I noticed a slight error in the video. Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole are good mates and get on really well, almost too well at their peak! There are a few tabloids stories from that time that claim their partnership combined to score off the field with a young lady! The Man United players who famously didn't get on but managed to maintain a total professionalism on the pitch were Andy Cole and Teddy Sherringham.
I thought that was what happened too, although I'm no United fan. I know Teddy didn't get on with Cole, I always put it down to the fact they were both dickheads 😁
I was a bit puzzled about that, but left it as it was so long ago. But yes, now that you mentioned it, I do remember Cole and Sherringham not getting along.
Respect for mentioning Wilfrid Bony. As a Swansea supporter, we often get overlooked due to the amount of money we have as a club to spend on transfers. But Bony- and Michu, were our gems.
Would have thought Torres would make the 2007/08 season. Impact was instant, almost took Liverpool to a title in 2008/09, and doubled the money spent on him when sold to Chelsea.
They definitely got the best of him. He was never super prolific at Atletico, so it was a pretty big surprise to everyone at how much of a boss he became in those first couple of seasons. He then famously "dropped off", but he didn't, he reverted to his usual standard.
@@thebigbop5866 How do you know he didn't actually step up in his game but just couldnt adjust his qualities to the new surroundings at Chelsea? After all he also managed to replicate his tremendous form for the spanish national team during the time he spent at Liverpool
@@Reorganiser No he was never a beast for the Spanish national team either, during Euro 2008 there was a lot of concern over him all of the other top rated players were performing the best they ever were but he had yet to put the ball in the back of the net, backup Dani Guiza had scored 3 on route to the final and looked arguably a better option. Thankfully, Torres broke his duck by scoring the singular goal in the final, but he was never "the man". He was either "the future" or just another good cog in a finely oiled machine. And besides, for 6 months before the Chelsea move he had already fallen off. It was a 2 season purple patch, then he reverted to the mean.
@@thebigbop5866 First of all tbf it was hard to be "the man" in that spanish team considering only Messi could just about be "the man" at Barca next to Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol etc. . But I've seen players being absolutely oustanding for a year or two, then drop off massively and hav a comeback a few years later. Anthony Modeste at Cologne is such an example, as he was about as good 4 years ago as he is now, but had a poor spell of seasons in betweem. With footballers at that level, it's about wether the surroundings fit or not to get the player in good form. Sometimes the player doesnt feel like he could archieve enough with set conditions around him. Currently Messi is a good example of how different conditions benefit or in that case worsen output which leads to people believe they have a drop off, but actually it's just conditions that cant get the best out of players
@@Reorganiser I'm sorry but people have a habit of losing themselves in "mania", there was definitely a "Torresmania" in the premier league and particularly Liverpool for a few seasons, but that wasn't his standard. You talk about bad conditions, well the flip side is good conditions. Torres walking into Liverpool was ideal for him, the team was set up to build up to someone who could be fed the ball in good positions, they had bern trying to make life ideal for a number 9 for at least 2 years before he arrived, Dirk Kuyt was supposed to be the original Torres, but he turned out not to be that prolific but an immensely hard worker. Torres was always a better finisher than Kuyt, so he thrived in a team that was built to feed someone. Torres had a purple patch, people lost themselves in saying "this is who the player is", whilst followers of Spanish football were extremely surprised at the newly reinvented Torres who scored goals for fun, that was never his game before. He was 24 when he joined Pool, still a young enough age to turn it all around, Shearer at one time didn't score many goals for Southampton then went to Blackburn and lit it up for the rest of his career, so it happens, Lewandowski didn't really get going for a few years either, but Torres only had 2 and a half seasons of that, then he began to resemble again the type of player he always was, he was always more of an auxiliary/supporting forward, not the main man. Torres was always the same kind of player, but deceived the world by playing out of his skin at Liverpool for a few seasons, many didn't see him until he joined the PL and that's what they thought he was like, but he wasn't until then, and eventually reassumed his previous trajectory. Lewandowski and Shearer once they got going being prolific that's who they became, when Torres started being prolific it was a very out of character run that eventually ran out of steam.
Would be nice to see a 'best bargains' or 'value for money' list. This feels like the best player that signed for a club in every season. Jay Jay Okocha was on a free AND was signed by Bolton, that surely makes him an even more impressive signing that year? Great vid though
No way in hell is anything Jay-Jay did for Bolton as good as what Ferdinand did at Man United. He was a top lad, but he was never a better signing. Was a better value signing? Yes. Better overall? No.
Idk about 2013-14 being a poor window for signings, in those 7 ‘flops’ that Tottenham signed. One was Christian Eriksen who was neck and neck with KDB and Özil (kind of) in terms of playmaking stats.
I actually would argue that he was an amazing signing, as he was absolutely worldclass for Spurs at least in my books. Still amazes me how they could let go of him for anything less than 60 million quid. Imagine him in that attacking line nie at Spurs next to Kane, Son and Kulusevski. Quite the underrated player IMO
I don't know if it was a mistake or it was intentional but Japp Stam not even getting an honourable mention in the 98-99 season signing is surprising. Guy played 3 seasons for United ig, won 3 PL titles and was in the PFA team of the year all 3 years.
