I would argue that David Beckham belongs on this list. Manchester United got rid of a player they no longer wanted while simultaneously making room for Cristiano Ronaldo to blossom at Old Trafford. Real Madrid got a player that more than payed his transfer fee in shirt sales alone and contributed fantastically on the pitch. Beckham was able to grow his profile and his brand into another country which directly led to his move to the USA and the base of his success to this day.

McGrath was a player in his own league. Could be drunk during games but still head and shoulders better then almost anyone else on the pitch. There's a reason Villa fans still call him God

The Giroud - batshuayi - Aubameyang trade worked well for a season for everyone involved

We will of course need the opposite video, a transfer where everone is dissatisfied. I'll go first with the swap deal of Alexis Sánchez and Henrinkh Mikitaryan between Arsenal and Man U

There’s something super wholesome about these win-win-win transfers

Olivier Giroud from Arsenal to Chelsea worked out well for all parties allowed Arsenal sign Aubameyang, Chelsea got a useful striker and Giroud got the game time he was looking for

Fikayo Tomori to AC Milan honorable mention surely. AC Milan after signing him on loan finished second in Serie A, are now on track to win Serie A, and Tomori is a permanent starter in Pioli’s Squad Chelsea offloaded someone who wouldn’t get playing time under Tuchel, ended up winning the champions league and club World Cup, as well as the UEFA super cup I’d also argue Tammy Abraham to Roma because he’s playing like a Serie A seasoned veteran and scored the most goals in anyones roma debut season

Defoe just announced his retirement as I was watching this video and on his segment too

If sterling had gone abroad, then I'd agree that Liverpool should be happy, but given that he's been a regular starter for their most direct rivals for over half a decade, I'd say it was not a good deal for Liverpool

Thats Boris Johnson joke was a good one man. Never drop the jokes in these vids!

I could never hold a grudge against Auba. Hes got a highlight reel of crushing Spurs fans dreams as long as anyone in recent memory and the most endearing smile since Cazorla

Watching this and it’s just flashed up on my phone that Defoe has retired.

Zlatan from Barcelona to AC Milan was amazing for all parties

I think dejan kulusevski is showing to be a good transfer for everyone asw (himself, spurs, juve)

Day 5: Best XI right now. Simple idea but would be interesting and controversial, especially when some of the old ones will no longer feature.

James Maddison from Norwich to Leicester. His sale came at a perfect time for Norwich, as parachute payments had finished and the club were almost bankrupt due to previous spending. I'm sure Leicester have loved him too.

Hey Alfie, I just thought of a cracking idea for a video you could do on the turbulent recent history of Goztepe in the Super Lig. They’re one of the Super Lig’s most well supported clubs (a bit like a Newcastle United, Sunderland or Strasbourg if you may). In the 2001/02 season, they finished seventh in the top flight, however from 2002 to 2008, they were relegated five times in six seasons, due to their inability to reduce their outstanding debt which resulted in the football club being banned from signing new players during that time. In August of 2007, a business based in Istanbul, vowed to take them back to the top flight making them one of the top five clubs in the country, but they were met with lots of suspicions from the fan base, and then they handed over the ownership to another bloke called Mehmet Sepil in 2014. Anyway, they’re back in the Super Lig as a solid mid table/weaker top half team. Why am I bringing all this up? Because apparently Abramovich is looking to possibly buy the club himself, after being sanctioned from the UK. It’s a crazy crazy story and may you could look into this, not to mention, they are not only a rare example of a club that is considered a neighbourhood club, as well as the fact that they’ve played in 3 different stadiums since 2011, but also in 1969, they became the first Turkish football team to play a semi-final of a European competition.

Crazy timing, Defoe has just retired!

Definitely want a part two, especially since you already featured one of my suggestions 😂

Jonas from Valencia* (sort of) to Benfica has to come down as one of the best trasnfers in Portugal for all parties involved

Fully started laughing after that Ciro immobile comment😂

Following on from Torres to Liverpool, which resulted in Forlan going to Atletico, Villarreal ended up signing Giuseppe Rossi from Manchester United. That also worked out well for all parties. At least until his unfortunate injuries but everyone did seem to benefit for a couple of years

Jermain Defoe just retired as I was watching this fine video; how strange.

Forlan from Man Utd to Villareal potentially could sneak in, whilst man utd made a slight loss on him i think it worked out quite well for them as he was on a huge contract (at the time 40K was a lot)

I love your work. Keep it up 😍

Northampton Town being thr first club you see in a HITC Sevens video? What world is this 🤤

Good video this I enjoyed it, well thought through and as always explained your opinions well! Keep up the good work, your videos are always different from the usual which I enjoy!

“Agents and other parasites” 🤣

I got 2 examples for the opposite of this video. also from the very same year: torres to chelsea and carroll to liverpool

Ohhh I love this video! Would love to see a part 2

Great video. Would love a part 2

Jozy Altidore from Sunderland to Toronto, with Jermain Defoe going the other way. Jozy actually scored plenty of goals in Canada, and Defoe was one of our best ever Premier League strikers, scoring the goals to keep us up that first season.

