Biggest Bargain Signing In Football EVERY Season (2003-2023)
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- čas přidán 18. 05. 2024
- From Manchester United signing Edwin van der Sar for £2 million in the 2005-06 season to Liverpool buying Andy Robertson for just £8 million in the 2017-18 campaign, HITC Sevens takes a look at some of the biggest bargain signings in world football every season since 2002-03.
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I couldn't believe that Fulham had got Van Der Sar in the first place - he was clearly still world class as his time at Manchester United showed.
People thought he was past it. People are idiots
thats because he had terrible time at Juventus and somehow lost his world class reputation.
@@markusbisma5015
That's not true. Juventus just brought a world class young goalkeeper named Buffon for a record signing and then sold Van Der Saar for 10.3M euros to Fulham.
10.3M was a huge fee for a goalkeeper back then.
To put it into prospective, United had spent 11.7M the previous summer for a Euro and Worlc Cup winning goalkeeper in Barthez.
Fulham just made a clever quick move there.
@@WERTYUIO821 Im not saying he playing bad. But as I remember, he had falling out with the management.
Yep, I'm a Fulham supporter and I couldn't believe it either. World class. All time great
"Where he famously refused to celebrate against his former club"
I was crying 😂
Me too...😂😂😂
Nearly spat out my coffee
Adebayor is surely a lovable figure in Emirates for his action in his time at Man City 😂
Had to run it back lmao
i figured it mustve been a joke but wasnt sure
2021 Giroud should've been at least mentioned in my opinion: signed by Milan for just 2,5m euros at the age of 34,he went on to win the Scudetto as his team's top scorer and decisive player, scored like 5 goals in the world cup and now being in the UCL semi final
It's amazing that Alfie's most expensive pick was Andy Robertson for £8m through out the 20 years of transfers. I'd figure he would've certainly exceed £10m after the 2017 season but somehow he hasn't! A reminder that a bargain is still possible even in today's market of mediocre players going for £50+ million. (This video is a great inspiration for all Football Manager lovers out there ❤).
EDIT: Khvara was bought for 10m, I wrote this during the 21/22 season part.
so angry about Khvara. He was literally offered to Ajax (club I support) and wanted to move there, but we paid 30M for Bergwijn who has been an absolute stinker. The departure of Overmars (justified nonetheless) has really hurt us.
Séamus Coleman kept Killian Mbappe in his pocket at the start of the week.
Incredible career still performing strong at 34!
Honourable mention: James Tavernier cost rangers £300k in 2015 and has gone on to make over 400 appearances, scoring 101 goals from right back and was EL top scorer in the 2021/22 campaign.
Yeah but tbf the spl Is the equivalent of a Sunday league tbh
@@danielcunningham6727 Maybe you missed the part where I said EL top goal scorer
@@OJ9992 Alfredo morelos was also once el top scorer does that make him good too?
@@danielcunningham6727 At the time yes he was very good😂 Also he was never top scorer overall, only in the group stages.
ik its shite he plays for rangers tho
Honorable Mentions:
2009/10: BRYAN RUIZ to Twente
Only €5,5M and being the best player and top scorer while leading the team to their only Eredivisie title.
2012/13: KEYLOR NAVAS to Levante
Paid only €150K and sold him for €10M to Real Madrid. He saved Levante from relegation and was awarded best GK of La Liga
5 million and being succesfull in the eredivisie isnt that special. Loads of players who failed everywere, move to the Netherlands for next to nothing, end up netting 20 and then fail in a bigger league again
Im saying that as a Twente supporter. Expectations with Ugalde are higher tbh
I genuinely believe that, as an everton fan, that seamus Coleman is the greatest pound for pound signing in premier league and maybe even football history. 60000 pounds for an absolute club legend that everyone loves who locked that right back position down for 12 years. 60 thousand pounds. 60 grand.
Maybe for Everton, but Robertson is the real deal bargain.
@Mark Kaasha Unless you think that Robertson is over 100x better than Coleman, then you're wrong.
Seamus Coleman is average to mediocre though, and has zero resale value now.