Hi Alfie, I think your inclusion of Lucas Radebe, Jay-Jay Okocha and Di Canio as honourable mentions are very astute shouts! Can we have some more videos on brilliant signings made by clubs outside of today's English "galaticos" (the PL London teams, Merseyside and Manchester basically)? Can we also have more nostalgia videos about various great players from the first circa 15 years of the EPL between 1992 and 2007 ish? I think this will help educate your younger viewers at HITC as well as appealing to old gimmers like me (aged 40) and football nerds of all ages too!
@@thomascorbett9265 ever heard of Eric Djemba Djemba, Bebe, Taibi, Richard Wright, Andre Santos, Gervinho, Chamakh? They made some decent signings, but they spent a lot of money, let's not gas them up.
@@joehunt390 Zola is not "much better" than Vieira. Zola was more skillful and better to watch but Vieira was a central cog to Arsenal winning 3 titles, 4 FA Cups & making a Champions League Final. To say Zola is much better is to misunderstand both players roles. I am old enough to remember both and I'm also a West Ham fan so not biased, London rivals to both teams.
David Silva all day for me did a proper professional team player, unselfish on the bell, did all his talking on the pitch and he wasn’t ever in news for the wrong reasons simply excellent signing
Andy Cole got along really well with Dwight Yorke. He said personality wise they were polar opposites and that is why their relationship worked. It was actually Teddy Sheringham that he famously could not get along with. He spoke about it in his autobiography.
I would contend for Odegaard as the best signing of 2021-22. In him Arsenal got one of the most creative players in the league, and a club captain, all for 30 million. He's changed the way Arsenal plays football, leading the line with creating chances through the middle, and being vital in pressing and moving the ball against the opposition's press.
The money Spurs spent to replace Bale certainly wasn't all well spent, but to skip over Christan Eriksen as 'hilariously bad' seems rather strange, given that when Spurs sold him he had the highest number of assists of any player in the premiere league era
Hey, Billy Meredith! Tell you what, a video on his life and (never-ending) career would go down brilliantly I reckon. Still playing in the top flight at 49, and for Wales too, instrumental in the fight against the wage cap of his day in his prime, and even caught up in a major scandal related to that in the mid-1900s which almost derailed his career. He wasn't without fault in that scandal either, and was very fortunate to keep his livelihood...
Honestly for me, salah puts fear into defenders because as you can see in some highlights he can create and make goals out of nothing whereas i agree that without vvd, liverpool's defence would be shambolic Its hard to make the case between one or the other as both are intregal to LFC's dominance Coming from a city fan
Best player for a relegated side each season. I just want you to create a video to shine a light on the genius that was Juninho . Great video as always
Fascinating and erudite as ever. Cheers, Alfie. How about a seven managerial departures that were disastrous for all concerned, to follow on from your one on transfers? I'll suggest Don Revie leaving Leeds for England and Lawrie McMenemy leaving Southampton and then joining Sunderland (where he earned the nickname Lawrie Mackemenemy - which is worth making the vid by itself).
The one honourable mention that you should've included - in my opinion - is Juan Mata to Chelsea in 2011/12. Not saying he was a better signing than the one you chose, but he deserved a mention. Otherwise the list was brilliant!
no mention of Michu to Swansea in 2012/13? Cost about £2 mill, was an FPL legend, and the main man for Swansea to win the League Cup. He didn't burn for long but he did burn bright!
Day 24: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
I’d argue Diaz has taken Liverpool to another level though. Ramsdale has been very good, but honestly he seems to be as error prone as Leno, an improvement but nothing massive. And while Jose Sa has been good, I feel their defensive improvement is a far larger reflection of the new manager. Both still great signings ofc, and I do still understand the point about different time scales
@@alfielee2989 Agreed that Diaz has had a major impact Specially In Intense Moments But You can also argue that Liverpool without him would had done Same as doing with him Jose Sa Has saved 10+ goals Postshots Expected While Ramsdale Slightly error prone yes but his Attitude and Calmness is a big step up for Arsenal For me Both have had greater impact than Diaz And when Time is considered They have to take The Top spot for me
Let’s be fair that Aspas has proven himself to be an outstanding player. He just didn’t get the game time at Liverpool to prove himself. Liverpool had Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling so it was understandable that he didn’t really play
Premier League’s best signing of 2022/23 is no doubt Erling Haaland the easiest player to pick since Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry who the other 2 players who’s names just jump out at you when look at the players list of transfers made for each year
Yes Cancelo was a touch over 60 million, but the deal also included Danilo going to Juventus for around 30 million. Taking that into consideration, Bowen isn’t all that much cheaper
For me, Philippe Coutinho is really unlucky to miss out. He had such a huge impact on our club when playing, scoring screamers here and there, and then leaving for an astonishingly huge fee, giving us the funds to buy players such as Salah, Vvd, Mane and so on. However, it is hard to go against a signing as good as Eden Hazard, but I think Coutinho is very close
I agree with everything except with Salah one. The true change in Liverpool was noticed when Virgil Van Djik was signed by the club, he lifted the rest of the defence therefore even team when he started playing. That is atleast my opinion and I am an United supporter
Good to see Sylvain Distin given proper recognition. One of Harry Redknapp's great signings at Portsmouth as well. And we got him on a free after his Man City contract ended! Didn't always catch the eye because he was simply so good and solid. Sylvain Distin, magnifique.
