The Andy Carroll transfer honestly just broke football for me. Every time I see a mad transfer fee I just remind myself that Andy Carroll once cost £35,000,000 (£50m inflation adjusted) and at the time was _the eighth most expensive transfer in football history._ Nothing made sense after that.

It's still unbelievable to me how everyone thinks that Coutinho is worst signing ever, no it's Eden Hazard

Coutinho’s signing for Barcelona looks like a masterclass when compared to Hazard’s signing for Madrid. He’s lucky that they were still successful despite his performances because he was quite simply embarassing

Surprised Lucas Torreira was an honourable mention for the 2018-19 season. I know he ended up not living up to expectation but his first season at Arsenal was actually pretty good. First 1/2 of the year he was arguably the best holding mid in the league and his form just fell off in April when Arsenals did.

Modric first year at Madrid is SEVERELY underrated and overlooked and I’m not saying that just because he flourished into one of the legends of the game. You could see from day one that he oozed of talent, his first touch and passing were world class and he gave everything even if he was subbed in in the last 10 minutes of the game. That he would be named LaLiga’s worst signing is a disgrace and worth of an investigation. For further proof you can search “How bad was Luka Modric’s first year at Madrid actually”, there’re some great videos on the topic.

Modric being laliga flop of the season in 2012/13 is exaggerated. It was half season analysis of modric. In the second half of the season with mourinho's trust growing he almost replaced ozil in the starting lineup

a documentary of Borussia Dortmund and how they were extremely close to bankruptcy in 2002 time and how Bayern had to save them. The extreme difficulties the club has had to manage within to get back to where they are #thepeopleschannel

possibly a better comparison for shevchenko would be: imagine harry kane joins real madrid this summer for £140M, and only scores 6 goals all season

Alfie you should really consider doing a video on the Bosnian men's national team, from being ranked 13 in the world in 2014 and qualifying for the World Cup in Brazil, to not qualifying for a single tournament since, yet managing to win their uefa nation leagues group, but genuinely hitting our lowest point with a 2-0 defeat to Luxembourg. Aging players, players who represent other national teams that are eligible to play for Bosnia but aren't seeming interested, just the genuine geopolitical mess that Bosnia is with how the Dayton agreement was meant to simply end the Bosnian war yet became the country's de facto constitution. I think it would make for a very interesting video, and could even span additional videos like how Velez Mostar are forced to play away from their original stadium in Mostar as it is on the Croatian side of the river, with their old stadium being taken over by Zrinjski Mostar. A club that was actually banned in Yugoslavia because of their nationalistic origin

You forgot Messi in his first season at PSG with 5 goals all season

Sadio Mané 22/23 deserves more than a honourable mention: Signed for 32 mio € which looked like a bargain at the time, he will cost Bayern 66 mio € in wages over the next years (makes it even harder for bayern to offload him) only to punch his teammate, without making any impact in the squad and performing below bundesliga average in his position in many aspects!

Everton did have a flop of the season contender in 2017/18, but I don't think it was Sigurdsson. Sigurdsson was never a bad player for Everton (and obviously nobody could've predicted the noncing that led to him being let go for nothing), and at times looked like one of Everton's best players. It was Davy Klaassen that was the real flop. He cost nearly £30 million, and made a grand total of 7 appearances in all competitions, scoring 0 goals.

A sub two minute introduction on a HITC Sevens video? Crazy times indeed

All of Torres’ floppiness was forgiven for THAT goal.

You could do a whole video on players who had one or two good seasons, decided they were now world class and demanded stupid wage increases, which their clubs refused to pay, preferring to let them move on instead. They almost always come crashing back down to earth at their new club. In such a video, Alex Song and Mattheu Flamini would probably be Arsenal's front runners, but most PL clubs have at least one candidate, including many of those featuring in this video, like Coutinho, Torres, Carroll, and Lukaku.

To be honest, Cisse was unlucky due to his leg being broken as well. No one can predict what would happen if he was healthy. He had a quite good second season before he left, as he wanted to be a striker, however benitez was using him to the right wing.

Considering Diego Costa posed with live wolves, I think its disrespectful to include him in this list.

Hate Werners inclusion here. He missed a bunch of sitters, but also made team attack click with his relentless super intelligent running. Chelseas attack as a team fell off the cliff when Werner was let go.

Cisse breaking his leg would be the reason for his low numbers that season 😂

I like how you said you weren’t picking on Chelsea and then proceed to shit on them at nearly every entry in this rundown. 😂😂👍

Idk how Charles De Ketelaere wasn’t mentioned for 22-23. Milan’s most expensive signing and only registered a single assist for the whole season on the final game day vs Verona

these videos really do bring back such nostalgia,so many names that time has deleted from our brains but instantly recognisable,i even remember some of the transfer fees b4 he says them lol

Wow! How often do you hear a Fosbury Flop high jump reference these days? Magnificent, Alfie

I absolutely love your list, you named all the flops I could think of. Some of them, are players many of us forgot because their arrival in EPL was forgetful. I love the list. Great work!

Looking at the 19/20 season I still wonder what Frankfurt was doing to unlock Jovic, Haller and Rebic

Can you do a video on the biggest career revival every season to go alongside this one?

Brilliant as always - thank you so much!

I can see why you chose Richarlison, but as someone who is close to the Bundesliga I have a hard time imagining someone being a bigger flop than Sadio Mané at Bayern this season, for several reasons. First, he was quite unimpressive on the pitch, then he injured himself, then he got back and players were surprised about Mané's technical shortcomings as a footballer, and then he slapped Sane after the game against ManCity and got the biggest fine Bayern ever asked a player to pay :D. Also, I am sure no member of the Austrian Wunderteam was ever a flop 😇✌.

Love these videos

How was Robinho at a premier league record £32.5m not mentioned at all

Chelsea players wearing No.9 were known for bad luck in football. Kezman, Torres, Higuain, Lakaka, and Aubameyang, all had tough season with this number! Even non-striker footballers like Boulahrouz and Sidwell had bad season too! 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I gonna stick up for Kezman here. I had a season ticket at the time and he used to run his nuts off every game. I remember him very fondly due to the effort he put in.

I'd be interested on a video featuring players who were undisputed stars, before a transfer to a different club proved disastrous for both the player and new club. Eden Hazard is an obvious template for this; but I find it fascinating due to the quality of the player's skill or dedication never being in question. I do suspect, however, it would lengthy to research as the context would be greatly different for each player. And reaching a conclusion into why performance declined so significantly would be near impossible.

I would argue Torres scoring against Barcelona in the Semi Final made his transfer all but worth it, seen as we went on to win the Final against Bayern. So regardless of all his failures in a Chelsea shirt, that one moment made it all worth it. Kind of like Haverz, except he scored in the final 😂, but you know what I mean.

Man really said Modrić had a “decent” career at Real. 😂

That Balotelli to liverpool move really deserved to get top spot on that year. Falcao was awful but was a loan. I’ve never seen a player as bad as Balotelli for liverpool. Awful

Great video, as usual. Just one note: Cassano is (and was) teetotal so he may have been accused of having a terrible diet, but he was certainly not drinking heavily

Killing it as always Alfie

Surprised that there's no Robinho and Kaka

That descriptions of Aubamayang visit to Angola and stepping on land mine!

I'm surprised Jonathan Woodgate to Real Madrid didn't make the list for 2004-05

Breno sounds like moving to Germany without family broke him. Or for be talking by him just signing a Contract extension shows how so much can change in footie if he surroundings aren't full-tilting

The story of Farul Constanța romanian champions this season winning their first (or maybe second?) title. Club owned, run and managed by romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi, a native of the city of Constanța. Youngest champions in Europe this season (average players age), important contribution (some of the vital) from: 2 players born in 2005, one in 2006, 1 in 2003 and 3 in 2002 - all products of the club academy. Came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 in the decisive match against Gigi Becali's team FCSB(who has a claim to Steaua Bucharest history).

Bit harsh on Cisse, who only started 10 games for Liverpool (16 appearances overall) and was out for 6 months during 04-05 with a horribly broken leg.

I love how many of these players i recognise for being fm wonderkids. Keirisson on fm09 was a beast ad i still pick him up on fm23 on a free for the nostalgia

Shevchenko actually struggled a lot by injuries at chelsea

Another suggestion for the 01/02 season, Francis Jeffers for Arsenal. So bad that I had actually forgotten he existed until I was much older when I came across him on FM 😂

I hated Pogba for big part of his United stay but I don't think he flopped in his first season. Sure he wasn't as good as he was at Juventus in Serie A but he wasn't that bad imo.

It would be cool to do this going back decade by decade until you get to the first ever transfer in world football. I do like hearing ya talk about players from around 100 or so years ago.

Could we have a premier league predictions video on where you think each team will finish that could could be fun as it has a follow up video ready at the end of the season to see how many you called correct or close

To be fair to Cisse… he broke his leg 😂

These type of videos always make me feel old. Its the championship/football manager years. Good times lol

I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN national team (1958-1962)

I do agree with your inclusion of the players which you have listed and they have wasted their game time,good friends!!!🙏🏻

Veron performed better in European football than he did domestically for some reason

Jorge Mendes should be investigated for that Bébé transfer

15:55 - that "miss" came in the 2011/12 season though, not the 2010/11.

Can’t believe Alfie said modric has had a semi decent Real Madrid career as if he’s not one of the goats

It was always whack to me as a Bolton fan (since 2004-05) that Diouf had this huge megastar profile with Senegal and was also a flop at Liverpool. He was solid for Bolton, and had no clue about his two poor seasons beforehand. Did know about the spitting though...

I don't necessarily think Costa would be considered biggest flop for 2018-19 season, came up in midway season scored a crucial goal against arsenal in second leg of the Europa League, then scored a brace against Real Madrid in the Super cup final. Also scored a brace at the World cup against Portugal, so I don't think that he was that big of a flop that season. Later on he got worse for sure.

Please release another in depth 40 minute banger. It'll make the twitter collapse much more livable for everyone

I love how Alfie started calling everyone "donkey" lol

So glad that Luka Jovic features on the thumbnail :D

Cisse for 04/05 is ridiculous. He was out for most of that season with a broken leg

Awesome vid bro.

it is utterly ridiculous how many chelsea players feature in this and add it to what theyve done since abramovich left chelsea fans must rage at the mismanagement of their recruitment,but even in saying that theyve won leagues and champions leagues along the way

One player you’ll never find on a list like this - Steve Freeze

So proud of my club dominating this list. Come on, you Blues! 😂

It's mental how 2-3 years ago, Koulibaly would've cost you £60 million and an arm & a leg to sign. And now after one bad season, he's departing to a retirement home league where he'll be forgotten. My how time flies.

In keeping with the Chelsea theme: Winston Bogarde.

Sometimes the flop is less about the player being bad, and more about the player not fitting in the team they transferred to.

12/13: Modric did struggle at Madrid in his first season but he became a club legend and the first Ballon D'or winner in the peak Ronaldo and Messi era. Song was utter dross at Barcelona. 13/14: I think Jozy Altidore deserves a shout out for flop of the season. 60 plus Premier League games and only one goal for Sunderland is atrocious. 14/15: As bad Falcao was at Manchester United, Rodwell at Sunderland ruined the club for years and he's joined by Ricky Alvarez. 15/16: Actually, Turan wasn't bad at Barcelona. It's just he was never going to replace the MSN. Memphis on the other hand was hopeless at Manchester United. 18 months and 2 Premier League goals proves he ain't good enough for Manchester United plus he was more concerned about his brand than Manchester United. 17/18: Drinkwater was one of many dreadful signings at Chelsea that season. Bakayoko, Morata, Zappacosta, Barkley were disaster class signings but none comes close to the Sanchez and MKH swap deal. Both clubs paid dearly for that transfer however Manchester United suffered more from that than Arsenal. Sanchez was passed it and carrying a high wage package while MKH was equally hopeless at Arsenal. 19/20: Flops galore. Pepe, Maguire, Ndombele, Lo Celso, Gerson Fernandes, Kean, Hazard, Jovic, Griezmann, Felix, Delph, Piatek, Haller, Cutrone, Kevin Augustin, etc. 20/21: Arthur and Pjanic. The swap deal that ultimately destroyed both Juventus and Barcelona in the long term. Both are cash strapped and still struggling to clear the debt. Werner wasn't bad but he was struggling for goals despite his good all round game. 21/22: Only one winner, Romelu Lukaku aka Lakaka. Left Inter to prove a point at Chelsea only to completely piss off the entire Chelsea fan base with that infamous interview and never recovered since.

