Biggest waste of money EVER?!!!

Manchester United forward Bebe has agreed on a season long loan to go to Besiktas. Possibly one of the worst signings of Fergusons long and distinguished managerial career. Anyone agree?


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/13790838.stm

He is poor, Kleberson has to be up there though, or Eric Djemba-Djemba

If its just about British football then Tore Andre Flo, Shevchenko, Balotelli and Torres (after joining Chelsea) have to be in the top 10.

To be fair to Ferguson, he didn't see him before he was purchased. It was on the say-so of a scout or Carlos Queiroz.

Has admittedly looked bad in the games he's played but he's never played high level football, he's young and he can bearly speak English.

Loan deal could be good for him.

Bosco Balaban

OleH wrote:To be fair to Ferguson, he didn't see him before he was purchased. It was on the say-so of a scout or Carlos Queiroz.

Has admittedly looked bad in the games he's played but he's never played high level football, he's young and he can bearly speak English.

Loan deal could be good for him.

But then he surely was not worth £7.4 million.......

I always thought Tore Andre Flo was alright at Chelsea!

Miles better than Sutton when he joined.

Tore Andre Flo is seen as a waste by most fan's in Scotland as Rangers paid £12M for him, but he averaged a goal every 2 games and then we got half the money back when we sold him.

Massimo Taibi anyone?
£4.5 million for a goalkeeper that made 4 appearances.

Agree about Bebe & Taibi but Wiston Bogarde for Chelsea takes some beating
Only made about 10-11 appearances in 4 years on 40k a week

MR. scotland27 wrote:
But then he surely was not worth £7.4 million.......

Hell no he wasn't worth it.

But we'll see what kind of player he becomes. Classifying a "waste" means he's already blown his chance. He's far from proved anything so far.

Owen Hargreaves anyone?

User Name wrote:Owen Hargreaves anyone?

Was key in winning the 2008 European Cup, he was just incredibly unlucky with his legs.

What about George Weah's cousin that Souness signed for Southhampton that was'nt George Weah's cousin and could barely run without falling over.

OleH wrote:

User Name wrote:Owen Hargreaves anyone?

Was key in winning the 2008 European Cup, he was just incredibly unlucky with his legs.

Still a waste of money.

dublfcynwa wrote:What about George Weah's cousin that Souness signed for Southhampton that was'nt George Weah's cousin and could barely run without falling over.

Ali Dia

But he didnt cost any money

Nicolas Anelka when he signed for Real Madrid?

As a Celtic fan my first thoughts always go to Rafeal Scheidt £5.2m in January 2000

Almost £10m for Albert Luque who managed just one goal in 2 years.

Churchill wrote:Almost £10m for Albert Luque who managed just one goal in 2 years.

He cost you 10 million? Jesus, that is a great shout for waste of money. He was useless!

Veron to Man U has to be up there

Would you class Jonathan Woodgate at Tottenham? Money was spent and he has hardly played

Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:

dublfcynwa wrote:What about George Weah's cousin that Souness signed for Southhampton that was'nt George Weah's cousin and could barely run without falling over.

Ali Dia

But he didnt cost any money

He cost Souness his reputation as a manager.

Bebe's signing on fee was undisclosed but was thought to be in the region of £4.5 million pounds. Still a young player who could have a bright future.

Talking about waste of money, what about

1) Torres £50 million
2) Andy Carroll £35 million
3) Henderson £20 million
4) Aquilani £20 million
5) Robbie Keane - sold back the same season
6) Adrian Mutu
7) Andrei Shevchenko
8) Andrei Voronin
9) Mateja Kezman

I could go on.

How can you judge Henderson and Carroll after not even a full season? Wait, I'll answer that for you...you can't.

Belgarion of Riva wrote:Bebe's signing on fee was undisclosed but was thought to be in the region of £4.5 million pounds. Still a young player who could have a bright future.

Talking about waste of money, what about

1) Torres £50 million
2) Andy Carroll £35 million
3) Henderson £20 million
4) Aquilani £20 million
5) Robbie Keane - sold back the same season
6) Adrian Mutu
7) Andrei Shevchenko
8) Andrei Voronin
9) Mateja Kezman

I could go on.

Nice to see you support Liverpool.

How much did Liverpool pay for Voronin. Do a little research before you WUM

I hope Henderson plays as well for Liverpool next season as he has so far in the U21 tournament

Shevchenko was another expensive one. Can anyone name any British players that were big wastes of money; most so far are all foreign.

Torres is still clearly a quality player, he will come good at Chelsea.

Id say the 59m Real Madrid paid for Kaka is a waste of money, he's done absolutely nothing for them!

Edin Dzeko, 34m?

Lescott, 24m?

REALLY.

Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:

Belgarion of Riva wrote:Bebe's signing on fee was undisclosed but was thought to be in the region of £4.5 million pounds. Still a young player who could have a bright future.

Talking about waste of money, what about

1) Torres £50 million
2) Andy Carroll £35 million
3) Henderson £20 million
4) Aquilani £20 million
5) Robbie Keane - sold back the same season
6) Adrian Mutu
7) Andrei Shevchenko
8) Andrei Voronin
9) Mateja Kezman

I could go on.

Nice to see you support Liverpool.