Not disputing that there are bound to be some inconsistencies, but my logic for picking Kanté was primarily because of his role in Leicester winning the title, which I don't think would have been possible without him. Can totally understand arguments in favour of Suarez in 10-11 and KDB in 15-16 though.
Because Kante at Leicester achieved something that is unprecedented. Unheard of and dismissed as impossible. De Bruyne was already Bundesliga POTY and commanded a huge fee. Kante was unknown before the move, and his impact was instant.
@@HITCSevens Thanks for the reply. Coming to think off it, fair enough. It isn't really that exaggerating to chose Kante as i believed it to be the first time i heard it...
It wasn't just the fact that Eric Cantona was such a great signing for Man United it was they bought him for a ridiculously cheap transfer fee which makes him the biggest bargain of all time i still don't understand to this day why Leeds were so willing to let him go and for such a low price as well.
@@rwalker0130 Or needed handling in the right way. Alex Ferguson did, Howard Wilkinson struggled despite him helping Leeds to the final Div 1 title. Cantona might like Kante be the best signing in 2 successive top-flight seasons.
Hi Alfie. I was wondering can you make a video about Dinamo Tbilisi it's the biggest club in my country and since I really enjoy you're videos just had to ask
Thank you for great content as always, could you do a video covering the world Cup Qualifiers, it would be closer to the actual event be could you keep it in mind
I think some Chelsea players were criminally overlooked by you Alfie. The fact that Costa finished behind the most average player ever which is Wilfried Zaha and the fact that for you Hazard is only narrowly ahead of Coutinho is ridiculous to say the least. But the overall video is great
Small gripe but one I had to mention nonetheless as a Liverpool fan: when you said Alisson had close to no competition in 18/19 I would definitely say an honourable mention had to go to Fabinho, Imo since Fernandinho has aged and been less involved, Fabinho is the best DM in the league.
30 Signings. Only 9 clubs. Not sure why I'm surprised, not quite as interesting as the worst players list, purely because it's a little more predictable, knowing the eras when certain teams were dominant. To be fair, Zaha and Bowen came as a surprise to me, since I'd guessed only 7 clubs would be included (The big 6 + Leicester for Kante)
Sol Campbell 2001-02. Spurs' golden boy moving across to their north London rival on a free transfer, won the PL in his first season and then won it again in 2003-04 as an Invincible at WHITE HARTE LANE, deserved at least an honourable mention.
@@lordbendtner6404 Arsenal agenda but having so many Arsenal players in the earlier parts of this video despite having so much competition with United??
Gotta remember that some of the signings on this list were only the best signing of the season in hindsight. Ronaldo didnt have an immediate impact and was outshined by Rooney for a few years. If Alfie redoes this video in 10 years Ødegaard or Ramsdale might take the 21/22 spot, but for now Diaz has apparently impressed him more
@@minnumseerrund that's the thing. Odegaard HAS had an immediate impact. He's been arguably the best player on a team who're probably going to finish top 4
I accept I’m rather biased here, but I genuinely think Joao Moutinho deserves a mention for 2018/19. £5m was an absolute steal and we are a worse team without him.
Agree with many of these, and Kante probably deserves the back-to-back honours. However, if it's value for money you're going for, how about Andy Robertson? £8m from Hull City to Liverpool, and was a vital part of the Premier League & Champions League winning teams, amongst all the other silverware. Was heading towards the Championship & literally won the lot.
should do best/worst players who went from the English league to the spl Scottish league, for example joey Barton roy keane robbie keane Patrick roberts etc
I definitely think cancelo should be ahead of Bowen, because he’s become world class on either side, and he didn’t cost us 60 million it was a swap deal with money added on that apparently didn’t even total to 60 million. It’s a very underrated and exceptional piece of business. Also Rodri deserves a shout too.
@@jhaych LOL 😆 yeah I'm a different o shea lol. And I support Liverpool. I just respect united players back then like Keane he set standards today's players haven't a clue to do. I saw 30 years of basic silverware so I understand how United see there team thus year I never seen a bad Liverpool team lose games the way United current team lose its a disgrace Sunday league players would give more
Hi alfie, consider this idea please : 7 greatest peaks of players who went on to have rather disappointing careers. You can decide whether you wanna do it just for the prem or for Europe in general.
Pascal chimbonda 20005/6. Unknown, cheap, quality, team of the season and good transfer fee received from a big club. Honorable mention I would think. ????
Pretty sure Coley and Yorke had a great friendship off the pitch and it was Sheringham and Coley that had the off field issues? Loving the content as always Alfie!
How about one where you list the best signings of the literal season they joined? A lot of these entries are included because they performed well in the years after signing, so the list is dominated by the top 4 or 5 clubs in England.
No love for Martin Odegaard for 2021/22. I mean, he only unlocked the potential of a devastating albeit young Arsenal attack as well as became the team captain over his first full season while the Gunners have far exceeded anyone's wild expectations for this season. But hey, this is your show.
Looks like the list is more like players who signed and won trophies irrespective of other individual performances as there must be players who stacked very good numbers but didn’t win trophies, Just as a player Saurez is rated much higher than silva just like Saha should be ahead of walker
how in the world did Jose Sa not even get mentioned in 2021/22? wolves scored 38 goals all season, literally relegation form, yet jose sa kept them in a european race until the final 2 months with heroic goalkeeping, statistically the best goalkeeper all season and cost wolves around £5m
I think the case for Cech in 2005 is stronger because Rooney would have inevitably been a success wherever he went; his signing was pretty much a "no-brainer" for Ferguson at that point. Whereas, would anyone really have predicted the quality and longevity of Cech when he first signed? Arguably the greatest PL Goalkeeper of all time...if he hadn't suffered that horrific injury it probably wouldn't be a case for debate at all.
