.

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah man, I feel like nobody's really noticed. They will be a 5 a side team soon.

  • @jackpiggott40

    @jackpiggott40

    Жыл бұрын

    Seems like the owners have pulled the plug on the club, could also be on financial trouble soon if Jorge Mendes is taking huge fees on the his clients’ transfers

  • @shutup2751

    @shutup2751

    Жыл бұрын

    agreed, worst thing is bruno lage is a top manager and yet wont back him in the transfer market, why bring in a top manager and then not back him ? makes no sense

  • @robtyman4281

    @robtyman4281

    Жыл бұрын

    @@shutup2751 The way Wolves are going, they are the kind of club that could go down in the next few seasons. A couple of years ago they were flying, and had the big six all sweating. What's happened???.....the wind seems to have gone from their sails. Diogo Jota leaving was a huge blow, but I think it started to go downhill after they sacked Nuno. He fitted the club perfectly. Not sure Large does as much.....even though he's clearly a good manager.

  • @matthewcoates1775
    @matthewcoates1775 Жыл бұрын

    7 clubs with more domestic cups than league titles

  • @man4437

    @man4437

    Жыл бұрын

    Arsenal 😶

  • @gregway410

    @gregway410

    Жыл бұрын

    So do their fans

  • @bricktop.

    @bricktop.

    Жыл бұрын

    Middlesbrough

  • @dietischlampe1327

    @dietischlampe1327

    Жыл бұрын

    Frankfurt

  • @OldSchoolBoxing1

    @OldSchoolBoxing1

    Жыл бұрын

    Spurs

  • @danielkarmy4893
    @danielkarmy4893 Жыл бұрын

    The fact that everyone has blamed Bogarde for the last 20 years only shows how messed up our society is; it's a reflection of the way we are, after all. An employer offers a man a ludicrous amount of money and the certainty of a four-year contract - he knows it's ludicrous, but for whatever reason they don't, he has the advantage, he snaps their hand off - more fool them, he thinks. Because they are the fools, and he is just a man who wants to earn a living. Most people would rightly choose to do the least amount of work possible in that time, but he remains professional - the opportunities to do his job just don't come his way. At the end of his contract, having proven himself both an honest man and a professional, he leaves. The media, and subsequently the public at large, then lambast the employee for doing what was best for himself and his family; they sympathise instead with the faceless corporation that employed him, and see the man as a villain of the lowest order. I mean, how absolutely fucked up is that?!

  • @56postoffice

    @56postoffice

    Жыл бұрын

    That's true.

  • @hasselett

    @hasselett

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm having a tough time telling whether you're good at English or not.

  • @danielkarmy4893

    @danielkarmy4893

    Жыл бұрын

    @@hasselett Allow me to put you out of your misery: yes, I am. I'm not sure what you were trying to achieve with that comment, but I'm afraid your attempt was unsuccessful. 😜

  • @crashfan9997

    @crashfan9997

    Жыл бұрын

    @@danielkarmy4893 He always has a tough time with things, not the brightest spark. Your original comment was very well constructed.

  • @idkjustchangingmyname7343

    @idkjustchangingmyname7343

    Жыл бұрын

    Seriously I had never heard his story before, but what was he supposed to do? Not take the money? He did exactly what was required of him. It’s the clubs fault to have offered him the contract. I respect what he did.

  • @BoothyTheGamer12
    @BoothyTheGamer12 Жыл бұрын

    I genuinely have so much respect for bogarde

  • @bricktop.

    @bricktop.

    Жыл бұрын

    My man got set financially for life and didn't even break a sweat. Top man.

  • @BoothyTheGamer12

    @BoothyTheGamer12

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bricktop. exactly! If a club is willing to pay you far more than your worth over a set amount of years you have absolutely no obligation to leave before that contract is up, its the same with Jack Rodwell. If the context of sport is removed and we're talking about any random company then the employee wouldn't be criticised at all

  • @kieronparr3403

    @kieronparr3403

    Жыл бұрын

    He did his job and got paid. No problem

  • @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    @DiscGolfLeagueMVP

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BoothyTheGamer12 God the way they portrayed Rodwell in that Sunderland doc really pissed me off. You had that cunt Sunderland Director/Chief Executive/whatever going on about how it's unfair that Rodwell is getting paid that much while the regular employees might have to be let go/go unpaid. My brother in Christ, YOU are the one who oversaw all of that!!! It's not like Rodwell had a gun to anyone's head when he signed that contract, and it's not him in the accounting department making decisions that left the club unable to pay it's staff. Not once was there even a suggestion of Mr Director Man taking a paycut to help out the club, but it's expected of somebody else to do a favour for them.

