Fernando Torres £50million
Poor old £50million
striker Fernando Torres has had a tough time since joining Chelsea
for a record breaking British transfer fee in January. The Spaniard
has only managed one competitive goal since his move from Liverpool
and, unsurprisingly, no-goal-Nando has been labelled a flop. Torres
has defended his poor record and tried to install some confidence in
the fans by saying, "I am 27, I don't forget to score goals, I
will score."
Andriy Shevchenko £30 million
Andriy Shevchenko
after the Ukrainian made a £30m move to Chelsea from AC Milan, a
transfer that broke the record for the highest fee paid by an English
club.
Shevchenko made his
debut with the club in the FA Community Shield game vs Liverpool
where the Ukrainian scored the only goal in his side's 2-1 defeat to
the Mersey side club. Goals were hard to come by for the former Milan
forward as his inconsistent run was a worrying factor for both Jose
Mourinho and Roman Abramovich.
Mourinho soon
dropped the Ukrainian international for Didier Drogba. Shevchenko's
poor form was one of the key reason's for Jose Mourinho's strained
relationship with Ambramovic which eventually saw the Portuguese
leave the club.
The Ukranian was
finally loaned back to Milan in 2008. Shevchenko managed 76 games for
Chelsea scoring 22 goals in his 3 year stint with the club.
Andy Caroll £35 million
The burly striker
was signed for £35m from Newcastle in January 2011, making him the
Reds’ most expensive player in history, and he never close to
repaying that fee.
Injury problems
meant he didn’t make his debut until March, and barring two good
goals against Man City at Anfield, Carroll didn’t score for the
remainder of the 2010/11 campaign.
The following year
he found the net just four times in 35 league appearances, and
although fairly likeable as a character, he lacked the hunger to be a
success and never suited Liverpool’s style of play.
Brendan Rodgers
eventually got rid of him in 2013, and until the club signs someone
for even bigger money, Carroll was always be remembered as the record
signing who flopped completely
Anderson £20 million
Believe it or not,
former Manchester United midfielder Anderson is still just
26-years-old.
In eight seasons at
Old Trafford, the 'box-to-box' £20m midfielder managed 181
appearances, scoring just 9 goals
Despite his critics,
despite the fact his form tailed off about six and a half years ago
and despite the fact he repeatedly looked overweight when he came off
the bench in the last minute to was time, the Brazilian still has
four Premier League winners medals.
Anderson has gone
back to Brazil to rescue his career with Internacional.
Berbatov 30.75million
Signed for a United
record £30.75million in 2008, Berbatov polarised opinion among the
supporters and struggled for first-team football within a year, as
Ferguson first favored Wayne Rooney as a lone striker, then Javier
Hernandez struck up a prolific partnership with the England forward
when he arrived in 2010. Last season Berbatov became United's
fourth-choice striker behind Rooney, Hernandez and Danny Welbeck but
Ferguson regardless insists the Bulgarian was a success
Jô £19 million
João Alves de Assis
Silva, most widely known as Jô, was possibly Manchester City's
biggest ever transfer flop. Jô cost city a staggering £19 million
pound to sign from Russian side CSKA Moscow.
Despite the massive
transfer fee, a club record at the time, Jô only ever scored 6 goals
for the club in 38 appearances.
Although he was
signed on 31st July 2008, before Sheikh Mansour took charge at City,
Jo was too much of a flop not to include!
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