Was Chris Sutton signed 94/95? He could be argued to be the missing piece in the jigsaw. He scored 15 but surely helped shearer to a number of his 33 goals on the way to winning the league???
Remember Sheringhams transfer well, Man Utd fans screaming their displeasure at the "waste of money" on an average 31 yr old......oh how wrong they were.
Didn't William Zaha have a brief spell at Manchester United but could break in to the first team then moved back to crystal place, or is that the Mandela effect in action?
Arsenal have had some bargains recently like Odegaard, saliba, Gabriel and martinelli for all less than 35 million and now they are worth more than 100 million.
Funny how righteous Alfie ignores the repulsiveness of the Manchester City owners and just showers praise upon them for their footballing successes, ignoring everything else. Very FIFA-like of him.
I noticed a slight error in the video. Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole are good mates and get on really well, almost too well at their peak! There are a few tabloids stories from that time that claim their partnership combined to score off the field with a young lady! The Man United players who famously didn't get on but managed to maintain a total professionalism on the pitch were Andy Cole and Teddy Sherringham.
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I thought that was what happened too, although I'm no United fan. I know Teddy didn't get on with Cole, I always put it down to the fact they were both dickheads 😁
I was a bit puzzled about that, but left it as it was so long ago. But yes, now that you mentioned it, I do remember Cole and Sherringham not getting along.
Yep, Cole and Yorke were besties - even played together at Blackburn Rovers after they left Man U.
I did watch a video of Yorke and Cole’s friendship being known.
Respect for mentioning Wilfrid Bony. As a Swansea supporter, we often get overlooked due to the amount of money we have as a club to spend on transfers. But Bony- and Michu, were our gems.
Would have thought Torres would make the 2007/08 season. Impact was instant, almost took Liverpool to a title in 2008/09, and doubled the money spent on him when sold to Chelsea.
They definitely got the best of him. He was never super prolific at Atletico, so it was a pretty big surprise to everyone at how much of a boss he became in those first couple of seasons. He then famously "dropped off", but he didn't, he reverted to his usual standard.
@@thebigbop5866 How do you know he didn't actually step up in his game but just couldnt adjust his qualities to the new surroundings at Chelsea? After all he also managed to replicate his tremendous form for the spanish national team during the time he spent at Liverpool
@@Reorganiser No he was never a beast for the Spanish national team either, during Euro 2008 there was a lot of concern over him all of the other top rated players were performing the best they ever were but he had yet to put the ball in the back of the net, backup Dani Guiza had scored 3 on route to the final and looked arguably a better option. Thankfully, Torres broke his duck by scoring the singular goal in the final, but he was never "the man". He was either "the future" or just another good cog in a finely oiled machine. And besides, for 6 months before the Chelsea move he had already fallen off. It was a 2 season purple patch, then he reverted to the mean.
@@thebigbop5866 First of all tbf it was hard to be "the man" in that spanish team considering only Messi could just about be "the man" at Barca next to Xavi, Iniesta, Puyol etc. . But I've seen players being absolutely oustanding for a year or two, then drop off massively and hav a comeback a few years later. Anthony Modeste at Cologne is such an example, as he was about as good 4 years ago as he is now, but had a poor spell of seasons in betweem. With footballers at that level, it's about wether the surroundings fit or not to get the player in good form. Sometimes the player doesnt feel like he could archieve enough with set conditions around him. Currently Messi is a good example of how different conditions benefit or in that case worsen output which leads to people believe they have a drop off, but actually it's just conditions that cant get the best out of players
@@Reorganiser I'm sorry but people have a habit of losing themselves in "mania", there was definitely a "Torresmania" in the premier league and particularly Liverpool for a few seasons, but that wasn't his standard. You talk about bad conditions, well the flip side is good conditions. Torres walking into Liverpool was ideal for him, the team was set up to build up to someone who could be fed the ball in good positions, they had bern trying to make life ideal for a number 9 for at least 2 years before he arrived, Dirk Kuyt was supposed to be the original Torres, but he turned out not to be that prolific but an immensely hard worker. Torres was always a better finisher than Kuyt, so he thrived in a team that was built to feed someone. Torres had a purple patch, people lost themselves in saying "this is who the player is", whilst followers of Spanish football were extremely surprised at the newly reinvented Torres who scored goals for fun, that was never his game before. He was 24 when he joined Pool, still a young enough age to turn it all around, Shearer at one time didn't score many goals for Southampton then went to Blackburn and lit it up for the rest of his career, so it happens, Lewandowski didn't really get going for a few years either, but Torres only had 2 and a half seasons of that, then he began to resemble again the type of player he always was, he was always more of an auxiliary/supporting forward, not the main man. Torres was always the same kind of player, but deceived the world by playing out of his skin at Liverpool for a few seasons, many didn't see him until he joined the PL and that's what they thought he was like, but he wasn't until then, and eventually reassumed his previous trajectory. Lewandowski and Shearer once they got going being prolific that's who they became, when Torres started being prolific it was a very out of character run that eventually ran out of steam.