12:32 Tell that to Ric Flair

Cassano is a legend. He openly admitted that when he was in Madrid all he did was smuggle escorts into his hotels and they had to bring 🎂 and sweets with them😂😂😂

There’s no way you can say Mkhitaryan was a flop. He was crucial for Man Utd in the Europa League.

13:20 “... I believe the technical term...”

Interesting fact: veron actually thought he was joining Sheffield United whenan utd called as he us a lifelong fan.

Coutinho hate is wild he was only bad for like two months and then a braindead Barca kicked him out to Bayern where he proved to be amazing 😭

Considering Chelsea has so many big flops, it is quite incredible that they have been able to compete for titles over the last 20 years, lol.

International teams that all the best players play the same position. As in Scotland going from gk to lb and now looking like it will be rb in couple years

Idk if I would really count Kalvin Phillips as a flop. It was a weird signing from the beginning, they didn't really need him with the squad they had so they didn't play him, despite forking out a decent chunk for him. That being said, it's kinda chump change for City and I don't feel like when the transfer was happening anyone was really saying "oh Kalvin Phillips is gonna shake up the league and make City so much better, he's such a star player" etc., He was Leeds' star player for sure but idk, it doesn't feel like a flop when he didn't really play; he didn't play badly he was just far from needed, which I feel like people already suspected going in Great video btw :)

Modric is bigger than 90% of the premier league stop wafflin 💀💀

17:58 - Modrić winning 5 times Champions League at Real Madrid - "Semi decent career" 🤦‍♂

Drogba did not hit the ground running, and Kezman was only 5 million and hardly got his game.

Cisse in the honourable mentions but at least he scored his penalty in the champions league final

12:30 🤣🤣 so much passion in "king of the flops" ffs im dying laughing

10:47 its crazy how much he looks like Dani Alves in this picture

I can understand that economically and team outcome coutinho can be seen as a very easy choice ( mainly due to his contribution to the barca 8-2 humiliation) but INDIVIDUALLY player performance wise he was definitely not the worst . His first half season was class . And he had sparks of brilliance in his later seasons as well , not consistent but definitely better than Jovic and hazard

Any chance for a Maltese Football video pls?

wasn't capello appointed the real manager in 2006 juneand Real signed cassano in 2006 jan? 7:57

Video idea : 7 famous comparisons between two players, and the one you prefer between them. For example : Messi or Ronaldo Ronaldinho or Zidane Iniesta or Xavi Zidane or Modric.

Arda Turan scored 15 goals and 11 assists in 55 matches for Barcelona. For a reserve player, I think he doesn't have bad statistics and he didn't play badly in 2015.

I think that money paid, the stature of the club and the reputation of the player are the biggest influences on what constitutes a flop.

I still think Werner would have worked out well at Liverpool

Peter Halmosi is one of my favourite ever players absolute class.

Lee Hendie at Villa would only perform when his contract was due for renewal. 5 games of magic then back on the coke

Afonso Alves will always be my hero, surprised to see him in this list but that means he had big expactations on him at the highest level. Top 3 best player ever, to play for my club örgryte.

Follow up - biggest flops that absolutely turned it around the season after. That would be great!

Surprised you didnt mention Willian's move to Arsenal.

Wow you absolutely roasted Richarlison 💀