  • @bricktop.

    @bricktop.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@BoothyTheGamer12 Right? You gonna pay me £40k a week for the next 4/5 years to sit on my ass? Imma grab a cushion and a book right now.

  • @edped91
    @edped91 Жыл бұрын

    This made me feel a lot better about Danny Rose at Watford this past season, that is until I remembered that he hasn't left yet lol. Thanks as always Alfie!

  • @CordellBM

    @CordellBM

    Жыл бұрын

    Wait there's another Watford fan? Wish I could buy you a pint

  • @judechidozieezenyi9493
    @judechidozieezenyi9493 Жыл бұрын

    Mr. Bogarde told no lies... And did no wrong. 👏 Smart, too, in my opinion... at least financially.

  • @Alex-xn2pj
    @Alex-xn2pj Жыл бұрын

    Day 3: A detailed look at the state of Crotone would be nice, going from Serie A in 20/21 with a 20 goal a season striker to Serie C by 22/23. Two relegations in a row, something surely has to be wrong at that club.

  • @paulhill4382

    @paulhill4382

    Жыл бұрын

    Who was their scorer.

  • @Alex-xn2pj

    @Alex-xn2pj

    Жыл бұрын

    @@paulhill4382 Simeon "Simy" Nwankwo Scored 20 Serie A goals in 38 games

  • @paulhill4382

    @paulhill4382

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Alex-xn2pj Ah the lad that‘s at Salernitana now. Thanks! I reckoned it was him but didn’t find any data..

  • @th-tb6fu
    @th-tb6fu Жыл бұрын

    Fun fact #10:On the 15th of December 1995 the Bosman ruling was decided by the European Court of Justice.The decision banned restrictions on foreign EU players within national leagues and allowed players in the EU to move to another club at the end of a contract without a transfer fee being paid.

  • @bigguy8435
    @bigguy8435 Жыл бұрын

    Other case of a bad free transfer was the signing of Lucas Lima to Palmeiras. Lima played for Santos, one of Palmeiras' biggest rivals, from 2014 - 2017, winning some titles, specially a Sao Paulo State Championship over Palmeiras, and becoming easily one of the best central attacking midfielders in South America. Bro even made it to the National Squad, in Brazil, that's impressive. But after 2016, when the club wanted to renovate his contract, he played hard, started to become lackadisical on the field, got into arguments with club supporters, and ultimately just chose to leave. In January 2018, he struck a deal with Palmeiras to be their main guy at midfield, winning almost R$1.000.000,00 on monthly wages. Problem is, he never played well again. He went to Palmeiras, with hopes of getting called up to the 2018 World Cup, but by the WC break, he was already a second unit player. In the end, he played 129 games for Palmeiras, scoring only 11 goals and dishing out 13 assists across all competitions, and in 2022, he was loaned for free to Fortaleza, where he got more minutes, but always coming off the bench. In Fortaleza, he scored 1 goal and made 5 assists. After that, he returned to Palmeiras, and his contract with Palmeiras was up for renegotiation, but Palmeiras didn't even cared, and he became a free agent. In sum, their stroke of genius free transfer from one of their biggest rivals, became one of the biggest jokes in recent history on Brazil's league, with him costing almost 20 million euros to Palmeiras over 5 years, for very minimal technical return on the pitch. In the beggining of the 2023 season, in a proof that time as a linear concept is flawed, he struck a deal to return to Santos on a free transfer, where he has returned to show flashes of his former performances, and even received a contract extension until 2025. So let's see how things turned out

  • @voiceofcrime

    @voiceofcrime

    10 ай бұрын

    thanks for letting me know about him my friend, i especially remember signing Lucas Lima on my FM15 Gil Vicente save and he became an absolute legend there

  • @liam8664
    @liam8664 Жыл бұрын

    Had actually forgotten about Carlos Sanchez ever playing us until this video, thank you for bringing back fond memories of getting walloped by Oxford and him genuinely being the worst footballer I’ve ever seen Alfie. Patrice Evra on a free for us another honourable mention

  • @mattbaker3569

    @mattbaker3569

    Жыл бұрын

    you could genuinely make the top 7 solely West Ham players signed as Sully specials. Néné, Petric, Montenegro, Sanchez, Evra, Arbeloa, Nordtveit (disaster for us but genuinely not a bad player - he was captain of Mönchengladbach who were regular European competitors). And many, many more. I don't recall Alfie ever covering Nsereko who genuinely is one of the worst signings of all time. £9mili...

  • @saintroddy

    @saintroddy

    Жыл бұрын

    I LOVE THIS GAME

  • @BALHAM69
    @BALHAM69 Жыл бұрын

    Good mention of the young reserve player at Aston Villa at the end Alfie 😊

  • @vaggelis911
    @vaggelis911 Жыл бұрын

    AEK Athens be like: Observe

  • @soundscape26
    @soundscape26 Жыл бұрын

    Ramsey was just pranked by a Juventus fan into signing a contract termination. The legality of the document is disputed though.

  • @mister_M.

    @mister_M.

    Жыл бұрын

    What

  • @bhew7409

    @bhew7409

    Жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @sukhdevr3489

    @sukhdevr3489

    Жыл бұрын

    Really?

  • @rickenfatania

    @rickenfatania

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sukhdevr3489 of course not. Legalities aren't a thing in Serie A.

  • @mdma2078
    @mdma2078 Жыл бұрын

    I've only seen this suggestion on one of your latest videos' comments.. appreciate you delivered this one, channel of the people indeed ✊❤

  • @Louisejames23
    @Louisejames23 Жыл бұрын

    As a Chelsea fan it's gratifying to find a video where our name is mentioned so often... Perhaps next you could do one on crap number 9's, we've got soooo many....

  • @andyjoyce80
    @andyjoyce80 Жыл бұрын

    Bosnich wasn't the only player who Fergie signed twice - he also signed Les Sealey twice.

  • @nickjeffery536
    @nickjeffery536 Жыл бұрын

    I was wondering why there wasn't at least an honourable mention for Liverpool signing Mario Bad-on-telly... I mean Balotelli. Then I checked again, and realised Liverpool actually paid money for that useless waste of space!!!

  • @MenWithVen
    @MenWithVen Жыл бұрын

    Stoke Sunderland and West Ham really competed with each other on who could shit the bed the most in the transfer market in the mid 20-teens

  • @sharky5377

    @sharky5377

    Жыл бұрын

    Unfortunately true!!

  • @ILikedGooglePlus

    @ILikedGooglePlus

    Жыл бұрын

    Let's be real, Everton won. Everton always win the transfer window 😂

  • @yankiefrenz1367

    @yankiefrenz1367

    Жыл бұрын

    add Everton to the list!!

  • @MenWithVen

    @MenWithVen

    Жыл бұрын

    @@yankiefrenz1367 Sunderland and Stoke both got relegated and West Ham stopped falling in love with aging "big names" who had lost their way so Everton had to pick up the job of all three clubs

  • @crashfan9997

    @crashfan9997

    Жыл бұрын

    My club have had terrible windows too (Man Utd)

  • @felixbache5369
    @felixbache5369 Жыл бұрын

    Fenerbahce raised funds among their own fans to sign Mezut Ozil on a free and he nearly bankrupted the club while playing next to no football. Surely he should be on here Edit: He did play 31 times in the league and onc in the cup, so 'next to no football' is a bit of an overstatement, but still a catastrophic transfer

  • @bw873

    @bw873

    Жыл бұрын

    How much was ozil on at fernabache? And what do you think of him in general?

  • @felixbache5369

    @felixbache5369

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bw873 I've always been a huge fan of Özil. I think Real made a great mistake by selling him, and it saddens me that he couldn't find a team that catered to his playing style after it went sour at Arsenal. Ozil repotedly earned around 50k/week at fener but I imagine there were some pretty hefty bonuses as well

  • @thierryhenry674

    @thierryhenry674

    Жыл бұрын

    Ozil is not a possession player. He is a counter attack player. He is not skillful on the ball. He is an assist hanger. He involves in no build up. He just appear when a final pass is needed. Just like a goal hanger, he does nothing for the team if he is not assisting.

  • @tmithoth8956
    @tmithoth895611 ай бұрын

    Between Mark Bosnich and Adrian Mutu. Their 2 year binge funded a decade of drill music 😂😂

  • @PreDatoR1873
    @PreDatoR1873 Жыл бұрын

    Great video. I can speculate that Agnielli was behind that insane Ramsey signing - the man is obsessed with Juve winning the CL - not that it did us any good :D. Hopefully we offload him somewhere else this summer. I cannot remember much of Anelka at Juve, but he had always had a problem with his temper. Good thing he was not with us when he completely lost it. That gesture explanation is just stupid. Bogarde would make an excellent poker player. Dude played his hand cool like a cucumber, cashed in and rode into the sunset with all the money. What a trooper.

  • @bigstan5705
    @bigstan5705 Жыл бұрын

    I remember thinking willian was such a bargain for arsenal. Oof

  • @manuel7102
    @manuel7102 Жыл бұрын

    Maybe you guys have seen the video of a juve fan asking Ramsey for an autograph then showing the cameras that piece of paper was a mock "contract termination" document. That's how bad that signing was

  • @bricktop.
    @bricktop. Жыл бұрын

    Comments section: " do a video on some obscure Mongolian side that nobody has ever heard of"

  • @shaydesonic4138
    @shaydesonic4138 Жыл бұрын

    Very bold to say Sanchez was the worst Hammer in ages when we all had to experience Roberto pushing the ball into the old net, solid video as always of course

  • @machinainc5812
    @machinainc5812 Жыл бұрын

    When players refuse to play/be on bench (Bosingwa), the clubs should be able to cancel the players contract.

  • @ianmurphy9955
    @ianmurphy9955 Жыл бұрын

    John-Marc Bosman would be a fascinating video

  • @tomburgess1984
    @tomburgess1984 Жыл бұрын

    As a Derby fan, Ravanelli was tragic for us. Signed for £40k a week, massive money at the time, scored 14 goals in 2 seasons we got relegated and spent multiple years paying him off

  • @jc-16.

    @jc-16.

    Жыл бұрын

    Who was the English youngfella playing up front for Derby back then, I think he got a bad leg break that curtailed him. He was very promising player.

  • @Solid5nake

    @Solid5nake

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jc-16. Malcolm Christie

  • @jc-16.

    @jc-16.

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Solid5nake where have you been? I've been waiting 7 months for this information!

  • @gladbecker8218
    @gladbecker8218 Жыл бұрын

    Bogarde barely had 200 Games in his whole career lol, with 11 games over 4 years at Chelsea. But i can see his point, he was 30 at the point he signed for Chelsea, and in the early 2000s, that was the last good contract for most players, putting away their boots at 34,35. Nowadays most players will go till 37-38.

  • @ZolaMagic25

    @ZolaMagic25

    Жыл бұрын

    No they won't. It's just as much mental as physical. Players lose the hunger. Even these days the majority of players don't make it to 34

  • @distanceoftheshadow4717
    @distanceoftheshadow4717 Жыл бұрын

    lmao bogarde took a steaming dump on everything that was holy to the chelsea managment and I can't blame him.

  • @jaakko14

    @jaakko14

    Жыл бұрын

    Well you would have to be a bit silly to blame him for singing his contract and turning up for practice as he is supposed to and doing everything else like he is supposed to. It was not Bogarde who offered him that money, it was Chelsea and he not terminating his contract is just a smart thing to do

  • @FinleyESB
    @FinleyESB Жыл бұрын

    Bogarde was a board signing, Vialli never wanted him and had actively targeted him as the weak link in Barcas defence when Chelsea met Barcelona the previous season. Bogarde rightfully refused to leave when asked to be transfer listed stating that he would never receive such lucrative wages elsewhere

  • @ins0mniac756
    @ins0mniac756 Жыл бұрын

    Yesterday out of the medicals some Juventus' fans asked Ramsey for an autograph but actually made him sign a fake contract termination

  • @ILikedGooglePlus

    @ILikedGooglePlus

    Жыл бұрын

    You just took like 15 years of my life, and brought me back to after school at my grandma's, watching McFly on the kids show The Slammer. That episode ends with them being tricked into signing a contract thinking it's an autograph I wanna go visit my grandma

  • @lovefan7694
    @lovefan7694 Жыл бұрын

    7:45 idk why I thought you said “that's a crazy amount of money and I say that as someone that read Ramsey's mind” and I can't unhear it

  • @aarong5115
    @aarong5115 Жыл бұрын

    not a Liverpool fan but Owen @ 17- 22years old was unbelievably good , think mbappe in a central position explosive and clinical .

  • @SamButler22
    @SamButler22 Жыл бұрын

    Never had any issues with Anelka at Bolton, banged a bunch of goals, and even signed a massive contract just before he left so that we would get a bigger transfer fee

  • @ZolaMagic25

    @ZolaMagic25

    Жыл бұрын

    Anelka was pure quality at Bolton. I always remember thinking how on earth is he playing for them!? One of the best finishers I've ever seen. So calm and classy in front of goal. Some of his goals were sublime. Loved his little dinks over the keeper at the last second. Scored a few of those!

  • @kuromori6200
    @kuromori6200 Жыл бұрын

    I never understood why the English media was losing their shit over Ramsey moving to Juventus, they made it seem like Arsenal was losing this world class midfielder when in reality he'd been a solid but ultimately inconsistent, injury-prone midfielder who I knew was going to be more of the same in Turin, and lo and behold, that's exactly what happened with him.

  • @andrewn.8654

    @andrewn.8654

    10 ай бұрын

    He was injury prone, but not inconsistent. Whenever he regained his fitness and played a handful of games, he would hit good form and maintain it for the season. Constantly a goal-threat and good at winning the ball and forcing counter attacks. Arsenal's style suited him very well, Juventus was a bad move for him. He needed to go to a team like Dortmund. His injuries also recurred at Juve and he was never able to win a spot for himself in the team. But even with all of that, he was nowhere near the money that Juve were paying him, that's what made the deal so shit.

  • @Smogkage
    @Smogkage Жыл бұрын

    Alfie I could be wrong here but if memory serves me right Bogarde was brought in by Ken Bates without Vialli's knowledge. There's a story that the first Vialli knew of it was walking into a club dinner and seeing Bogarde sitting at a table.

  • @TheMupty
    @TheMupty Жыл бұрын

    As a Liverpool fan, I was fully expecting our signing of joe cole to appear 😂 sent off on his debut, always injured then loaned to France 😂

  • @mezykin

    @mezykin

    Жыл бұрын

    And Milan Jovanovic and Philipp Degan also came to mind

  • @bimanatawilaga7509

    @bimanatawilaga7509

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mezykin dont forget Andriy Voronin

  • @mezykin

    @mezykin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@bimanatawilaga7509 can't say Danny Ings, he was just injured all the time

  • @isaacround5548

    @isaacround5548

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mezykin and he wasn't free?

  • @mezykin

    @mezykin

    Жыл бұрын

    @@isaacround5548 yeah he was on a free

  • @jackjude
    @jackjude Жыл бұрын

    Carlos Sanchez at West Ham is surely a bit too low profile for this list? He was 32 at the time too.

  • @andrewesdaile9484
    @andrewesdaile9484 Жыл бұрын

    Joe Cole for Liverpool deserves a dishonourable mention.

  • @waifung3367
    @waifung3367 Жыл бұрын

    sometimes, choosing the free option up front can be the most expensive option in the bigger picture.

  • @The_establishment72
    @The_establishment72 Жыл бұрын

    I saw Ramsey in the thumbnail and knew you’d mention the Europa league final, I am now very sad.

