Man United's most embarrassing transfer of all time

The transfer of Harry Maguire from Leicester City to Manchester United in 2019 is considered the most embarrassing transfer of all time.

Other transfers that have failed include Paul Pogba’s return to Manchester United in 2016 and Andy Carroll’s signing for Liverpool in 2011. Those were the failed transfers as voted for by football fans. stone, the Mirror (UK) reported today 6-7.

Football fans have shared what they consider to be the most embarrassing transfers of all time, with Harry Maguire’s £80m move from Leicester City to Manchester United in 2012, the Mirror writes. 2019 tops the list.

Now that the summer transfer market is open and active, a ranking of successful and failed transfers, as well as clubs that are good at buying or selling badly, has been released.

Paul Pogba came in second when he returned to Manchester United in 2016 from Juventus for £89.3m. And Andy Carroll broke into the Top 3 after moving from Newcastle to Liverpool in 2011 for £35m.

But Chelsea is considered the worst Premier League club in the transfer market. The Blues have three players in the Top 10 worst transfers, costing them a total of £163.3 million.

Harry Maguire is considered the worst transfer of all time.

It included the signing of Romelu Lukaku from Inter Milan in 2021 for £97.5m and Adrian Mutu from Parma in 2003 for £15.8m. Mutu was later sacked by Chelsea for using drugs.

In the opposite direction, Manchester City is given the most successful club in the transfer market. Man City signed Erling Haaland last year for £51.2m from Borussia Dortmund. This is considered the most successful contract of all time.

And other top signings that delighted fans, including Eric Cantona’s move from Leeds United to Manchester United in 1992 for £1.2 million and Cristiano Ronaldo signing for Real Madrid from Manchester United in 2012. 2009 for £80 million.

The best and worst signings were voted by a poll of 2,000 football lovers surveyed by CopyBet. A CopyBet spokesperson said: “Transfers have a huge impact on the global football landscape and can be the difference between a club having a good or a bad season.

With transfer fees at all-time highs, there’s a lot of pressure on players to perform and they don’t always live up to expectations. Some manage to turn the tide and try to make their move right, but we often see clubs selling players for less when they try to cut their losses.”

Erling Haaland is the most successful transfer.

Fans also think that, in Scotland, Celtic are considered the smartest transfer club, while their rival club Rangers is the worst transfer. With the summer transfer window now open, research conducted through OnePoll shows Tottenham’s Harry Kane is the player fans want the most, more than any other. And a third of football fans in the survey want to see Harry Kane leave Tottenham in the summer transfer window in search of trophies.

Up to 32% think Kane should leave Tottenham, while 28% believe Harry Maguire should leave Old Trafford. Among supporters of a particular Premier League team, 71% believe their team needs to invest in more players in the upcoming transfer window, with an average of £91m.

And they believe a striker (37%) should be preferred, followed by an attacking midfielder (33%) and a centre-back (29%). 83% of all those polled think that the amount of money spent on football players has gotten out of control.

76% think that the English Football Association (FA) should do more to regulate the spending levels of English clubs in the transfer market. Fans believe that the club’s manager (51%) should be responsible for handling the player buying process, rather than the sporting director (16%), technical director (5%) or CEO (5%).

Fans look forward to seeing Harry Kane bid farewell to Tottenham.

A CopyBet spokesperson added: “This summer transfer window is likely to be busier than ever, with many records expected to be broken. Speculation about which players will leave and where they will go is rife and this will only increase in the coming weeks.

Top 10 most embarrassing worst signings of all time:

Harry Maguire – Leicester to Manchester United for £80m in 2019

Paul Pogba – Juventus to Manchester United for £89.3 million in 2016

Andy Carroll – Newcastle to Liverpool for £35m in 2011

Ali Dia – free transfer to Southampton in 1996

Romelu Lukaku – Inter Milan to Chelsea for £97.5m in 2021

Eden Hazard – Chelsea to Real Madrid for £ 150 million in 2019

Adrian Mutu – Parma joined Chelsea for £15.8m in 2003

Fernando Torres – Liverpool to Chelsea for £50 million in 2011

Angel Di Maria – Real Madrid to Man United for £59.7 million in 2014

Joey Barton – Burnley to Rangers on a free transfer in 2016

Top 10 most successful signings of all time: