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this list we’re looking at the biggest
flops that were brought into Premier
League clubs during the January transfer
window of course as the saying goes the
bigger the price the bigger the flop
right that’s what they say right anyway
those who flopped hard with a high price
tag attached to them will rank higher
sounds good let’s go number 10
Afonso Alvarez Middlesbrough like many a
decent striker Afonso Alves arrived from
the Dutch top flight for 12.5 million
pounds and with the promise of being the
next lethal import from that league
speaking of his arrival it was all pump
and no product after Alvarez had notched
45 goals in just 39 appearances for
Heerenveen his time at the Riverside saw
him scored just 10 in 42 appearances
Boro were relegated and Alvers departed
the club opting to take his talents to
the Qatari League where he would wind
down his career you know it’s bad when
one of your marquee moments at a club is
your unveiling ceremony number nine
Wilfried bony Manchester City this
ivorian striker had made quite the name
for himself at Swansea as the Welsh side
paid what was a club record fee of 12
million pounds for Wilfred bonny back in
2013 the investment paid off with
Bonny’s physicality and finishing
bearing at 25 goals in his first season
a couple years later
Manchester City identified him as their
latest signing paying 25 million pounds
for him in January of 2015 from 12
appearances he scored just twice in the
2015-16
season he scored just eight goals for a
total of ten in 46 appearances for the
blue side of Manchester along to Stoke
followed with a permanent return to
Swansea in August of 2017
since then he’s never again found his
form number 8 Juan cuadrado Chelsea 2015
certainly had English clubs going
transferred Gaga during the winter
window
Chelsea never want to shy away from a
signing or three couldn’t resist it when
it came to Hwang Quattro knows exploits
in the Serie A for Fiorentina with
Chelsea already cruising towards the
title cuadrado was brought in for twenty
three point three million pounds and
Mohamed Salah sent the other way on loan
because well to help keep the bench warm
Jose Mourinho handed the Colombian just
four starts during the remainder of the
season with the Portuguese manager
reminding fans and media that he was one
for the future he was indeed one for the
future said future being at Juventus as
he’d go on to feature regularly for the
Italian juggernauts number seven
Christopher Samba Queens Park Rangers
Harry Redknapp man or meme you tell me
well back in January of 2013 while QPR
was still willing to flex their
financial muscle Redknapp claimed that
bringing in Congolese international
Christopher Samba from RZ Mahakala for
12.5 million pounds was just what they
needed an imposing figure physically on
the backline of any team Samba was meant
to be central to QPR’s resurgence and a
Redknapp and well worth the 100 thousand
pounds per week wages right well
unfortunately for QPR fans Redknapp
resigned days later Samba puttan howler
after hallo while telling the fans to
get over how much he was paid then
returned to RZ in the summer number-6
cost us Mitra glue Fulham Olympiakos had
an absolute
gem in their ranks as Metro glue was
prolific for the almost perennial Greek
champions so much so that when fallin
found themselves in need of a striker to
cap off their January 2014 signings of
Johnny Hettinger and Lewis Holtby they
spent a van Club record of twelve point
four million pounds for the Greek
marksmen well to put a number on the
actual value that Cottagers got out of
their investment would be closer to
twelve pounds than it was to twelve
million as Metro glue started just one
match for Fulham and was loaned out
twice before being sold permanently to
Benfica three appearances one start zero
goals twelve point four million pounds
yeah don’t you just love the January
panic by number five James Beattie
Everton after making his way up through
the Blackburn Rovers youth set up
English striker James Beattie didn’t
find regular playing time until he moved
to Southampton and the girls came
rolling in as well in his final three
seasons with the Saints he averaged
about a goal for every two appearances
thus making him a hot Premier League
property so in January of 2005 you can
excuse evident fans for getting ahead of
themselves when Beattie signed therefore
six million pounds his first full season
with the Tuffy’s wasn’t great with ten
goals from 32 Premier League appearances
the following year forgettable
incredibly forgettable with just two
goals in 33 outings and BT fling Missy
side for the Steel City in the summer of
2007 number four John Elaine boom song
Newcastle so get this Scottish side
Rangers signed John Elaine boom song for
a free transfer in the summer of 2004
from French side Boozer just a few
months later in January of 2005 Graham
soon s and Newcastle throw an 8 million
pound offer on the table for boom song
to bring the French defender to Tyneside
curious inconsistencies in the transfer
there were even more inconsistencies in
the actual play of Boone song who