Would be nice to see a 'best bargains' or 'value for money' list. This feels like the best player that signed for a club in every season. Jay Jay Okocha was on a free AND was signed by Bolton, that surely makes him an even more impressive signing that year? Great vid though
Love the video idea, but don't agree with Jay Jay being the better signing.
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Who brought more success to the club is the criteria
No way in hell is anything Jay-Jay did for Bolton as good as what Ferdinand did at Man United. He was a top lad, but he was never a better signing. Was a better value signing? Yes. Better overall? No.
Idk about 2013-14 being a poor window for signings, in those 7 ‘flops’ that Tottenham signed. One was Christian Eriksen who was neck and neck with KDB and Özil (kind of) in terms of playmaking stats.
Erik Lamela, not amazing either, but lasted a few years and certainly had his moments.
I actually would argue that he was an amazing signing, as he was absolutely worldclass for Spurs at least in my books. Still amazes me how they could let go of him for anything less than 60 million quid. Imagine him in that attacking line nie at Spurs next to Kane, Son and Kulusevski. Quite the underrated player IMO
@@thebigbop5866 He could've been a solid option if we wasn't made of glass.
Eriksen was and arguably is a world class midfielder
@@aryamanmani4025 He was a strange one. When he was fit he was a tank. When he was fit...
I don't know if it was a mistake or it was intentional but Japp Stam not even getting an honourable mention in the 98-99 season signing is surprising. Guy played 3 seasons for United ig, won 3 PL titles and was in the PFA team of the year all 3 years.
United we’re just too good.
Yeah 1998-99 seems to be a rare blunder on this channel missing Stam and seeing Cole and Yorke as not being friends. Happens to the best of us.
Stam was the league's best defender those 3 seasons at man utd
Hi Alfie, I think your inclusion of Lucas Radebe, Jay-Jay Okocha and Di Canio as honourable mentions are very astute shouts! Can we have some more videos on brilliant signings made by clubs outside of today's English "galaticos" (the PL London teams, Merseyside and Manchester basically)? Can we also have more nostalgia videos about various great players from the first circa 15 years of the EPL between 1992 and 2007 ish? I think this will help educate your younger viewers at HITC as well as appealing to old gimmers like me (aged 40) and football nerds of all ages too!
Maybe an exclusion of a top 6?
Unintentional or not you just called Crystal Palace the galaticos.
Kinda sad how Man Utd’s transfer policies collapse from amazing scouting to such a pathetic level
The only way is up now tho baby, least we wasn’t terrible for 30 years, people only got what, 1 season out of us?
@@Johndoe-gf7eu who got one season out of who
Day 1: David Moyes’ best 7 signings. Or Conte. i always liked that series, wish you continued it
Tim Cahil for £1.5 million.
Love how 90's best transfers just dominated by Manchester United & Arsenal.
Wenger and Sir Alex’s eye for talent was unmatched
@@thomascorbett9265 ever heard of Eric Djemba Djemba, Bebe, Taibi, Richard Wright, Andre Santos, Gervinho, Chamakh? They made some decent signings, but they spent a lot of money, let's not gas them up.
@@kiriakoz almost like that’s the best he could do with The Kroenke’s giving him peanuts
Just coz old mate thinks they r the best doesn't mean they r......
FYI zola signing much better than Vieira but.......
@@joehunt390 Zola is not "much better" than Vieira. Zola was more skillful and better to watch but Vieira was a central cog to Arsenal winning 3 titles, 4 FA Cups & making a Champions League Final.
To say Zola is much better is to misunderstand both players roles. I am old enough to remember both and I'm also a West Ham fan so not biased, London rivals to both teams.
David Silva all day for me did a proper professional team player, unselfish on the bell, did all his talking on the pitch and he wasn’t ever in news for the wrong reasons simply excellent signing
Can you please do "Best XI players who never played in the world cup"? (excluding those who played before the first world cup in 1930)
And worst!
Andy Cole got along really well with Dwight Yorke. He said personality wise they were polar opposites and that is why their relationship worked.
It was actually Teddy Sheringham that he famously could not get along with. He spoke about it in his autobiography.
I would contend for Odegaard as the best signing of 2021-22. In him Arsenal got one of the most creative players in the league, and a club captain, all for 30 million. He's changed the way Arsenal plays football, leading the line with creating chances through the middle, and being vital in pressing and moving the ball against the opposition's press.
Yea but they bottled it as usual.. Europa league here we go 😂⚽
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Agreed. And he didn't even get a mention....
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Also Gabriel Martinelli for 6 million pounds should be the signing of 19/20 instead of Bowen.
The money Spurs spent to replace Bale certainly wasn't all well spent, but to skip over Christan Eriksen as 'hilariously bad' seems rather strange, given that when Spurs sold him he had the highest number of assists of any player in the premiere league era
Hey, Billy Meredith! Tell you what, a video on his life and (never-ending) career would go down brilliantly I reckon. Still playing in the top flight at 49, and for Wales too, instrumental in the fight against the wage cap of his day in his prime, and even caught up in a major scandal related to that in the mid-1900s which almost derailed his career. He wasn't without fault in that scandal either, and was very fortunate to keep his livelihood...