How much did Liverpool pay for Voronin. Do a little research before you WUM

Any amount of money spent on Voronin is a waste of money. Andy Carroll cost £35 million pounds, he isn't even as good as Heskey and Henderson cost 20 million to sit on the bench as you've got Lucas, Stevie Me and The bald Portuguese guy (name escapes me) playing the same position. 55 million pounds wasted already.

King Kenny is doing a stellar job.

Belgarion do you have the lottery results while you're at it? You seem to able to see the future.

Voronin was also a free signing.

You guys are writing of Bebe already but do not want the same logic applied to Carroll, why?

Bebe scored more goals for Utd this season than Torres for Chelsea and Carroll for Liverpool

Carroll scored two for Liverpool so they are equal, in less than half a season as well.

If you don't think people should write off Bebe, why not actually give a good argument back, rather than just trying to do the same thing back? If you think it's so ridiculous, why did you do it as well?

Tell me why Bebe isn't a flop.

Carroll isnt a waste of money as when he played he brought something new to the Liverpool team, to compare him with Heskey is ridiculous. Henderson had a good season with Sunderland and we will have to see what he does at Liverpool before we can judge.

Stephane Guivarc'h was a bit of a shocker for Newcastle.

Surprised no ones metioned juan sebastian veron yet he's got to be in the top 3

Belgarion of Riva wrote:

Soldier_Of_Fortune wrote:

Belgarion of Riva wrote:Bebe's signing on fee was undisclosed but was thought to be in the region of £4.5 million pounds. Still a young player who could have a bright future.

Talking about waste of money, what about

1) Torres £50 million
2) Andy Carroll £35 million
3) Henderson £20 million
4) Aquilani £20 million
5) Robbie Keane - sold back the same season
6) Adrian Mutu
7) Andrei Shevchenko
8) Andrei Voronin
9) Mateja Kezman

I could go on.

Nice to see you support Liverpool.

How much did Liverpool pay for Voronin. Do a little research before you WUM

Any amount of money spent on Voronin is a waste of money. Andy Carroll cost £35 million pounds, he isn't even as good as Heskey and Henderson cost 20 million to sit on the bench as you've got Lucas, Stevie Me and The bald Portuguese guy (name escapes me) playing the same position. 55 million pounds wasted already.

King Kenny is doing a stellar job.

Liverpool signed Voronin on a free transfer so he can't be included, Carroll and Henderson have been signed for the long term how you can judge Carroll after half a dozen games and Henderson when he hasn't made his debut is rediculous. As for the bald portuguese guy, Liverpool fans call him Meireles and rumour has it he might be leaving.
King Kenny transformed Liverpool last season, after he took over they had the 3rd best league record so wait till he has a full season and see how he does before criticizing him.

Surprised no-one has mentioned Jo for Man City, now that was a waste of money.

Sean Marlet for Fulham. £12.5m

£12.5 mil? Jeez that was shocking!

It was. I think he left on a free too. It was an eye-watering amount of money at the time as I think it was in 2001 and I don't think he was proven either.

Man City have wasted a lot of money: £32.5million for Robinho, £6million (can rise to £18million) for Jo, £17.5million for Roque Santa Cruz, £25million for Adebayor, £10.4million for Jerome Boateng (won't be such a waste if they get most of the money back). I'm sure everyone could add more.

legendkillar wrote:Sean Marlet for Fulham. £12.5m

his brother Steve wasn't much better

Barcelona have wasted quite a bit in recent seasons too: £22million for Javier Mascherano, €69million for Zlatan Ibrahimovic, €17million for Alexander Hleb, €25million for Dmytro Chygrynsky (even if he was sold back for €15million after one season), €18.5million for Gabriel Milito.

MR. scotland27 wrote:

OleH wrote:To be fair to Ferguson, he didn't see him before he was purchased. It was on the say-so of a scout or Carlos Queiroz.

Has admittedly looked bad in the games he's played but he's never played high level football, he's young and he can bearly speak English.

Loan deal could be good for him.

But then he surely was not worth £7.4 million.......

So far he hasn't proven to be worth £7.4million (PSV Eindhoven rejected the chance to sign him for free) this doesn't make him a waste of money though, he's still very young with plenty of his career left, Besiktas aren't exactly a bad team but it should help him get first team experience.

he was spotted playing street football by a guimares scout.signed for them.then recommended to fergie by queiroz.he took a gamble but he has always been known to enjoy a flutter

Biggest loss money wise has to be Shevchenko cost £30 mill let go for free , add on top of that his wages he must of cost Chelsea £35-40 million .

I'd say Ibrahimovic, 46 mil Euros + Eto'o who was well worth more than the 20 mil euro fee, and they got a player that a season later they shipped out on loan.

Daniel Alves Boro £12m

Hero wrote:I'd say Ibrahimovic, 46 mil Euros + Eto'o who was well worth more than the 20 mil euro fee, and they got a player that a season later they shipped out on loan.

I bow down to you , yours is better

KINGKENNY7HEAVEN wrote:

Hero wrote:I'd say Ibrahimovic, 46 mil Euros + Eto'o who was well worth more than the 20 mil euro fee, and they got a player that a season later they shipped out on loan.

I bow down to you , yours is better

I can trump it

Gaizka Mendieta

2001 Valencia - Lazio 48M Euros and 20 apps in 3 years