Biggest transfer flop this season

[Nicky91]

for me Memphis Depay

[Shaun]

Benteke.

[alex_front2]

In August new megastar had arrived to terrorise the EPL, a megastar so important we only need to use his first name, so important, we would witness an era better than Sir Alex. Ladies and gentlemen I give you Memphis Depay.

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Agreed Memphis "New CR7" Depay, he was sold as the 2nd coming, so for various reasons:-

huge transfer fee
winning the 'Best Boy' Prize as best European young prospect at PSV but was crap when he played against st his ex team mates even prior to Luke Shaw's nasty leg break
being Eredivisie's highest scorer and one of highest assists
jetting into Man U on private jet and red carpet as if he was some huge galactico
the self comparissons to Ronaldo and getting his own M7 branding usually reserved for the big stars
the relentless hype he openly encouraged ahead of the transfer and demanded to immediately wear the so called iconic no7 shirt ( Ronaldo even had to wait to get this)
boasting that he was the main football ambassador for Under Armour like Ronaldo is at Nike
the notion that he was an improvement on "disappointment" of Di Maria
the boasting of having the highest shirt sales after CR7, Messi and Rooney (yep more than Neymar)
his one dimensional style of play: the fact that he predictably cuts in on the right, can't win a one on one and can't run and shoot
the cocky bling "I am a don" style with gold teeth, shoe laces saying "I will score", and £250k Royles Royce which led us to believe Man U had some superstar in their midsts
the bulking up his size as he said he wanted to "terrorise EPL defences like they've never been terrorised before"
arrogant demeanour to ex team mate and Holland star Van Persie "big boys don't play for Fenerbahce"
the embarrassing comparrison with LCFC Mahrez who cost £400K
the Man U boast that he would dominate the left wing with bromance buddy Like Shaw, but when fit actually left back Shaw was more of a goalscoring threat in early season
the promise of hooking up with ex-Dutch manager LVG would yield a great star
the fact that Man U's best attacking threat Martial has to play out of position to accommodate Depay
the cocky instagramm posts of Z-list celeb girlfriends as if he's a star
the crappy defending that led to goals for Stoke FC and recently lazy goal attempt which led to goal for Sunderland FC
his hats


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But I don't want Depay to leave just yet, I find his deluded arrogance resulting in failure highly entertaining. I want Mourinho to arrive and drop him into U21. Gosh, how evil am I :laugh2:

[karl100589]

Thauvin or Falcao for me. Thauvin has already been sent back to Marseille and couldn't get into a Newcastle first team over Gabby Obertan whilst Falcao has hardly been used despite being on extortionate wages.

[alex_front2]

Thauvin or Falcao for me. Thauvin has already been sent back to Marseille and couldn't get into a Newcastle first team over Gabby Obertan whilst Falcao has hardly been used despite being on extortionate wages.

Falcaos's spell last season at Man U and now Chelsea have been flops but technically they have been season long loans, rather than transfers, albeit expensive loans (£6m from Man U) organised by Jorges Mendes.

[Denver]

Everyone of Villa's signings

[Crimson Dynamo]

who cares when you sign Kings like Payet

[alex_front2]

who cares when you sign Kings like Payet Shocked Payet recently signed a new contract, would have thought a PSG, Man U or Atletico would have snapped him up . Just shows you how West Ham are going places now wuth the Sky money and move to Olympic stadium

[alex_front2]

I take it all back against Memphis, he scored against....Midtjylland*. It was like watching CR7 at his Man U best :laugh:

*To add to his goals against Sunderland, Watford, ex PSV, Clubbe Brugge :laugh2:

[Locke.]

Depay.

We massively overspent on Benteke but he did still get a few important goals for us earlier in the season and we'll easily recoup most of that money back in the summer.

[alex_front2]

Benteke wasn't a flop, everyone knew Sherwood had flogged Liverpool a dud (everyone except, erm Brendan Rodgers. Whoops). :laugh2: He might not score but his movement off the ball is decent would interesting to see how he works with Sturridge back on form and Origi improving.

When he missed that sitter v Arsenal in FA CUP final it was obvious he was struggling just to be at his level. Who would buy him? Norwich City are scoring goals thank you very much (as LFC know following that 5-4 Lallana snatched victory). Clubs like West Brom will buy a striker from somewhere like St Etienne.
or Walsall.

Bentekes next move will be to Chinese Super League.

[Brother Leon]

Not too concerned about Memphis. It's his first season in a foreign country and he's still Young. He hasn't even been our worse signing of the summer. Morgan has that honour.

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I will leave this here for the lolz

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[alex_front2]

I wouldn't call Martial a flop, just over priced which is what happens when you have better than average 19 year olds - paying for future potential. Martial is not a good as his price tag suggests, but he is still a better than average strikers. I'd take him even over Vardy purely on an age basis even though as things stand the LCFC player is way way better. But I would not take him over Ighalo or Lukaku. Martial was brilliant last season in CL when Monacco dispatched Arsenal at the Emerates 3-1.

