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…
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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?!
@@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. 😜
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.
@@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
@@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.
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!!!
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
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.
Bogarde is absolutely right, its not his fault that the club gave him a 4 year deal and then decided he does not fit into their plans after a few months. That is why they actually sign contracts so both the club and the player have to honor it and cannot just back away from it anytime they want. If anything, it is the clubs fault for making poor decisions and not being able to think ahead and plan their future properly. Any person would do the same in his position, you would not just give up and throw away life changing amount of money because new coach decided he does not want to use you
I fully agree with almost all the respective inclusions except for Aaron Ramsey boss who perhaps earned that ridiculous money during his time at Juventus,he was not a poor player and won some titles with them before leaving for Rangers,good friends!!!🙏
Being a baggies fan. Anelka is definitely up there. But worst ever?? Like you said he was on a free. We actually paid money for likes Craig Beattie, Luke Moore, Markus Rosenberg, Sherjil McDonald, Frank Nouble, Brown Ideye, Giles Barnes, Rueben Reid, Trevor Benjamin, Rickie Lambert, Jay Simpson, & Daniel Sturridge!!!
I am not ready to relive that mate yet 🤣 last year was one of the best of my football watching life and we looked very strong at the end of the year. hagi back and a few more bodies lets hope we get the luck to make it CL this season
17:50 Are we supposed to pillory him for such statements? He’s right. Doing the intelligent thing. He signed a contract. The club would stringently keep him to it if the situations were reversed. They wouldn’t just let him out of it just because he wanted to go. The club always talks about being selfless for the club and club spirit and shit but only when it benefits them. They don’t give a shot about players. Your a 17 year old kid who’s played at your teams youth ranks since you were 6, your about to go pro for them and sign your first contract, a day before you completely blow your knee out. You think the club is still going to offer you that contract out of what? Loyalty? Yeah keep dreaming. People mad at him for keeping the money are living in a childish fantasy land. Where football teams are pure and operate solely out of love for the game. These teams are businesses. Big businesses. And they operate like any other business. Out of self interest. Which is fine. But people employed by them need to look out for their own self interest as well. Because the team, the business, is not going to.
@@leightonmilton5162 Very true. That and he was used to defending higher up the pitch without being so busy whilst at Man Utd. Going to a side who were defending deep and always under lots of pressure would have been a big difference.
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 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
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 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?
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
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.
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
@@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
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.
Its true I watched something about it on another RUclips 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
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
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
@@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.
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!
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.
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
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
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.
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
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...
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 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
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.
@@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
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 350) 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.
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.
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....
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
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.
Vialli didn't want Bogarde at all. Vialli knew a thing or two about football. Bogarde was signed without Vialli knowing it by, Colin Hutchinson, the "Director of footbal" of Chelsea, was an old clown that got the job because he was pals with Ken Bates. He was responsible for other hugely expensive and predictable flops like Chris Sutton. Bogarde was exposed as a horrible defender in Barcelona. A meme. The laughing stock. A running gag in the most famous Spanish TV football program was showing Wiston's "blooper of the week to the tune of a Popeye the Sailor" parody song. He only played due to Van Gaal's hard-heardeness. He had failed in AC Milan as well.
Anelka - nothing but an anti-Semite and a drama queen. What were the Baggies thinking? Bogarde...yes that was legendary for all the wrong reasons. Earning a fortune without doing nothing. Did he play in reserves in that era? He even wrote a book about it too.
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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!
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.
Will you stop repeating that nonsense about Ramsey's wage of 400k a week. It was about 130k a week. But at the end of the day not important really because every euro wasted on him was to much. Absolutely the worst signing Juve has done in years. Most of the time injured, and even when healthy he vas mostly useless. He just symbolizes absolutely atrocious reign of incompetent Fabio Paratici who has literally destroyed Juve team with his idiotic decisions.
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
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…
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
dg
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
@@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!
@@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.
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.
Yeah because of the money he was on
I love his honesty, very refreshing and yeah I agree with him
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.
@@akk-nd3vj exactly the same can be said about Jack Rodwell
At times he would even fly daily between Amsterdam and London just for training, stuff of legends.
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.
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
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.
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?!
That's true.
I'm having a tough time telling whether you're good at English or not.
@@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. 😜
@@danielkarmy4893 He always has a tough time with things, not the brightest spark. Your original comment was very well constructed.
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.
I genuinely have so much respect for bogarde
My man got set financially for life and didn't even break a sweat. Top man.
@@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
He did his job and got paid. No problem
@@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.
@@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.
Ramsey was just pranked by a Juventus fan into signing a contract termination. The legality of the document is disputed though.
What
lol
Really?
@@sukhdevr3489 of course not. Legalities aren't a thing in Serie A.
Between Mark Bosnich and Adrian Mutu. Their 2 year binge funded a decade of drill music 😂😂
Malang Sarr to Chelsea is one of our worst free transfer so far
Agreed, he’s horrible
Bosnich wasn't the only player who Fergie signed twice - he also signed Les Sealey twice.
AEK Athens be like: Observe
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!!!