As we have seen this season Liverpool can be the same team without salah at some points more functional where as van dijk is irreplaceable
Honestly for me, salah puts fear into defenders because as you can see in some highlights he can create and make goals out of nothing whereas i agree that without vvd, liverpool's defence would be shambolic
Its hard to make the case between one or the other as both are intregal to LFC's dominance
Coming from a city fan
Yoo congrats on surpassing HITC Football in subs Alfie!!
Best player for a relegated side each season. I just want you to create a video to shine a light on the genius that was Juninho . Great video as always
Fascinating and erudite as ever. Cheers, Alfie. How about a seven managerial departures that were disastrous for all concerned, to follow on from your one on transfers? I'll suggest Don Revie leaving Leeds for England and Lawrie McMenemy leaving Southampton and then joining Sunderland (where he earned the nickname Lawrie Mackemenemy - which is worth making the vid by itself).
The one honourable mention that you should've included - in my opinion - is Juan Mata to Chelsea in 2011/12. Not saying he was a better signing than the one you chose, but he deserved a mention. Otherwise the list was brilliant!
no mention of Michu to Swansea in 2012/13? Cost about £2 mill, was an FPL legend, and the main man for Swansea to win the League Cup. He didn't burn for long but he did burn bright!
Recency bias has the bamboozling cases of Mahrez & Kante cases. Overlooking a gem like this is I guess understanble
Day 24: Considering that the last player who played in the miracle of Bern died about 6 months ago, I would really like to see a video about the whole story between Germany and Hungary, especially because it meant so much to at least the German population
I'm super early so I might as well congratulate you for the quality of the content you produce on this channel. Keep up with the great work !!!
Alexis really should’ve had a shout for 14/15
Great list and well backed up reasons for the decisions, I do like how you included who you were deciding between for most seasons.
Honorable mention should've gone to Sol Campbell to Arsenal in the 2001-02 season.
This Season Should have been Jose Sa Or Aaron Ramsdale
Diaz has been Brilliant but you Can't compare 4 months with 8
I’d argue Diaz has taken Liverpool to another level though. Ramsdale has been very good, but honestly he seems to be as error prone as Leno, an improvement but nothing massive. And while Jose Sa has been good, I feel their defensive improvement is a far larger reflection of the new manager. Both still great signings ofc, and I do still understand the point about different time scales
@@alfielee2989 Agreed that Diaz has had a major impact Specially In Intense Moments
But You can also argue that Liverpool without him would had done Same as doing with him
Jose Sa Has saved 10+ goals Postshots Expected
While Ramsdale Slightly error prone yes but his Attitude and Calmness is a big step up for Arsenal
For me Both have had greater impact than Diaz And when Time is considered
They have to take The Top spot for me
Yes you can compare 4 months to 8 when there are 4 trophies at stake.
Ødegaard joined Arsenal on a permanent deal in the summer. Could very well be considered the best signing of 21/22 in a few years.
Let’s be fair that Aspas has proven himself to be an outstanding player. He just didn’t get the game time at Liverpool to prove himself. Liverpool had Suarez, Sturridge and Sterling so it was understandable that he didn’t really play
I mean you kinda forgot about the ginger from Sweden. Cost less than Diaz and has had more goal contributions. And is younger as well.
Premier League’s best signing of 2022/23 is no doubt Erling Haaland the easiest player to pick since Cristiano Ronaldo and Thierry Henry who the other 2 players who’s names just jump out at you when look at the players list of transfers made for each year
Yes Cancelo was a touch over 60 million, but the deal also included Danilo going to Juventus for around 30 million. Taking that into consideration, Bowen isn’t all that much cheaper
All a little irrelevant given Gabriel Martinelli was signed that year for 6 million pounds, and is my clear choice over Cancelo or Bowen.
@@tristanbass-krueger7195 Martinelli has been really good for the first half of this season. Let’s see if he can keep it up before we crown him as #1
@@Sproles11 Was great last season too, altho fair enough I suppose Bowen was more prolific. I have no doubt that Martinelli will prove it.
Honestly this channel is the best!!
Video idea: Middle East XI
Is Egypt in the Middle East?
You really compared Coutinho at liverpool to Hazard at chelsea? WHAT
Alfie, how about a list of 7 unrealised potential in the PL due to injury? Players like Abou Diaby and Ledley King or even Dean Ashton.
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Great shout!
Jack Wilshere.
I think Sami Hyypia deserved an honourable mention for 1999-2000
This list does show the Brilliance of Wenger and Fergie......they nailed MOST of their signings
Nice that you got David Brooks in the pics at the start, good job 👏
"Who de heck is that feckin langer Brooks?" is a one thing would Keano defo say. 😁
For me, Philippe Coutinho is really unlucky to miss out. He had such a huge impact on our club when playing, scoring screamers here and there, and then leaving for an astonishingly huge fee, giving us the funds to buy players such as Salah, Vvd, Mane and so on. However, it is hard to go against a signing as good as Eden Hazard, but I think Coutinho is very close
He never made the big time at Liverpool
He was so greedy sometimes. But then again, the team was shit 😂
Yorke and Cole were mates Alfie ,it was Cole and Sheringham who had beef , excellent content again though
2022-23 Erling Haaland (Manchester City)
Diaz is a good shout
Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole are friends, you’re thinking about Andy Cole and Teddy Sheringham who dislike each other.
Bloody hate eachother haha
Well said Fella
"It's hard to underestimate Roy Keane's impact" I mean how could you when you're probably laying on the pitch with your leg snapped in half 😂😂
Dennis Bergkamp is the greatest signing of anything, ever.