He scored some decent goals for Man U, maybe not enough but a better manager like Mourinho could get more out of him. He scored a great "Henry" type goal in one of his first games which was against Liverpool and for that reason I don't think Man U can call him a flop. Martial has had to change positions just so that LVG can accommodate his dutch love child Depay. With a decent Rooney replacement Martial can easily be a Theirry Henry/ Aguero type hybrid.

Plus Martial has given one of my favorite moments this season in the loss again St Bournemouth when De Gea failed to save an easy goal and Martial metaphorically kissed his teeth and glared at DeGea. :laugh:

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Going back to my original comment about Martial price tag this sort of thing is going to happen more and more : clubs like Man U being ripped off as they believe they are buying galacticos or future galacticos. I know Dele Alli plays in a different role, but Man U over looked him when they lost against MK Dons 4-0 because he was too cheap. There are really great players not just in championship, League 1, league 2 and non leagueUE (better than EPL or La Liga fare) but as Arsene Wenger said of £400k Mahrez the big clubs won't buy as they are too cheap and the fans demand big money galactico players even if the cheaper players might be better. I'd rather have Mahrez or Vardy than Depay and Benteke.

The reality is price tags and massive wages are just a guide and testament of great agents not an exact marker of quality, whether fans want to admit it or not , there are plenty of lower League players from teams such as Dulwich Hamlet, St Pauli, Nurnberg, Le Havre, Cleremont Le Foot, Forrest Green, Cheltenham etc who would be better than the likes of Falcao and Matteo Darmian. Cheap rag tag team Leicester City which, lets face it, is full of ex non leaguers, chancers and big club academy rejects, trounced Galactico Man City a few weeks back (Aguero, Toure and Sterling all played).

Speaking of Darmian I don't think he's set Man U alight defensively as a right back. He's getting away with being mediocre as defenders generally get less scrutiny. Injured left back Luke Shaw has been a much better full back. Italians have a reputation of being superb defenders, but barring his first few games he's been rather crap. Flop.

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I am also underwhelmed by legend Schweinsteiger. Seems to care more about getting it on with Ana Ivonovic than playing well. Apart from lucky goals v Watford and Leicester he's done sweet FA to justify his wages other than living off his legend and sucking up to old boss LVG.

[alex_front2]

Not too concerned about Memphis. It's his first season in a foreign country and he's still Young. He hasn't even been our worse signing of the summer. Morgan has that honour.

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Morgan Schneidlin? He wasn't that amazing at Soton so surprised he went to Man U. Wouldn't say he's a flop, just not up to what used to be Man u's old high standards.

[Nicky91]

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Morgan Schneidlin? He wasn't that amazing at Soton so surprised he went to Man U. Wouldn't say he's a flop, just not up to what used to be Man u's old high standards.

yeah i also was surprised Man U. buyed him



for me Memphis is a flop, because he already thinks he's the new Ronaldo, really arrogant.

but then again Afellay was a flop as well with Barcelona, and now he's playing really well with stoke city


maybe Memphis isn't a Ronaldo, and will never be a Ronaldo 2.0

[alex_front2]

I think Memphis will top this!

[Nicky91]

I think Memphis will top this!

yeah :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

[alex_front2]

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[Mystic Mock]

Memphis, Martial, Benteke, Ayew (Aston Villa) and Raheem Sterling.

[Brother Leon]

Memphis, Martial, Benteke, Ayew (Aston Villa) and Raheem Sterling.

What?

[alex_front2]

Villa Ayew (Jordan) is too busy shagging his Ghana teammates wives :laugh2:

Seriously, the better Ayew is Swansea Andre. Jordan is the Phil Neville, the Jack Chartlton, the Thiago Hazard to Andre's Gary Neville, Sir Bobby, Eden Hazard.

[alex_front2]

Credit where credit is due, Memphis was sensational tonight @ home against Midtjylland , he destroyed their defence and looked like a young CR7. However, the opposition was poor and the real test is Arsenal.

[Cherie]

Depay is just settling in, same for Martial

[Ryan57]

Memphis, Martial, Benteke, Ayew (Aston Villa) and Raheem Sterling.

Martial has not been a flop. He's the only top notch attacker we have. Our attack is absolutely abysmal.

[alex_front2]

Martial has not been a flop. He's the only top notch attacker we have. Our attack is absolutely abysmal.
Therein lies the issue, he's not a top notch attacker, he's merely OK but he's the best of a bad bunch at Man U. The newboy Marcus Rushford could be better. Martial is merely doing well on potential and youth. You put him against a top form, the real top notch eg Aguero, Costa, Sanchez and Lukaku et al and he's going to get found out. He's not bad but not great just acceptable.

