The Transfer Window Thread

Carroll - 35m, Suarez - 23m..The look on the scousers faces when united make it number 19 - Priceless!!

Edited by Vivakenbarlow - 31 Jan 2011 at 5:23pm

http://www.chelseafc.com/page/LatestNews/0,,10268~2281499,00.html

Congratulations to Paul Konchesky who has joined a club that have won European Cups. Unlike Fernando Torres, who hasn't

if you actually read my first post on this sono, it says that i totally agree with torres wanting to go, obviously i didnt want him to go and i am a bit annoyed in the way it all happened but its time to move on he was great for us but thats in the past now

horsebox wrote: The Torres move was best for all concerned. 50mil for a injury prone player who has spent more time sulking than scoring goals.   In return we get 2 *potentially* excellent players. Should be an interesting few months now.

Tuesday 01 February 2011
Telegraph.co.uk

Why an inflated transfer fee is no guarantee of Premier League success
As Andy Carroll and Fernando Torres come to terms with being Britain's new record transfers, Telegraph Sport examines the league's five other biggest deals - not all of which ended happily.

Flops: Robinho and Juan Sebastian Veron both struggled to live up to inflated transfer fees Photo: EPA / REUTERSBy Telegraph staff 8:08PM GMT 01 Feb 2011
Robinho
Real Madrid to Manchester City, £32.5million (Sep 2008)

The Brazilian was at the centre of one of English football's most frantic transfer deadline days, when Manchester City's newly-acquired petro-dollars funded his arrival from Real Madrid. The experience was not a happy one for all concerned, with Robinho scoring just 16 goals in 53 games and cutting a morose figure by the end of his stay. He was loaned to Santos in Jan 2010 before being sold to AC Milan last summer.

Andrei Shevchenko
AC Milan to Chelsea, £31million (May 2006)

The deal that deterred Roman Abramovich from marquee signings - until this month, at least. The Ukrainian was a stellar striker in his pomp, but was already closing on 30 by the time he signed on at Stamford Bridge and never threatened to repeat the devastating displays of his Dynamo Kiev or Milan heyday. He lasted three mostly miserable years before being loaned to Milan and then, finally, released to Dynamo in Aug 2009.

Dimitar Berbatov
Tottenham Hotspur to Manchester United, £30.75million (Sep 2008)

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The Bulgarian was the other player at the centre of the transfer maelstrom two-and-a-half years ago, having been whisked into United's Carrington training ground under a blanket - allegedly on the orders of Sir Alex Ferguson, who feared a rival offer from Manchester City. At first, it appeared City were lucky to have missed out. Berbatov struggled for consistency and was largely eclipsed by Cristiano Ronaldo and Wayne Rooney in his first two seasons. This term, however, he has been United's stand-out performer, scoring 20 goals in his first 26 games.

Rio Ferdinand
Leeds United to Manchester United, £30million (July 2002)

The England captain is still the world's most expensive defender and, after a nervy start, has certainly justified the eye-watering outlay, helping his club win four Premier League titles, two League Cups and the Champions League. His relationship with his employers has not been without its hiccups, however. He failed to attend a drugs test in 2003 after going shopping in Manchester, leading to an eight-month ban from the Football Association, and was involved in a precarious stand-off with the club over a new contract in 2005. Fans booed him until he eventually signed a £100,000-a-week deal.

Juan Sebastian Veron
Lazio to Manchester United, £28.1million (July 2001)

Nobody enjoyed Veron's spell at Old Trafford: not the player, not the supporters and certainly not the club's accountants, who saw a vast expenditure rewarded with decidedly mediocre performances. Only one man stood by the Argentine throughout the ordeal: Sir Alex Ferguson, who famously rounded on his midfielder's critics in the media. "People are always going on about ******* Veron. You tell me, what's wrong with Veron?" he ranted.