  • @simoncaton1226
    @simoncaton1226 Жыл бұрын

    7 good players that were outshone by their successor. Since you mention Carlo Cudicini. He was a good #1 for Chelsea and someone who I think could’ve been in goal for the Mourinho titles. But he was outshone by Petr Cech.

  • @ZolaMagic25

    @ZolaMagic25

    Жыл бұрын

    Cudicini was excellent for Chelsea. At the time the best keeper in the league alongside Given. He was unlucky Cech was so good. Even now Cudicini is a baller! I saw a Chelsea vs Inter legends game a few years ago and he was on fire.

  • @RobMost
    @RobMost Жыл бұрын

    Albert Luque almost bankrupted Ajax with his salary, and only played 16 matches.

  • @yashdahiya9186
    @yashdahiya9186 Жыл бұрын

    thanks Alfie

  • @kicsiszol
    @kicsiszol Жыл бұрын

    bogarde was absolutely right. you can criticize him for wantiing more the money than the chance to play football regularly but tbh he already accomplished a LOT and he did nothing wrong to the deserve the treatment he got- at least not, to the best of my knowledge. he wanted to get paid, he was there,he was putting the work in....so yeah, i dont think he belongs here at all. The club basically sabotaged a guy who wont budge and gonna get his money no matter what. Good for him.

  • @boabdownunder
    @boabdownunder Жыл бұрын

    Can’t blame Bogarde at all, Chelsea gave him that deal so if they didn’t play him it’s on them.

  • @Weelaulau
    @Weelaulau Жыл бұрын

    7 EPL players that couldn’t cope in Scotland.

  • @123socceroos
    @123socceroos Жыл бұрын

    Video idea Alfie: media portrayal of Eric Cantona in England v France

  • @gamewithgreg
    @gamewithgreg Жыл бұрын

    Do an XI of players from Euro and World Cup winning teams. From a quick calculation I believe that's an 11 with 3 subs. Or do the same but Copa América instead of Euros, which would be an 11 with 1 sub (or manager...) (What I mean is, for example, one Brazilian player from any of their winning teams, one Argentine, one Italian, one from France, England, Spain, etc). The beauty of this if you did the Copa América suggestion is you'd have to pick a player from the 1963 Bolivia squad... take the challenge Alfie

  • @vitorb4321
    @vitorb4321 Жыл бұрын

    Dani Alves at São Paulo deserves a spot here

  • @saltmerchant749
    @saltmerchant749 Жыл бұрын

    Free transfers in the era of player power and running down contracts are likely to be even more expensive than final year contract transfers between clubs.

  • @aaronwilson7947
    @aaronwilson7947 Жыл бұрын

    Depending how he ends the season, Lingard to Forest could very well join this list

  • @hosnyadell
    @hosnyadell Жыл бұрын

    I have so much respect for Bogarde and am a Chelsea fan

  • @kimbob5
    @kimbob5 Жыл бұрын

    As a Villa fan, I thought Bogarde sounded familiar 😂

  • @RedAndWhiteSFC
    @RedAndWhiteSFC Жыл бұрын

    Does my teams one not count as the worst? Graeme Souness signed Ali Día on a month contract for us at Southampton some time ago

  • @jcbc2000
    @jcbc2000 Жыл бұрын

    Do top 7 best transfers that went unnoticed

  • @seandelap8587
    @seandelap8587 Жыл бұрын

    It's more the ridiculous wages some of these players were paid by these clubs that's the most concerning bit tbh you are losing nothing by bringing them in for free but paying them such high wages for not performing on the pitch is day light robbery.

  • @bricktop.

    @bricktop.

    Жыл бұрын

    Right? Who the hell at Juventus thought that Ramsey was worth 400k a week? Whoever that was needs to give their head a wobble tbh. Insanity.

  • @RedRaptor7

    @RedRaptor7

    Жыл бұрын

    There not coming in for “free” tho. They get paid a hefty signing on fee because of no transfer fee. There’s no such thing as a free transfer.

  • @distantfuture
    @distantfuture2 ай бұрын

    I'm 100% with Winston Bogarde. The club signed him to a 3 year contract & he simply wished to honour that.