To pick just one example - those 3 Leicester signings in the video delivered a title and gathered in many many multiple times their cost when sold on. Coleman cost 60K but delivered nothing and recouped nothing.
Depends what you value though and what you call success. Coleman was very cheap, but played like it and delivered value on a par with his cost. Putting wages aside, Coleman cost Everton 60K, Kante cost Leicester negative 25 million. You still think Coleman is “pound-for-pound” the best?
I disagree with your reasoning, logic and maths.
@@unclemonty6766 you've never watched him play have you?
Yep, seen him play. I’ve seen what he’s won as well. I’ve also seen N’Golo Kante play. I’ve seen what they were both bought (and sold) for too.
As a Villa fan, I still pinch myself that we signed John McGinn for £2.5m, went up to £3m when we got promoted. Especially considering the dire financial situation we were in at the time.
Mental that the Celtic chairman refused to pay that as well
I enjoy how every Adu mention comes with its own topically-related quip.
11:19 "subject to add-ons not only did Tottenham reportedly not end up paying the full 10 million pound price tag maybe there were some add-ons relating to Trophies" the shithousery is wild.
I know the research would be heavy
But the Dani Alves almost to Liverpool point made me wonder about an All Almost Prem XI
2015/2016 could also go to casemiro who cost Madrid just 7.5 million euros, who went on to become one of the greatest CDMs of all time
The mention for Michu was not enough. His goals propelled Swansea to a league cup, a succesful Europa league campaign and comfortably in the PL. For £2m he was an incredible bargain.
One season wonder no consistency
@@danielcunningham6727 he was repeatedly injured and then was loaned out, before the re-occuring injuries ended his career.
@jimidave6281 ok that wasn't the point I made though he was still a one season wonder lol
A year after Celtic signed Henrik Larsson for £650k they signed Ĺubomir Moravčík for £330k.
Just shy of a million pounds for two of the best players to have played for the club over the last 50 years.
Kyogo for 4.5 million is also up there. Ange is possibly one of the best businessmen we have had at the club
@@jefferysweaty6028 he's not a business man 😂 he's a coach/manager. Do you think he negotiates deals? He will give the board some recommended players for them to try and sign, that's as far is it goes.
@@ross8156 ah, I've been playing too much football manager lol
😂👍
@@ross8156 I've got to imagine that managers* at least have some input into what they believe the club should pay.
They've also got to work within financial parameters set by the club, so they'll probably set a budget for each potential signing.
I doubt that they get involved in the contractual minutiae, but it'd be ridiculous to think that they have no say prior to contract negotiations.
(Clearly I don't know any of this - I'm simply suggesting what I think must be the case).
*I'm guessing that this varies from club to club, depending on the financial constraints.
The bigger the club, the less it might matter.
As a Napoli fan I hope we can keep him as well. Love the fact that you hope we keep him and Victor. I hope we can keep playing the way we are playing in the future. Great video! Thanks for sharing and I hope all is well! Go Tigers!
Kvara you might keep for a couple years at least, but I don't think Osimhen will be possible to stop (but then again, Laurentiis is crazy - so it's possible) seeing the interest in him, and his interviews where he said he dreams of premier league games.
I dare you to pronounce Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
I created an all-time XI with no overlap of international careers - no player was active for their national team at the same time as any other player.
Here it is (with the years of each player's international career listed in parentheses):
🇩🇪 Oliver Kahn (1995 - 2006)
🇩🇪 Manfred Kaltz (1975 - 1983), 🏴 Bob Crompton (1902 - 1914), 🇧🇷 Thiago Silva (2008 - ), 🇩🇪 Andreas Brehme (1984 - 1994)
🇺🇾 José Leandro Andrade (1923 - 1930), 🇮🇹 Ugo Locatelli (1936 - 1940)
🇮🇹 Valentino Mazzola (1942 - March 1949)
🇧🇷 Pelé (1957 - 1971), 🇧🇷 Neco (1917 - 1922), 🇭🇺 Zoltán Czibor (May 1949 - 1956)
Manager: 🇨🇿 Karel Petrů (1931 - 1935)
If you choose to ignore the position of manager, Ugo Locatelli can be replaced in midfield by 🇦🇷 Antonio Sastre (1933 - 1941).