[Tarryn]

Therein lies the issue, he's not a top notch attacker, he's merely OK but he's the best of a bad bunch at Man U. The newboy Marcus Rushford could be better. Martial is merely doing well on potential and youth. You put him against a top form, the real top notch eg Aguero, Costa, Sanchez and Lukaku et al and he's going to get found out. He's not bad but not great just acceptable.

At least our injury problems are at last forcing us to give youth a chance.
Buying big name players who do nothing has cost us for a few years now.

[Ryan57]

Therein lies the issue, he's not a top notch attacker, he's merely OK but he's the best of a bad bunch at Man U. The newboy Marcus Rushford could be better. Martial is merely doing well on potential and youth. You put him against a top form, the real top notch eg Aguero, Costa, Sanchez and Lukaku et al and he's going to get found out. He's not bad but not great just acceptable.

He is far more than 'OK'. He's a top notch young player. He recently won the golden boy award. You really need to watch him far more if you think he's just 'acceptable'. He's one of the best youngsters on the planet.

[alex_front2]

He is far more than 'OK'. He's a top notch young player. He recently won the golden boy award. You really need to watch him far more if you think he's just 'acceptable'. He's one of the best youngsters on the planet.

For me Martial is just meh. The age thing would have been OK if he was cheaper but for almost £40m I want at least 25 EPL goals a season and even without injury he won't deliver. He's not crap but for what he's produced so far LVG in August might as well have plucked Marcus Rushford from academy or a plucky Vardy type punt on a lower/non leaguer eg Aaron Williams (Nuneaton), Moses Emmanuel (Bromley), Omar Bogle (Grimsby), Xavier Vidal (Reading) and got a similar return. Martial is no flop, just nothing special, he's overrated and way way below his price tag IMHO.

[Nicky91]

For me Martial is just meh. The age thing would have been OK if he was cheaper but for almost £40m I want at least 25 EPL goals a season and even without injury he won't deliver. He's not crap but for what he's produced you might as well have plucked Marcus Rushford or a plucky lowernon leaguer eg Moses Emmanuel (Bromley), Omar Bogle (Grimsby), Xavier Vidal (Reading) and got a similar return. He's way way below his price tag.

i still think Memphis Depay is the real flop this season and he's really arrogant and he really thinks he is the new Cristiano ronaldo, with his no.7 shirt

[Mystic Mock]

Martial has not been a flop. He's the only top notch attacker we have. Our attack is absolutely abysmal.

It really is when someone that would be in the Man Utd reserves is now a top notch attacker for the same team.

[alex_front2]

Giving into Memphis's demand for the no7 shirt was exceptionally stupid. It's worthless now (to be fair it was when Michael Owen wore it).

If Memphis plays well against Arsenal he may be worth keeping as a squad player.

[Nicky91]

Giving into Memphis's demand for the no7 shirt was exceptionally stupid. It's worthless now (to be fair it was when Michael Owen wore it).

If Memphis plays well against Arsenal he may be worth keeping as a squad player.

well Memphis already thinks he's a superstar, and he wants to make as much money as possible


at PSV, he was a good player, but now at Manchester United the fame has gone to his head, just like Afellay when he went to Barcelona, he also saw dollar signs ( that's how you call it when people go greedy)

[alex_front2]

Memphis is really into being a star. The Capri Sun debacle was the final straw. He's more into being a celebrity and doing flicks and tricks than being an effective top player.

[Nicky91]

Memphis is really into being a star. The Capri Sun debacle was the final straw. He's more into being a celebrity and doing flicks and tricks than being an effective top player.

into making money and being a celebrity, instead of being a star on the pitch

[Brother Leon]

This thread.....

In what world is Martial average or a flop? The dude is 20 ffs. The transfer fee wasn't paid for what he's going to do in his first season. If you have watched him then you know the fee is going to be absolutely nothing for what he's going to become and if United even end up paying the maximum fee in add ons then it would be because he's become one of the best in the world so it is fine.

[alex_front2]

This thread.....

In what world is Martial average or a flop? The dude is 20 ffs. The transfer fee wasn't paid for what he's going to do in his first season. If you have watched him then you know the fee is going to be absolutely nothing for what he's going to become and if United even end up paying the maximum fee in add ons then it would be because he's become one of the best in the world so it is fine.

I never said he's a flop but just not someone who would have got into the squad let alone starting 11 in Fergie golden era. He's just a sign of MU's decline and status. He's slightly above average and not worth the price tag. He's not the new Thierry Henry and I wish over zealous MU would stop insulting Henry's name like this. MU could have got a better player for a lot less. He's not the kind of hard pressing forward who will often conjure a goal out of nowhere. He's extremely dependant on service.

As I've said so many players including Ighalo, Giroud, Costa, Lukaku, Kane, Sanchez, Wijnaldum, Charlie Austin, Griezmann, and I suspect Willan ( even in a differing midfield role ) are way way way better. I dont think he will improve that much with age. I do think in time the whole "he's only 20 " will be seen as a mistake. On a positive note he's better than Benteke. :joker: