The 50 worst transfers in Premiership history.

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Here are the 50 worst signings made by Premier League clubs since its inception in 1992, based on the size of transfer fee and impact made by the player.

What do you think? Some real howlers there...


50 Stan Collymore, Liverpool to Aston Villa, £7m, May 1997

49 Khalid Boulahrouz, SV Hamburg to Chelsea, £7m, August 2006

48 Eddie McGoldrick, Crystal Palace to Arsenal, £1m, June 1993

47 Mark Hateley, Rangers to Queens Park Rangers, £1.5m, November 1995

46 Darren Huckerby, Coventry City to Leeds United, £4m, August 1999

45 Georgios Samaras, Heerenveen to Manchester City, £6m, January 2006

44 Massimo Taibi, Venezia to Manchester United, £4.5m, August 1999

43 Titus Bramble, Ipswich Town to Newcastle United, £5m, July 2002

42 Fernando Morientes, Real Madrid to Liverpool, £6.5m, January 2005

41 Francis Jeffers, Everton to Arsenal, £8m, June 2001

40 Michael Owen, Real Madrid to Newcastle United, £16m, August 2005

39 Chris Kiwomya, Ipswich Town to Arsenal, £1.25m, January 1995

38 Massimo Maccarone, Empoli to Middlesbrough, July 2002

37 Gerry Creaney, Portsmouth to Manchester City, £1m, September 1995

36 Jon Dahl Tomasson, Heerenveen to Newcastle United, £2.5m, July 1997

35 Ned Zelic, Borussia Dortmund to Queens Park Rangers, £1.25m, July 1995

34 Dean Saunders, Galatasaray to Nottingham Forest, £1.5m, July 1996

33 Eoin Jess, Aberdeen to Coventry City, £2m, February 1996

32 Paul Furlong, Watford to Chelsea, £2.3m

31 Ramon Vega, Cagliari to Tottenham Hotspur, £3.5m, January 1997

30 Salif Diao, Sedan to Liverpool, £5m, August 2002

29 Milan Baros, Liverpool to Aston Villa, £6.5m, August 2005

28 Faustino Asprilla, Parma to Newcastle United, £6.7m, February 1996

27 Kevin Davies, Southampton to Blackburn Rovers, £7.5m, June 1998

26 Andriy Shevchenko, AC Milan to Chelsea, £30.8m, May 2006

25 Stephane Guivarc’h, Auxerre to Newcastle United, £3.5m, June 1998

24 Glen Johnson, West Ham United to Chelsea, £6m, July 2003

23 Corrado Grabbi, Ternana to Blackburn Rovers, £6.75m, June 2001

22 Adrian Mutu, Parma to Chelsea, £15.8m, August 2003

21 Tore Andre Flo, Rangers to Sunderland, £6.75m, August 2002

20 Joey Beauchamp, Oxford United to West Ham United, £1m, June 1994

19 Hugo Viana, Sporting Lisbon to Newcastle United, £8.5m, June 2002

18 Andrea Silenzi, Torino to Nottingham Forest, £1.8m, August 1995

17 Florin Raducioiu, Espanyol to West Ham United, £2.4m, July 1996

16 Sasa Curcic, Bolton Wanderers to Aston Villa, £4m, August 1996

15 Alex Nyarko, Lens to Everton, £4.5m, July 2000

14 Ade Akinbiyi, Wolverhampton Wanderers to Leicester City, £5m, July 2000

13 Chris Sutton, Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea, £10m, July 1999

12 Jean-Alain Boumsong, Rangers to Newcastle United, £8m, January 2005

11 Juan Sebastian Veron, Lazio to Manchester United, £28.1m, July 2001; United to Chelsea, £15m, August 2003

10 Darko Kovacevic, Red Star Belgrade to Sheffield Wednesday, £2m, December 1995

9 Robert Fleck, Norwich to Chelsea, £2.1m, August 1992

8 Bosko Balaban, Dynamo Zagreb to Aston Villa, £6m, August 2001

7 Sergei Rebrov, Dynamo Kiev to Tottenham Hotspur, £11.5m, June 2000

6 Marcelino, Real Mallorca to Newcastle United, £5m, June 1999

5 Steve Marlet, Lyons to Fulham, £11.5m, August 2001

4 Tomas Brolin, Parma to Leeds United, £4.3m, November 1995

3 Albert Luque, Deportivo La Coruna to Newcastle United, £9.5m, August 2005

2 Valerien Ismael, Strasbourg to Crystal Palace, £2.75m, January 1998

1 Per Kroldrup, Udinese to Everton, £5m, June 2005

i think you should better add the selling price of the player and see what decrease of value he has (in %)

Like you did with Veron --> almost 50% decrease!!!

Only buying price and his impact are personal, add selling price and it becomes statistical information.