How about making a video featuring an XI you created using this limitation (and without using uncapped players)?
Wow, how long did it take you to make this list? This is dedication.
I feel like scholes could fit into the xi of someone who has a good go at it
Messi has to be prioritised imo
@@lenedwards3532 Well he got Pele in there, that's something at least.
@@lenedwards3532 His international career was too long to make the list, due to the constraints of the list - none of the players I listed have even had 15-year international careers. (More specifically - listing Messi would mean that any player who played in the 2006 WC was ineligible.)
Can you please do a video "Why is football in East Africa so weak compared to West Africa?"
War, being close to War or revolutions.
He is just being an obnoxious racist bastard .... he won't do it
Why is football anywhere in Africa so weak compared to West Africa?
@@ericsmuts1682 North African and South African teams are better if you look at the African champions league
Not sure if you've done this one yet but what about the best and worst use of club record sales. Like how well Liverpool used the Coutinho sale to rebuild their squad.
Pedri to Barca for 5 million is an honorable mention.
LMAO you expect a teenager to be 100 million value
@@vincentkennedymcmahon50 40? 30?
@@vincentkennedymcmahon50 Your comment makes zero sense but good luck in the future.
Hi Alfie, could you do a video about the worst debuts ever.. you could mention the likes of Joao Félix at Chelsea and Woodgate at RM. It would be cool to see if anybody had a debut that bad it had a detrimental effect on their whole careers..
Koscienly definitely in there
It would be a huge shame if Napoli are picked apart in the summer because they really have set rhe football world alight this season and are genuine contenders to win the CL imo and if you look at their side of the draw there's definitely a decent possibility of them winning it outright
Yeah defo agree but thats football i supose.
Napoli are a huge club, hopefully they stay as they could enjoy an iconic 3/4 seasons and still have lots of years ahead to go to the prem or madrid.
I feel like Real Madrid paying £25M for 24yo Toni Kroos should've been here at least as a mention
Better Valverde for 5 million - man played as a RB, RW and CM against the most expensive player on this list, Andy Robertson. He won a CL with an assist from Robbos flank, that pretty much puts him ahead of Pope and the others, at least deserved a shout-out.
Players who are shocking for their club but extremely amazing for their country. I’ll help you get started with the 7. Harry Maguire.
Giovanni Dos Santos terrorized us in South Africa 2010 with Mexico but couldn't with Barca
@@trevormabalane Or Tottenham, or LA galaxy...
Absolutely love these vids mate, early 2000s football was the best and some of these names are proper nostalgic for me lol
a documentary on the afc Wimbledon on the nine promotions in eleven years, how they’re a fan own club and how they have a stadium in plough lane now.
The story of they lost the club, how the F A allowed that and won’t allow that anymore.
How they were very close to moving to ireland
How they went up the English football leagues.
It would be a good documentary video if you can do this. #thepeopleschannel
That would be so boring. There's nothing interesting about a club smurfing through the leagues
@@skdkkefdekkfke6107 Not for casual or glory hunting fans. This topic would be fascinating.
I remember when Wimbledon held Leeds Utd to an FA Cup draw in 1975 I think. The goalkeeper was Dickie Guy and he became an overnight celebrity. That was when Wimbledon were still non league before their famous climb.
@@jeremypearson6852 rip to John motson because of how famous words “the crazy gang”
@@AlinJ. it would be for those outside uk yes
It is up to Alfie
I won’t spam this :)
What makes the Falcao transfer to United more hilarious is that they loaned chicharito to Real Madrid in which he was just playing bench but practically scored every time he played not to mention score a pivotal goal to send Madrid to semifinals in the champions league whilst FlopCow did nothing
If I remember correctly, David Luiz was sold to Chelsea by Benfica for 25 m + Matic. What a deal!
Kaoru Mitoma "has a university degree and wrote his thesis on dribbling." 😂 I would love to read that thesis.