started decently for Newcastle he went
on to become a defensive liability
helping Newcastle ship plenty of goals
in his first full season with the club
leading to a transfer to Juventus who
were about to spend a season in Serie B
after a match-fixing scandal
number three Savio and Sarah Coe West
Ham Savio and Sarah ghost story would
make for an interesting documentary at
least somewhat interesting after
catching the eye of well perhaps not top
clubs but at least top flight clubs
across Europe West Ham signed the
Germany under 20 international for 9
million pounds in January of 2009 well
after being handed the number 10
for the Hammers he went on to make just
10 appearances for the club only one of
which being a start
it was promptly sold to Fiorentina in
the summer for 2.7 million pounds plus
Manuel de castor as harsh on da Costa
and Sarah ko went on to have an
interesting career to say the least even
going so far as faking his own
kidnapping in Thailand number 2 Fernando
Torres Chelsea Spanish striker Fernando
Torres certainly did more for Chelsea
than any of the other players on this
listed for their respective clubs but he
also cast much much more in fact when
Chelsea signed the former Liverpool
starlet for 50 million pounds it was
seen as a ton of money and still seems
like a lot today with inflation
anyway Torres looked a shadow of his
former self scoring just one goal for
Chelsea after 18 appearances he did
score an important goal for Chelsea in
their 2012 Champions League run and in
their Europa League final victory but
looking at the numbers he scored 45 for
Chelsea in 172 appearances while at
Liverpool he managed 81 goals almost
double in just 142 appearances
number one Andy Carroll Liverpool poor
Andy Carroll we aren’t saying he’s a
terrible player sure he lacks in some
areas but his physicality and aerial
presence or a massive boon to any team
when he’s on his game and when he isn’t
injured of course after looking destined
to be a top talent given his relatively
short time in the top flight with
Newcastle liver ball nearly minted from
their Fernando Torres sale made Andy
Carroll the most expensive British
player at the time paying out 35 million
pounds for ultimately an unproven Talent
Carroll’s Liverpool career was mired
with injuries and miss hit strikes
scoring four goals in 35 matches in his
first season and left an field with just
11 in 58 matches he was sold to West
Armour in 2013 for around 15 million
pounds
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January panic buys welcome to
watchmojo.com the Premier League
before we begin we publish new content
every day so be sure to subscribe to our
Channel and ring the bell to get
notified about our latest videos for
this list we’re looking at the biggest
flops that were brought into Premier
League clubs during the January transfer
window of course as the saying goes the
bigger the price the bigger the flop
right that’s what they say right anyway
those who flopped hard with a high price
tag attached to them will rank higher
sounds good let’s go number 10
Afonso Alvarez Middlesbrough like many a
decent striker Afonso Alves arrived from
the Dutch top flight for 12.5 million
pounds and with the promise of being the
next lethal import from that league
speaking of his arrival it was all pump
and no product after Alvarez had notched
45 goals in just 39 appearances for
Heerenveen his time at the Riverside saw
him scored just 10 in 42 appearances
Boro were relegated and Alvers departed
the club opting to take his talents to
the Qatari League where he would wind
down his career you know it’s bad when
one of your marquee moments at a club is
your unveiling ceremony number nine
Wilfried bony Manchester City this
ivorian striker had made quite the name
for himself at Swansea as the Welsh side
paid what was a club record fee of 12
million pounds for Wilfred bonny back in
2013 the investment paid off with
Bonny’s physicality and finishing
bearing at 25 goals in his first season
a couple years later
Manchester City identified him as their
latest signing paying 25 million pounds
for him in January of 2015 from 12
appearances he scored just twice in the
2015-16
season he scored just eight goals for a
total of ten in 46 appearances for the
blue side of Manchester along to Stoke
followed with a permanent return to
Swansea in August of 2017
since then he’s never again found his
form number 8 Juan cuadrado Chelsea 2015
certainly had English clubs going
transferred Gaga during the winter
window
Chelsea never want to shy away from a
signing or three couldn’t resist it when
it came to Hwang Quattro knows exploits
in the Serie A for Fiorentina with
Chelsea already cruising towards the
title cuadrado was brought in for twenty
three point three million pounds and
Mohamed Salah sent the other way on loan
because well to help keep the bench warm
Jose Mourinho handed the Colombian just
four starts during the remainder of the
season with the Portuguese manager
reminding fans and media that he was one
for the future he was indeed one for the
future said future being at Juventus as
he’d go on to feature regularly for the
Italian juggernauts number seven
Christopher Samba Queens Park Rangers
Harry Redknapp man or meme you tell me
well back in January of 2013 while QPR
was still willing to flex their
financial muscle Redknapp claimed that
bringing in Congolese international
Christopher Samba from RZ Mahakala for
12.5 million pounds was just what they
needed an imposing figure physically on
the backline of any team Samba was meant
to be central to QPR’s resurgence and a
Redknapp and well worth the 100 thousand
pounds per week wages right well
unfortunately for QPR fans Redknapp
resigned days later Samba puttan howler
after hallo while telling the fans to
get over how much he was paid then
returned to RZ in the summer number-6
cost us Mitra glue Fulham Olympiakos had
an absolute
gem in their ranks as Metro glue was
prolific for the almost perennial Greek
champions so much so that when fallin
found themselves in need of a striker to
cap off their January 2014 signings of
Johnny Hettinger and Lewis Holtby they
spent a van Club record of twelve point
four million pounds for the Greek
marksmen well to put a number on the
actual value that Cottagers got out of
their investment would be closer to
twelve pounds than it was to twelve
million as Metro glue started just one
match for Fulham and was loaned out
twice before being sold permanently to
Benfica three appearances one start zero
goals twelve point four million pounds
yeah don’t you just love the January
panic by number five James Beattie
Everton after making his way up through
the Blackburn Rovers youth set up
English striker James Beattie didn’t
find regular playing time until he moved
to Southampton and the girls came
rolling in as well in his final three
seasons with the Saints he averaged
about a goal for every two appearances
thus making him a hot Premier League
property so in January of 2005 you can
excuse evident fans for getting ahead of
themselves when Beattie signed therefore
six million pounds his first full season
with the Tuffy’s wasn’t great with ten
goals from 32 Premier League appearances
the following year forgettable
incredibly forgettable with just two
goals in 33 outings and BT fling Missy
side for the Steel City in the summer of
2007 number four John Elaine boom song
Newcastle so get this Scottish side
Rangers signed John Elaine boom song for
a free transfer in the summer of 2004
from French side Boozer just a few
months later in January of 2005 Graham
soon s and Newcastle throw an 8 million
pound offer on the table for boom song
to bring the French defender to Tyneside
curious inconsistencies in the transfer
there were even more inconsistencies in
the actual play of Boone song who
started decently for Newcastle he went
on to become a defensive liability
helping Newcastle ship plenty of goals
in his first full season with the club
leading to a transfer to Juventus who
were about to spend a season in Serie B
after a match-fixing scandal
number three Savio and Sarah Coe West
Ham Savio and Sarah ghost story would
make for an interesting documentary at
least somewhat interesting after
catching the eye of well perhaps not top
clubs but at least top flight clubs
across Europe West Ham signed the
Germany under 20 international for 9
million pounds in January of 2009 well
after being handed the number 10
for the Hammers he went on to make just
10 appearances for the club only one of
which being a start
it was promptly sold to Fiorentina in
the summer for 2.7 million pounds plus
Manuel de castor as harsh on da Costa
and Sarah ko went on to have an
interesting career to say the least even
going so far as faking his own
kidnapping in Thailand number 2 Fernando
Torres Chelsea Spanish striker Fernando
Torres certainly did more for Chelsea
than any of the other players on this
listed for their respective clubs but he
also cast much much more in fact when
Chelsea signed the former Liverpool
starlet for 50 million pounds it was
seen as a ton of money and still seems
like a lot today with inflation
anyway Torres looked a shadow of his
former self scoring just one goal for
Chelsea after 18 appearances he did
score an important goal for Chelsea in
their 2012 Champions League run and in
their Europa League final victory but
looking at the numbers he scored 45 for
Chelsea in 172 appearances while at
Liverpool he managed 81 goals almost
double in just 142 appearances
number one Andy Carroll Liverpool poor
Andy Carroll we aren’t saying he’s a
terrible player sure he lacks in some
areas but his physicality and aerial
presence or a massive boon to any team
when he’s on his game and when he isn’t
injured of course after looking destined
to be a top talent given his relatively
short time in the top flight with
Newcastle liver ball nearly minted from
their Fernando Torres sale made Andy
Carroll the most expensive British
player at the time paying out 35 million
pounds for ultimately an unproven Talent
Carroll’s Liverpool career was mired
with injuries and miss hit strikes
scoring four goals in 35 matches in his
first season and left an field with just
11 in 58 matches he was sold to West
Armour in 2013 for around 15 million
pounds
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