No no no Cristiank Ronaldo is
Theirry Henry
@@BenjaminButton6573 shut up
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No, it's Lord Harry Maguire
Video Idea: "Most successful loanee ever". As in most titles won and biggest impact as loaned player. ideally over multiple loan spells. Thoughts?
I agree with everything except with Salah one. The true change in Liverpool was noticed when Virgil Van Djik was signed by the club, he lifted the rest of the defence therefore even team when he started playing. That is atleast my opinion and I am an United supporter
Good to see Sylvain Distin given proper recognition. One of Harry Redknapp's great signings at Portsmouth as well. And we got him on a free after his Man City contract ended! Didn't always catch the eye because he was simply so good and solid. Sylvain Distin, magnifique.
27:30 Two gems in 13/14, Fernandinho is an obvious pick but Eriksen was a brilliant signing for Spurs. Bony? Good, that's true, but he was no Eriksen.
Love your videos Alfie! also love to see a 'X countries best ever 7 players'
Taking Silva over Suarez for "longevityu" but Leicester Kante over De Bruyne doesn't make sense for the same reason.
Longevity* :) But agreed, not taking KDB is wtf.
Not disputing that there are bound to be some inconsistencies, but my logic for picking Kanté was primarily because of his role in Leicester winning the title, which I don't think would have been possible without him. Can totally understand arguments in favour of Suarez in 10-11 and KDB in 15-16 though.
Because Kante at Leicester achieved something that is unprecedented. Unheard of and dismissed as impossible. De Bruyne was already Bundesliga POTY and commanded a huge fee. Kante was unknown before the move, and his impact was instant.
@@HITCSevens cheers for replying and cheers for all your great content!
@@HITCSevens Thanks for the reply. Coming to think off it, fair enough. It isn't really that exaggerating to chose Kante as i believed it to be the first time i heard it...
De bruyne and kante...honestly that must be one of the hardest decisions
It wasn't just the fact that Eric Cantona was such a great signing for Man United it was they bought him for a ridiculously cheap transfer fee which makes him the biggest bargain of all time i still don't understand to this day why Leeds were so willing to let him go and for such a low price as well.
Nobody wanted Cantona. The only reason Leeds had him was because nobody in France wanted him, despite his successes. He was a world class dick.
SAF himself said Schmeichel was the best bargain he ever made. 500.000£ for a (future) Euro Cup winning goalie isnt bad
Cantona is one of my all time favorites, but dude was pretty hard to handle. Maybe that was why
@@rwalker0130 Or needed handling in the right way. Alex Ferguson did, Howard Wilkinson struggled despite him helping Leeds to the final Div 1 title. Cantona might like Kante be the best signing in 2 successive top-flight seasons.
Hi Alfie. I was wondering can you make a video about Dinamo Tbilisi it's the biggest club in my country and since I really enjoy you're videos just had to ask
14:36 Thanks Alfie, I had a hard time distinguishing which one is CR
Thank you for great content as always, could you do a video covering the world Cup Qualifiers, it would be closer to the actual event be could you keep it in mind
This channel has took over hitc sport now madness
Not even a mention of Romero to Spurs? Looks to be a world class cb in the making whilst only being 24
I think some Chelsea players were criminally overlooked by you Alfie. The fact that Costa finished behind the most average player ever which is Wilfried Zaha and the fact that for you Hazard is only narrowly ahead of Coutinho is ridiculous to say the least. But the overall video is great
Zaha is world class.. If he play for barca or Madrid he score 50 goals in every season
Small gripe but one I had to mention nonetheless as a Liverpool fan: when you said Alisson had close to no competition in 18/19 I would definitely say an honourable mention had to go to Fabinho, Imo since Fernandinho has aged and been less involved, Fabinho is the best DM in the league.
Good video,but Fernando Torres to Liverpool didn't even get an honourable mention?!
30 Signings.
Only 9 clubs.
Not sure why I'm surprised, not quite as interesting as the worst players list, purely because it's a little more predictable, knowing the eras when certain teams were dominant.
To be fair, Zaha and Bowen came as a surprise to me, since I'd guessed only 7 clubs would be included (The big 6 + Leicester for Kante)
Douglas Luiz from City to Villa is an outstanding bit of business
Yorke and Cole got on really well off the pitch…did ya mean Sheringham?
Sol Campbell 2001-02.
Spurs' golden boy moving across to their north London rival on a free transfer, won the PL in his first season and then won it again in 2003-04 as an Invincible at WHITE HARTE LANE, deserved at least an honourable mention.
Not even a honorable mention for Odegaard!? C'mon Alfie, Cheap, Young, Impactful, and a quality player, all the things you valued in this list
He has arsenal agenda
No
@@lordbendtner6404 Arsenal agenda but having so many Arsenal players in the earlier parts of this video despite having so much competition with United??
Gotta remember that some of the signings on this list were only the best signing of the season in hindsight. Ronaldo didnt have an immediate impact and was outshined by Rooney for a few years.
If Alfie redoes this video in 10 years Ødegaard or Ramsdale might take the 21/22 spot, but for now Diaz has apparently impressed him more
@@minnumseerrund that's the thing. Odegaard HAS had an immediate impact. He's been arguably the best player on a team who're probably going to finish top 4
The drinkwater slander never ends with this guy! Hahahahahaha. He always gets it in somewhere. I love it. Great Video.