This video must have taken a really long time to research. Thank you!
(Edit: typo)
In 21/22 Feyenoord brought in Fredrik Aursnes for only 450k from Molde and at the end of the season sold him for 13m to Benfica, excluding sell-on fee, which will certainly happen when I read how well he is performing for Benfica as well from the freaking left flank as a cdm. Brilliant player
I said that about Robertson before watching the show you have picked a great bit of emformation. You have done a great job mate some of the players in the mix is brilliant nice one thanks for the upload ❤ it mate ❤from Ireland
Hey Alfie! Long time fan here, would love to see a video on football conglomerates like city group and 777. On that note, im a Bahia fan, recently acquired by the city group for 180 million pounds, and its pronnounced “bah-EE-ah”. Cheers!
In 2010-11 Bournemouth signed Marc Pugh for £100k and Harry Arter for £4k. Both played over 200 times for the club from league 1 to the premier league.
Azpilicueta for 7 million from Marseille is definitely up there. Won literally everything it had to offer at club level.
Could you make a top 7 next generations for national teams? I think it might make for an interesting video cheers! 👍🏼
That pronounciation Kvicha Kvaratskhelia had me in stitches, dude didn't even try hard enough
It was just way too much for him and this was a long video.
It's a mouthful, and I can only imagine how Italians go about it.
Thank you ❤️ can we have a video about Maltese Football please?
Delighted to see Evan Ferguson getting a mention, I watched his debut for my local club Bohemians against Chelsea and even at 14 you could see how good he was and nearly got himself a goal.
Great video
Elliott was deadly for motherwell before his move to Hull. Definitely a fan favourite in claret and Amber. Hull got a great deal
He once played for Glentoran from Belfast
@@RichieYoung is that where Motherwell took him from.
He would only go to teams thet had a certain type of church
@@adampark4238 Yea they signed him from Glentoran in East Belfast. Great player in his day
@@RichieYoung I loved him at us. Was definitely a bright player in a bad time for us
Kim min jae for about 2 million pounds would've been a good shout
Prem bias bro
He cost 15 Million Euros mate
@@scottsge 15M is a mega bargain
Great video!!
You should do the same video but in the opposite direction. Expensive flops. Like Pogba for an example
Keep on the good work on videos 💪
I don't even watch that much football anymore, but always got time for Alfie and HITC 7s! Up the people's channel🙏🏽
I remember thinking at the time “£1m for a non-league player, Leicester are mad!”
Indonesia were removed from hosting U20 WC that is scheduled for May 2023. Maybe make a video of tournaments relocated due to non football reasons?
2012-13 was absurd between all those honorable mentions to the point one of the players you missed Aritz Aduriz, had a footballing inflation cost and international footballing career that looks more like what if you merged Jens Lehmann and Jamie Vardy into one (20 Caps for Spain all after age 31 for the low cost of 2.5 million euros with 4 million maximum with add-ons).
Edit: In addition, the late blooming Aduriz has more La Liga goals than Alan Shearer has Premier League goals.
Athletic Club ❤️
@@silviofelix1991 that aduriz fact is just plain wrong. Shearer has 260 prem goals whereas aduriz has 158 la liga goals
@@adityasunil6565 I think you are counting goals He scored in the old English First Division whilst He is only counting goals scored in the rebranded Premier league.
@@elijahwilkey8036 nope I made sure to not count the first division goals
@@adityasunil6565 oh cool that makes sense because I can't remember Shearer playing enough first division games to score that many goals.
Do a video on what teams footballers supported growing up.
alfie great video, my romanian grandad just asked me 'who is this guy that you listen to every few days' and i went on a tangent explaining your videos, he seemed more intrigued then when i usually speak to him about 'my silly internet things', i wanted to ask you if you have like a docs with transcripts of your videos or something, or more specifically your documentaries, as id like to set up a text to speech in romanian so he could potentially gain only a small percentage of Sir Alfies great football intellect. Cheers
'Maybe there were some add-ons relating to trophy's there' 😂😂😂
Payet at 10.7 mill for West Ham should have had a shout to be on here. Absolute bargain for what he gave us.