  • @miguelibarra7328
    @miguelibarra7328 Жыл бұрын

    My man, make a video about the barcelona situation

  • @jordanford9320
    @jordanford9320 Жыл бұрын

    The American equivalent is free agents and a lot of us call most of them "fools gold" because most of the time of the team they're on is willing to give them up then you are not seeing an underlying issue.

  • @frankunodostres473
    @frankunodostres473 Жыл бұрын

    could be many of qpr's signing in their infamous season in the prem 10 years ago

  • @tino6440
    @tino6440 Жыл бұрын

    As a palace fan i was fully expecting to see max meyer on here

  • @HITCSevens

    @HITCSevens

    Жыл бұрын

    Great shout.

  • @winglessmecha
    @winglessmecha Жыл бұрын

    Malang Sarr to Chelsea is one of our worst free transfer so far

  • @arieldiaz9310

    @arieldiaz9310

    Жыл бұрын

    Agreed, he’s horrible

  • @SamButler22
    @SamButler22 Жыл бұрын

    Owen at Stoke? You're making that up, I never heard about it

  • @FootballClubDavid_WI_USA
    @FootballClubDavid_WI_USA Жыл бұрын

    I think if you force a club sponsor to cancel their entire sponsorship due to your behavior that might take the cake.

  • @thebigquack6945
    @thebigquack6945 Жыл бұрын

    Bogarde ain’t wrong. 40k a week is stupid cash that no one would say no to. The fact that he didn’t even down tools shows he was a professional through and through

  • @stevencooke6451

    @stevencooke6451

    Жыл бұрын

    He still sounds like a dick. I'm not sure why people are turning him into some sort of hero. Chelsea was stupid in overpaying him but that doesn't make him somehow a great human. It just makes for a fun story for Chelsea's rivals.

  • @MrPompey666
    @MrPompey666 Жыл бұрын

    First one that came to mind was Kim Kallstrom for Arsenal

  • @donnnjavosss7294
    @donnnjavosss7294 Жыл бұрын

    It was the 2012/13 season where QPR finished bottom and the 2013/14 season where Atletico Madrid reached the champions league final…

  • @dondamon4669
    @dondamon4669 Жыл бұрын

    Owen was a great player and I didn’t ever find him strange he’s so normal it’s unreal!

  • @dvdv8197
    @dvdv8197 Жыл бұрын

    Wouldn't say Bogarde was the worst one. At least he was being honest about it all. 🤷‍♀️

  • @philthatcher6111
    @philthatcher6111 Жыл бұрын

    Winston Bogarde getting his deserved shout out.

  • @VillaFanDan92
    @VillaFanDan92 Жыл бұрын

    Lamare Bogarde is Winston Bogarde's nephew, not his son, btw.

  • @leemcdonald1342
    @leemcdonald1342 Жыл бұрын

    Video idea: 7 Premier League footballers who need to step up in the 2022-23 season.

  • @Hasdrubal215
    @Hasdrubal215 Жыл бұрын

    Obscure video request but could you do a 'what is going on at Durham City AFC' £150,000 in debt, no ground and can't keep hold of staff 😥

  • @devletbahcelino1fan463
    @devletbahcelino1fan463 Жыл бұрын

    Haven't watched the entire video yet but since I'm quite sure it's not going to be in the vid, Mesut Özil to Fenerbahçe is a dishonorable mention. After around two years of speculation, his pr team churning out constant propaganda about how he's always supported the club, and promises of he'll bounce back from his "constant mistreatment" at Arsenal, he finally signed in January of the 20/21 season after terminating his remaining 6 month contract at North London. Even though he was said to have taken a significant pay cut to join his "childhood club", the deal was said to be worth anywhere from 2 to 3,5 million euros of yearly salary, as well as 4 million euros as a signing on fee to be spread across the 3,5 year contract offered to the World Cup winner. Having come in during a title push that season, when the team hadn't won the league in 6 years - and any trophy at all in 4 years - he along with other marquee signing Irfan Can Kahveci were hoped to be the pieces that finally push the team over the line. Mesut Ozil got injured almost instantly. He went on to miss out on a few weeks as Fenerbahçe for the second time in a row at home to their rivals Galatasaray. By the time he'd come back the title push was still on the cards, but nearly impossible unless he and the team pulled out a miracle. Heading into the last week he had absolutely no goal contributions. The push was all but dead, Besiktas and Galatasaray both being 2 points ahead at that point. Fenerbahçe would need to win their last game at Sivas as well as hope the other teams lose points for the title to be won. Needless to say, this didn't happen and Besiktas won the league. To rub salt into the wound, Sivas actually won their last game too, only then while 2-0 down did Mr. Ozil decide to make his first assist in the Süper Lig to make it a 2-1 loss in the 89th minute. Second season started with higher hopes, but through absolutely disgraceful management decisions that still hurt to think about and I don't want to write about cause it'd get too long, Mesut Özil was frozen out of the squad indefinitely with 2 more years to go on his contract. We continue to pay him one of the biggest salaries in the league.