I accept I’m rather biased here, but I genuinely think Joao Moutinho deserves a mention for 2018/19. £5m was an absolute steal and we are a worse team without him.
2012/13 got no mention of Swansea legend Michu:/
Agree with many of these, and Kante probably deserves the back-to-back honours. However, if it's value for money you're going for, how about Andy Robertson? £8m from Hull City to Liverpool, and was a vital part of the Premier League & Champions League winning teams, amongst all the other silverware. Was heading towards the Championship & literally won the lot.
should do best/worst players who went from the English league to the spl Scottish league, for example joey Barton roy keane robbie keane Patrick roberts etc
I definitely think cancelo should be ahead of Bowen, because he’s become world class on either side, and he didn’t cost us 60 million it was a swap deal with money added on that apparently didn’t even total to 60 million. It’s a very underrated and exceptional piece of business. Also Rodri deserves a shout too.
I really think this list is spot on and so to are the justifications.👌
I think people forget just how ridiculous Yaya Toure was at City
I tought Cole didn't get on with Sheringham if he didn't get on with Yorke I don't think they be In a picture together
Yeah it's teddy and cole who don't get on at all
@@jhaych Yeah was thinking that
@@Irishrover101 you should know, I'm sure you shared a dressing room with them.. 😉
@@jhaych LOL 😆 yeah I'm a different o shea lol. And I support Liverpool. I just respect united players back then like Keane he set standards today's players haven't a clue to do. I saw 30 years of basic silverware so I understand how United see there team thus year I never seen a bad Liverpool team lose games the way United current team lose its a disgrace Sunday league players would give more
Day 258: Indonesia XI If All Eligible Players Had Declared For Them.
Keep dreaming bocah
My mom was crazy over Ljungberg modelling Clavin Klein briefs I remember ^^
Hi alfie, consider this idea please : 7 greatest peaks of players who went on to have rather disappointing careers. You can decide whether you wanna do it just for the prem or for Europe in general.
When in doubt always go with N'Golo Kante, love the man which is hard on me because I am not a Chelsea supporter.
Pascal chimbonda 20005/6. Unknown, cheap, quality, team of the season and good transfer fee received from a big club. Honorable mention I would think. ????
Bergkamp is the best signing in every season. Absolute filth. He was unreal.
What did tomiyasu cost? Compared to output? Seriously though great vid and can't totally disagree with any of em. Nice yet again Alfie!
Old video yes, but just wanted to say that Mané was signed in 16/17. A season before Salah.
Number 1, Right on spot. The rest Fully agreed. Thank you very much. Next May be The Best Home Groomed Players would be excellent
Pretty sure Coley and Yorke had a great friendship off the pitch and it was Sheringham and Coley that had the off field issues?
Loving the content as always Alfie!
You would be spot on Bro ……..
I don’t fully agree with Sheringham 97-98, but I can live with it. I missed Petit and Overmars as honorable mentions, though.
How about one where you list the best signings of the literal season they joined? A lot of these entries are included because they performed well in the years after signing, so the list is dominated by the top 4 or 5 clubs in England.
No love for Martin Odegaard for 2021/22.
I mean, he only unlocked the potential of a devastating albeit young Arsenal attack as well as became the team captain over his first full season while the Gunners have far exceeded anyone's wild expectations for this season.
But hey, this is your show.
Looks like the list is more like players who signed and won trophies irrespective of other individual performances as there must be players who stacked very good numbers but didn’t win trophies,
Just as a player Saurez is rated much higher than silva just like Saha should be ahead of walker
how in the world did Jose Sa not even get mentioned in 2021/22? wolves scored 38 goals all season, literally relegation form, yet jose sa kept them in a european race until the final 2 months with heroic goalkeeping, statistically the best goalkeeper all season and cost wolves around £5m
I think the case for Cech in 2005 is stronger because Rooney would have inevitably been a success wherever he went; his signing was pretty much a "no-brainer" for Ferguson at that point. Whereas, would anyone really have predicted the quality and longevity of Cech when he first signed? Arguably the greatest PL Goalkeeper of all time...if he hadn't suffered that horrific injury it probably wouldn't be a case for debate at all.
Was Chris Sutton signed 94/95? He could be argued to be the missing piece in the jigsaw. He scored 15 but surely helped shearer to a number of his 33 goals on the way to winning the league???
Remember Sheringhams transfer well, Man Utd fans screaming their displeasure at the "waste of money" on an average 31 yr old......oh how wrong they were.
Didn't William Zaha have a brief spell at Manchester United but could break in to the first team then moved back to crystal place, or is that the Mandela effect in action?
Danny Drinkwater.. Harry magiure both done well after Leicester.. not on the pitch but bank balance wise
RIP Tiote
Should do a video on every premier league team most successful head coach every team had
Its amazing to see how well-run Arsenal and United were. The suits just don't have that eye for talent.
Arsenal have had some bargains recently like Odegaard, saliba, Gabriel and martinelli for all less than 35 million and now they are worth more than 100 million.
Once again thanking Alfie for raving off about Bowen so I raved about him with my friends and now I look like a visionary.
Funny how righteous Alfie ignores the repulsiveness of the Manchester City owners and just showers praise upon them for their footballing successes, ignoring everything else. Very FIFA-like of him.