Ahh yes “Kweecha Guarasvelia”
Tbh 23 M for Dani Alves at that age is a solid bargain. Considering everything he went on to achieve. Greatest Right back of all time for me, unfortunately who's legacy is now being tainted by the recent incidents.
Are you not hip to Cafu?
@@stormtrooper-313tk I am but for me Dani Alves is the greatest in that position. I know he hasn't won the World Cup but still he is the most decorated footballer in history. He was the perfect blend of a modern and a traditional fullback.
we need a video on Mitoma's thesis immediately. Come one Alfie get started to mastering the Japanese language.
The 7 best signings from foreign lower leagues. Such signings as Kanté to Leicester or Mateta to Mainz. Would be really interesting to see more than these two from the top of my head.
Jude Bellingham to Dortmund
could you do a top 7 players of all time for smaller nations with not as well known football history? Like South Africa or Israel or Ecuador?
Hey Alfie, could you do a video on what a United Ireland FA and or national team would look like/line up, etc. Ireland’s national rugby team is all-Ireland. The whole thing is really interesting and I think it would be a good video. There was a proposal recently (I am from the US, so I am not sure exactly when it was) about a combined national team. Love the vids, Alfie. Keep up the good work!
Alfie you make my morning commutes very nice
12:10
David Luiz was sold for 25M£ plus Matic to Benfica.
2 and a half years later Matic was back at The Bridge for another 25M£.
Silly question: what were the top 7 for transfer profits per club? i.e: most money made by a club via sales in a single season?
Excellent research mate. Aren’t you Ivo Graham.? If not I do apologise. All the same. Spot On Mate. Nice One.👍⚽️👀
Stuart Elliot was a class player , had a wand of a left foot, a bounce in his run, and could leap like a salmon. Had the pleasure of a season ticket or 2 while Elliot was playing. Stuart Green was also pretty good for a couple years.🐯
First time I've seen Norwich in a HITC Sevens video 🎉. Buendia is one of the best players I've seen in a Norwich shirt, we all miss the days of prime Pukki / Buendia / Cantwell and Farke 😢
2012/2013 best valued signing for me is coutinho. Signed for 8.5m pound, sold for 140m pound
It'd be nice to see the prices adjusted for inflation
Do a younger vs older XI family edition? both brothers and sons/fathers combined so an older team could both have Eden Hazard and Peter Schmeichel then the other would have Thorgan Hazard and Kasper Schmeichel
I’m old enough to remember Trevor Francis as the first 1M pound signing in English football back in 1979. That was a really big deal then. It pales in comparison to the money changing hands today. An expat watching in S Florida.
It must have been. To give it some context Kenny Dalglish £440k fee from Celtic to Liverpool (a UK record at the time I think?) was only 2 years before this.
The Robertson deal is an even bigger bargain since Liverpool got most of the transfer fee back when hull signed Kevin Stewart in the same window
For the current season - Dennis Huseinbasic. Bought from the fourth tier of German football for barely 50 Thousand Euros and now becoming a regular for Cologne. Kvaradona deserves all the praise but this is a far stronger bargain imo.
2015-2016 Frenkie de Jong.
From Willem II to Ajax for a whopping 1 euro
No way you missed Ronald Araujo...Barcelona literally signed him for 1.7+3.5 mill. That is the definition of Bargain. From Uruguay to the best center back in the world. He needs a mention 10000000% and is 10 times the bargain Buendia is
He was a youth team signing for Barcelona, hence ineligible for this list.
Thank you for giving Everton players recognition in this
Konte replacing the cambiasso , made me sound like rory jennings on about haaland or hanson on about winning nothing with kids .
My words were he wont be able replace that talent if he had anyrhing about him someone would of snapped him up by now , oh i wrong i was
Update : You can also add Liverpool's purchase of Alexis Mac Allister to your collection too.😊
I'm sorry but 2014/15 has to be Lewandowski joining Bayern Munich from Dortmund.. who turned into one of the greatest players in German football and among the most lethal strikers in world football for his entire spell at Bayern.. and it was a "FREE TRANSFER"... he is easily the greatest bargain signing of all time.. won everything there, a definite Balon d'or winner in 2020.. broke multiple scoring records and still profited Bayern on his sale to Barcelone this season...
I couldn't help but chuckle when Kagawa was mentioned alongside Lewandowski, as back in 2011 one of Polish journalists said that according to football experts Lewy is nobody compared to Kagawa, as he is a true talent. As funny as it is, it was kinda the truth then
10+ years later I still can't believe that we(Panathinaikos) preferred signing Govu over Lewandowski... .
18-19 Gnabry to Bayern. Only €8 mil, after scoring 11 with at least 1-2 assists for my team Werder Bremen at 21. According to Transfermarkt he’s worth €65 now
As a Liverpool fan wish we had of signed Dani Alves
For 18-19 ronald araujo has to get a shout as barca bought him for 1.7 mil with 3.5 in variables. (dont know if he counts tho) and pedri for 19-20 who only cost 5 mil + variables besides that great vid
Tommy bloody Forecast - he'd actually make quite a good video I think, he's the Carlos Kaiser of English football. I mean, unlike Kaiser, Forecast did actually play for a few of the clubs who made the mistake of signing him, but still. They soon wished he hadn't...
What you fail to mention about David Luiz sale to Chelsea was that he was sold for €25M plus Matic,Matic was then sold years later for €25M also to Chelsea.
"Maybe there were some addons related to trophies..."
You're a monster, Alfie.
For those of us who obtain more information visually, it would be great if you added the transfer amounts in text as well 😊
Genuinely could have had 4 successive leicester players - Huth for 3m is a huge argument for 14/15, since his arrival turned the tide from bottom of the table and going straight back down into staying up comfortably before being a rock at the back for the title win.
As a Juventus fan I appreciate you mentioning the Barzagli signing, however I feel like the Inter Milan signing of Eto'o for free + cashing in 46 million in exchange for Ibra in 2009-10 also deserves a mention. that signing was crucial for Inter to win the treble that season. Actually, there are lots of transfers that deserve mention that were not mentioned, but I understand it's impossible to account for everything in a youtube video.
15:20 I remember when one of Polish journalists compared the transfers of both Lewandowski and Kagawa and indicated how great player Kagawa is and how bad Lewandowski is compared to him. Famously said “I know Robert Lewandowski” beautifully turned against him 🤫
Alfie you missed one of the biggest bargains of all time in Kolo Muani. Came on a free transfer is currently projected at 65m on transfermarkt, no way he goes for under 100m. And as redditors will tell you, he was free.
2:23 He didn’t include free transfers.
To even name Asensio beside Kante is a disrespect
Man, the way he said "Joeliton" cracked me up.
I am once again asking for a video about Algeria's unofficial FLN team (1958-1962)
Ferguson's signings were always to the point. Even with the current price tags he would find bargains and would never sign overpriced average players like Antony, Maguire etc
Good video, but in the 07/08 season Edin Dzeko should have been in the honorable mention, clearly better deal than Banes and Luiz. He was bought by Wolfsburg for 4M euros, he won them the Bundesliga title next season and then he was transfered to ManCity for 37M euros
Can you please do a video of highest paid premier league manager
The second I saw Martinelli played I knew he is going to be a very talented player. I am thrilled he signed a new deal with Arsenal.
Can you do one on best free transfers now?
60 grand Seamus Colman , bargain of the century
I remember watching Robertson at United thinking he had potential, couldn’t believe it when I watched his rise. Out of that squad I thought Ryan Gauld would go on to be the biggest success
i don’t know how ryan gauld hasn’t had a call up. should’ve gone to the euros
Watched him at hull he was class
Antonio Di Natale 100k 2004/05 from Empoli to Udinese,
Maybe do a video on the rise and fall of Anderlecht
I love how Alfie acknowledges if and when he makes a mistake. Unlike a certain Irishman
Rest on The Irish Man banter