David Luiz to Chelsea from Benfica was a great move for both teams. Chelsea got a star CB that won them a Europa league and league trophy and Benfica got a boat load of cash plus matic who they then sold back to Chelsea for even more cash. Also both players had a pretty good career in the prem and in Portugal.

Another brilliant video.

Great video and amazing inclusions, the Immobile one made me think about a video: Players that only work out in a specific league or tournament.

Great vid, would watch a pt.2

Plucked from a field when talking about makelele isn’t the best choice

Do a part two, this is your best video for ages

Loved this video alfie :)

i would love a part 2 to this

That Johnson joke was absolutely class haha

Go on Alfie, make a part two ya great big galah.

Great vid

This was great !

Frenkie de Jong to Barça. Ajax got a lot of money, FdJ played for his boyhood club and Barça got an amazing footballer

As a fan of football, I really enjoy Alfie talking about parasites with a picture of Mino Raiola

I'd love a part 2.

Real nice vid

Day 10: best sons of former players currently playing (example: Diego Simeone’s son is killing it in Serie A) Criteria: dad must have played top flight football

Love this one

Make a part 2 and I will definitely watch and press the like button

Surely part two incoming!

5:06 Lovely picture I must say

Sterling joined Man City in 2015 on wages that are still above what anyone at Liverpool earns even now in 2022. The 3 trophies he's failed to win at City though, are the 3 trophies Liverpool won in 2019 (Champions League, Super Cup and Club World Cup).

Would love to see a video of the opposite (transfers that worked for no one) e.g. alexis Sanchez to man united

Wow that Leaning tower of Pisa metaphor for Immobile was smooth

Very good. Great entertainment

Day 3 of asking Alfie if he'd be willing to do a documentary on Detroit City FC and to highlight a club with partial fan ownership, a huge grassroots community, and a team with some rowdy and sweary supporters in the Northern Guard. Would also highlight lower league teams in the US too.

Ahhh the world is healing Barca have a top class African striker, and arsenal are back to finishing fourth

Hey Alfie, May you please do a video on 7 Greatest Playmakers of all time and/or in the premier league era

really good video! 3 mins of intro tho haha

I would definitely mention Alexis Sanchez United got him off his insane wages and Inter went on to win the league for the first time in a decade

You're the main man at HITC now

Not sure if you already did it. But the opposite would be a good option. Only one party having the best of it. Like Shevchenko to Chelsea. Milan won a Champions League, Sheva flopped at Chelsea

Hojbjerg going to Spurs and Walker-Peters going to Saints the other way worked out for both teams.

Atletico Madrid's run of great strikers is unmatched in Europe. Going from Fernando Torres to Diego Forlan, to Sergio Aguero, to Radamel Falcao, to Antoine Griezmann, to Luis Suarez is obscene.

When Dozy Antiscore left it was like a huge weight being lifted, I lost count of the amount of times he should have scored but it didn’t, it was almost like he really didn’t want to

Seven players who hitc sevens has most frequently featured as an honorable mention

If we're going very recent: Ansgar Knauff going from Dortmund's second team to Eintracht Frankfurt and being named best young player of the Europa League (yeah yeah, I know, it's just a loan but whatever).

you should do transfers that didn’t work out for either parties

When there is crazy changes on HITC sport, you can come to HITC sevens and it's just the way you left it! 😂

Auba looks like a different player at Barcelona. Hard to believe it's the same player who looked so awful and disinterested at Arsenal the past few seasons.

jude bellingham definitely deserves a mention

The Transfers in Question were Masterstrokes but Sadly nowadays Player Power is Wreaking Havoc in the Market

This went down very well...

5:04 - Moving to a city where he's Loved.

if u ever make a part 2, I would say Kroos from Bayern to Madrid, but I don't really know

I loved the video

Defoe was a great player and now he’s retired he should be proud of his football career

i love your videos, but why you never mencionate Manuel Pellegrini's work? (in this case, his importance in Villarreal)

You should also do the reverse: transfers that worked out for no one eg Mkhitaryan and Sanchez swap

That line about pisa was legendary

I was very surprised to see the cobblers at the start of the video

Do a video about transfers that were great off the pitch but not inside it example messi to psg

Vlahovic is a good steal too

Jermain Defoe actually just retired

I think the transfer of my thumb to the like button was the best transfer discussed today

Just wanna chip in as a Liverpool fan and say that despite the abuse Sterling gets from some of our fans, I still bloody love him

Can you do a flip video of transfers the should have worked out but didn’t I.e messi to psg

me and the dog enjoyed the video

Get a part 2 on the go

How about a video about players who never seem to get injured 🤔

Can you make a top 7 transfers that didn’t work out for anybody?

wow snuck in the boris roast. well done good sir

Great .

Day 2: Completely irrelevant to the topic of this video, but considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 4 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population

crack on with part two

Day 235: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them

Kovacic would be good and so would giroud’s move to Chelsea. Both worked for everyone

13:20 I present to you, Tor-Naldo