  • @rickenfatania

    @rickenfatania

    Жыл бұрын

    He's been let go.

  • @devletbahcelino1fan463

    @devletbahcelino1fan463

    Жыл бұрын

    @@rickenfatania thank the fucking lord finally.

  • @Macho_Fantastico
    @Macho_Fantastico Жыл бұрын

    £400,000 a week for Ramsey, that's insane.

  • @dactz
    @dactz Жыл бұрын

    Shocked no mention of Jody Morris to Leeds

  • @Hilversumborn
    @Hilversumborn Жыл бұрын

    At least we can appreciate Bogarde honesty.

  • @ricm3999
    @ricm3999 Жыл бұрын

    Lingard to forest has now got to be a contender for this list

  • @tpmedia3784
    @tpmedia3784 Жыл бұрын

    I love a happy ending

  • @W166135
    @W166135 Жыл бұрын

    Respect to Bogarde 😂

  • @gonzogilberto4690
    @gonzogilberto4690 Жыл бұрын

    "Only" 70 appearances in 2 and a half seasons is almost 30 games a season, that's not TOO bad really

  • @Salacious-Crumb
    @Salacious-Crumb Жыл бұрын

    To be fair you can't count your career as an absolute disaster until you've signed for Birmingham City

  • @kieronparr3403
    @kieronparr3403 Жыл бұрын

    I completely forgot Michael Owen went to Stoke.

  • @tee_viii
    @tee_viii Жыл бұрын

    They’re Bogarde’s nephews not sons btw, enjoyed the video though!

  • @karlfroberg520
    @karlfroberg520 Жыл бұрын

    Clubs with more European Cup/CL-titles during a notable time period. Example: Liverpool during the Premier League era and Real Madrid after the 2000s.

  • @thegreatgrumdini

    @thegreatgrumdini

    Жыл бұрын

    Put down the beer dude

  • @SKa-tt9nm

    @SKa-tt9nm

    Жыл бұрын

    I think that’s a fantastic idea.

  • @karlfroberg520

    @karlfroberg520

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SKa-tt9nm I think so too and even though there is some known teams I bet Alfie could make an improvement in the concept and really deliver!

  • @opticjuneshorts
    @opticjuneshorts Жыл бұрын

    surpised Alexis Sanchez to United didnt get a mention

  • @Chimagic
    @Chimagic Жыл бұрын

    I rate Bogarde. The employer offered him The money, he took it, the employer no longer favours him and wants him to leave, his team has a look and can’t see a deal suitable for him compared to what he is on and he stays and trains ready to be used but doesn’t. Modern hero

  • @thegloriouspyrocheems2277
    @thegloriouspyrocheems2277 Жыл бұрын

    Day 26 - The Fall and Rise of FK Velež Mostar From a Club that has beaten Borussia Dortmund, Twente, Derby County and many others to a club that was forced from their own stadium, reduced to nothing during the Bosnian War, becoming a mediocre top-level team in the 00s to nearly being forced into folding in 2016 to its amazing comeback to European competitions in 2021 seeing the early exit of Greek giants AEK Athens in a sensational win in Athens!

  • @stefanmoszynski978
    @stefanmoszynski978 Жыл бұрын

    Roberto Gimenez (GK) was signed for West Ham by Pellegrini the season after Sanchez I believe, and he must have been at least 10 times as shit as the Colombian

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