Joe Cole for Liverpool deserves a dishonourable mention.
Yesterday out of the medicals some Juventus' fans asked Ramsey for an autograph but actually made him sign a fake contract termination
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
Can’t blame Bogarde at all, Chelsea gave him that deal so if they didn’t play him it’s on them.
I remember thinking willian was such a bargain for arsenal. Oof
At least we can appreciate Bogarde honesty.
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.
He's been let go.
@@rickenfatania thank the fucking lord finally.
As a palace fan i was fully expecting to see max meyer on here
Great shout.
thanks Alfie
Bogarde is absolutely right, its not his fault that the club gave him a 4 year deal and then decided he does not fit into their plans after a few months. That is why they actually sign contracts so both the club and the player have to honor it and cannot just back away from it anytime they want. If anything, it is the clubs fault for making poor decisions and not being able to think ahead and plan their future properly. Any person would do the same in his position, you would not just give up and throw away life changing amount of money because new coach decided he does not want to use you
No one even comes close to Ramsey 😂😂😂
To be fair you can't count your career as an absolute disaster until you've signed for Birmingham City
Winston Bogarde LOL. I laughed when I heard the words.
Owen was a great player and I didn’t ever find him strange he’s so normal it’s unreal!
I fully agree with almost all the respective inclusions except for Aaron Ramsey boss who perhaps earned that ridiculous money during his time at Juventus,he was not a poor player and won some titles with them before leaving for Rangers,good friends!!!🙏
And he missed that pen for rangers and killed their majestic season 🤣🤣🤣
He never left for Rangers, it was just a loan deal. He is still on Juventus books as we speak.
Also, ask any Juventus fan what they think of Ramsey.
Being a baggies fan. Anelka is definitely up there. But worst ever?? Like you said he was on a free. We actually paid money for likes Craig Beattie, Luke Moore, Markus Rosenberg, Sherjil McDonald, Frank Nouble, Brown Ideye, Giles Barnes, Rueben Reid, Trevor Benjamin, Rickie Lambert, Jay Simpson, & Daniel Sturridge!!!
Video idea:
7 Premier League footballers who need to step up in the 2022-23 season.
Most men on this list did what any sensible person would do. They beat the system, now their grandkids can eat...good for them.
Shocked no mention of Jody Morris to Leeds
A documentary on Glasgow Rangers, the Gerrard years wining the League after 9 years and reaching a European final last year
I am not ready to relive that mate yet 🤣 last year was one of the best of my football watching life and we looked very strong at the end of the year. hagi back and a few more bodies lets hope we get the luck to make it CL this season
The Gerrard Years…1 trophy outta 12 😂😂😂😂😂
@@SaudiGod im talking about the state Rangers were in before Gerrard came
Shame of Scotland
16:35 why is that guy advertising the Chicago Bulls instead of his own team lifting the UCL trophy.
17:50
Are we supposed to pillory him for such statements? He’s right. Doing the intelligent thing. He signed a contract. The club would stringently keep him to it if the situations were reversed. They wouldn’t just let him out of it just because he wanted to go. The club always talks about being selfless for the club and club spirit and shit but only when it benefits them. They don’t give a shot about players. Your a 17 year old kid who’s played at your teams youth ranks since you were 6, your about to go pro for them and sign your first contract, a day before you completely blow your knee out. You think the club is still going to offer you that contract out of what? Loyalty? Yeah keep dreaming. People mad at him for keeping the money are living in a childish fantasy land. Where football teams are pure and operate solely out of love for the game. These teams are businesses. Big businesses. And they operate like any other business. Out of self interest. Which is fine. But people employed by them need to look out for their own self interest as well. Because the team, the business, is not going to.
0:37 - there is such a thing as a free transfer, as the TRANSFER is free
Arthur Melo at Liverpool
Bogarde is based. What a king.👑
As a Wimbledon fan I just wanna throw Warren Cummings into the mix. Straight doodoo
Melayro and Lamare are nephews of Winston not his sons...
i can understand bogarde
Best free Transfer has to be Lew from BVB to Bayern
Was Rio Ferdinand a free for QPR? If he was I'm surprised he didn't make this list tbh as he was shocking.
His wife was dying from cancer and had kids to support, completely understandable his head wasn’t in the game
@@leightonmilton5162 still found the time to cheat on his wife dying of cancer in between all of that
@@leightonmilton5162 Very true. That and he was used to defending higher up the pitch without being so busy whilst at Man Utd. Going to a side who were defending deep and always under lots of pressure would have been a big difference.
Willian should be #1 instead of an honourable mention.
Free Transfers are actually becoming more of a thing nowadays so part 2 should be on the way in No Time …. 🤷🏿♂️. ⚽️
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
Players intentionally run down their contracts now under advice from their agents.
@@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
@@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
Good luck keeping Harry Mac
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.
Source?
@@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?
So no source then?
@@Aztwecas if you count from the players own mouth then yes.
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
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.
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
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
@@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
@@DiscGolfLeagueMVP basically John Wall at Rockets lol
Loved his honesty, we do live in a money driven world
7 clubs with more domestic cups than league titles
Arsenal 😶
So do their fans
Middlesbrough
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Spurs
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.
Arsene seems to push narratives.
@@dr9465 Arsene is honest and sees things sooner than others.
@@dr9465 this isn't a narrative, it's a prophecy
Its true I watched something about it on another RUclips 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
Him saying the World Cup should be every 2 years is him talking out of his ass.
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.
Yeah man, I feel like nobody's really noticed. They will be a 5 a side team soon.
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
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
@@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.
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
Initially surprised Alexis Sanchez didn’t make the 7, then I remembered he was a swap deal and not a free transfer
I was waiting for him in top spot lmao. Good shout, forgot all about mkhitaryan
Cheers, Geoff.
Mr. Bogarde told no lies... And did no wrong. 👏 Smart, too, in my opinion... at least financially.
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!
Wait there's another Watford fan? Wish I could buy you a pint
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.
Who was their scorer.
@@paulhill4382 Simeon "Simy" Nwankwo
Scored 20 Serie A goals in 38 games
@@Alex-xn2pj Ah the lad that‘s at Salernitana now. Thanks! I reckoned it was him but didn’t find any data..
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
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
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.
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
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...
I LOVE THIS GAME
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
How much was ozil on at fernabache? And what do you think of him in general?
@@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
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.
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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
Unfortunately true!!
Let's be real, Everton won. Everton always win the transfer window 😂
add Everton to the list!!
@@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
My club have had terrible windows too (Man Utd)
Best German players in the premier league of all time. (Day 350)
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.
Carlos Sanchez at West Ham is surely a bit too low profile for this list? He was 32 at the time too.
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.
I'm 100% with Winston Bogarde. The club signed him to a 3 year contract & he simply wished to honour that.
Good mention of the young reserve player at Aston Villa at the end Alfie 😊
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....
lmao bogarde took a steaming dump on everything that was holy to the chelsea managment and I can't blame him.
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
Day 510: Ways to fix VAR with your suggestions
I think if you force a club sponsor to cancel their entire sponsorship due to your behavior that might take the cake.
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.
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
Vialli didn't want Bogarde at all. Vialli knew a thing or two about football. Bogarde was signed without Vialli knowing it by, Colin Hutchinson, the "Director of footbal" of Chelsea, was an old clown that got the job because he was pals with Ken Bates. He was responsible for other hugely expensive and predictable flops like Chris Sutton.
Bogarde was exposed as a horrible defender in Barcelona. A meme. The laughing stock. A running gag in the most famous Spanish TV football program was showing Wiston's "blooper of the week to the tune of a Popeye the Sailor" parody song. He only played due to Van Gaal's hard-heardeness. He had failed in AC Milan as well.
When players refuse to play/be on bench (Bosingwa), the clubs should be able to cancel the players contract.
Dani Alves at São Paulo deserves a spot here
Anelka - nothing but an anti-Semite and a drama queen. What were the Baggies thinking? Bogarde...yes that was legendary for all the wrong reasons. Earning a fortune without doing nothing. Did he play in reserves in that era? He even wrote a book about it too.
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
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.
Do a section on fabrizio Ravenelli who sighed
4 derby HE MILKED THEM🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Albert Luque almost bankrupted Ajax with his salary, and only played 16 matches.
Wouldn't say Bogarde was the worst one. At least he was being honest about it all. 🤷♀️
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
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
not a Liverpool fan but Owen @ 17- 22years old was unbelievably good , think mbappe in a central position explosive and clinical .
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 😂
And Milan Jovanovic and Philipp Degan also came to mind
@@mezykin dont forget Andriy Voronin
@@bimanatawilaga7509 can't say Danny Ings, he was just injured all the time
@@mezykin and he wasn't free?
@@isaacround5548 yeah he was on a free
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
If Michael Owen actually liked football, he would have been a great (injuries permitting).
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
7 EPL players that couldn’t cope in Scotland.
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
£400,000 a week for Ramsey, that's insane.
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
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!
"Only" 70 appearances in 2 and a half seasons is almost 30 games a season, that's not TOO bad really
Respect to Bogarde 😂
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.
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.
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.
Will you stop repeating that nonsense about Ramsey's wage of 400k a week. It was about 130k a week. But at the end of the day not important really because every euro wasted on him was to much. Absolutely the worst signing Juve has done in years. Most of the time injured, and even when healthy he vas mostly useless. He just symbolizes absolutely atrocious reign of incompetent Fabio Paratici who has literally destroyed Juve team with his idiotic decisions.
Mark Bosnich is still a terrible professional...
Depending how he ends the season, Lingard to Forest could very well join this list
I have so much respect for Bogarde and am a Chelsea fan
wijnaldum, messi and herrera should top this list, psg has the power to worsen their players
Some of this wages destroyed hole clubs
You can mention at least 5 transfers from Süper Lig in this video
😂😂😂 true, i live in Turkey and watch the Super Lig buf honestly they need to stop bringing players over the the age of 29.
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
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.
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Ramsey got 400k a week? Just what