Transfer: What's the best January signing ever?
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He’s one of the few (if not the only) Top 10 cost transfers that was an unquestioned success
Duchene2MacKinnon
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I recently saw the top 10 EPL transfer honestly I couldnt pick out more than 3 successes lol.
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Was Neymar a success? Without the CL I dont think so tbh. There's also no resale value.
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Yeah I was trying to find that but gave up. Figured someone else had seen it. It’s a pretty grim list (as of now)
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Of that list I will say only one is a clear cut success. A good arguement can be made for pogba. The rest are either too soon to tell or complete failures
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I mean either way it says a lot that the second best transfer on this list MIGHT be Pogba, who was largely hated over his tenure for underachieving
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Wow United has 5 of the 10 most expensive signings ever. Kind of hard to believe
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Duchene2MacKinnon
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I think he's being sarcastic.... what's more surprising is LFC having jjust as many as City.
Yes he's a success. He brought tons of spotlight and sponsors to PSG. He has overall been a great player. PSG reached its first CL final.
That CL final was lost 1-0 after Mbappe missed a sitter in a tight game. I don't think that single missed strike by Mbappe defines Neymar's success or not.
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Makes sense - sorry @mmk786 if my sarcasm detector was turned off .
not surprised LFC on there compared to City, but only one of those teams would prominently on the top sales list. The net spend gods must be appeased
City don’t have a ton of like MEGA transfers. What they do have in is a ton of volume in that 40-60m range. That’s where they clean up
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I could see the argument but Mbappe brought that spotlight/sponsors. Regardless of him being a great player or not the objective was to win the CL. So far they havent done so. In footballing terms I could see the arguement for both sides.
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I am sorry I cannot say Neymar to PSG is a success. Even today no transfer has even come close to the amount PSG paid for him. If they had insane european wins maybe a case could be made but for me this is a failure and it overinflated in transfer market that year too.
I'd say he's been a bigger success for them overall than Messi, but not as big as Mbappe, or even Zlatan.
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The cat will be back
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Maybe? I think it was only like 65ish upfront though. Rest is bonus/add-ons, not sure if that’s accounted for or not
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If we are accounting for the commercial aspect, I would say that the response to that question would be much more favorable.
Vasilevskiy
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He cost 200M+€
Has missed several games in each season. Has not won the CL that PSG bought him for. And his stats have been good but not unreal considering the cost and the league he plays.
Not a bad signing compared to most in the rank which are insane but not a slam dunk success, for sure
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