Remember Michu?
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Perhaps no player has had such a sudden and unexpected impact at a team like Michu had at Swansea.
A bargain from Spain that Sir Alex Ferguson had “never really heard of” lit up the Premier League in his only full season in South Wales.
But how did Swansea find him? And what happened to him after that season?
Seb Stafford-Bloor writes, Henry Cooke illustrates.
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#Michu #Swansea #PremierLeague - กีฬา
Yes I do... A true "streets will never forget" type of player.
FPL Legend to boot
He didn't moved me
@@UnknownUnknown-ej8lf Doesn't matter.
it is really depressing when the career of an exceptional player is limited by injuries, but so are the limits of the human body
very true and sad. sad that we weren't able to see more of them
Same thing happened for Michael Owen too
Just imagine how mighty Ronaldo Nazario would've been if he didn't get nagged by recurring knee injury. His pre-injury form had been stellar and if his knee held up, he might bagged a couple more Balon d'Or
Yeah
Agree with you 100%,Especially when he seemed like such a genuine guy too.
As a Swansea Fan, this was the height of a golden era for us. Absolutely loved this guy one of the best finishers I’ve ever seen live. So many great memories, the QPR debut, the goal away at Arsenal. Hope we can return to that level one day
As an Arsenal fan, I remember him making our defence looking like school children every time we played.
There should be at least 1 club from Wales in the Prem, preferably Swansea
@@user-im5wd5kb3j both should be in there! Both Cardiff and Swansea are big clubs.
He was incredible. I remember well his price being a unit of measurement - he was better than 95% of the people he was compared against in that window / previous windows and still very much in the same class as the rest. Insane bargain. So good to watch.
As a Newport and Wales football fan, Swansea did more in those 2 years for Welsh football than Cardiff has done in the last 20 years
Reframing the idea of a one season wonder into a "Bright brilliant comet which briefly sparked across the sky" ... is just a tear inducingly beautiful way to give an extremely talented player, robbed of his career by injuries, the true credit he deserves.
Honestly got a bit emotional at that, pure class from tifo
It has always bothered me that people call him a one season wonder when he absolutely wasn’t. That right ankle ruined his career, and even in his second season (with no consistent game time due to injuries) he was still absolutely outstanding when he was on the pitch.
The reason his goal return was lower is because we had just signed Bony, who was scoring goals left, right and centre. This meant Michu had to drop back into a supporting role rather than a scoring one. That second season, he was still unplayable on so many occasions. His link up play between the likes of Britton, Ki, Cañas etc. and Bony upfront was incredible to watch.
He was top, top class for 2 seasons and then the right ankle injuries ended his career. Far from a one season wonder.
@@alexdavies3428 agreed
He is also one of Haalands favorite players and he often uses Michus signature celebration when scoring
That's insane!
Haaland is such a hipster for this lol. A football scholar's pick of a favourite player
Lol Haaland is such a football nerd, love it
Haaland to Swansea confirmed
@@silvesta5027 I guess it makes sense why he took such interest in English football. He lived there for a while and supports Leeds United (who weren't exactly front page news around that time)
I was in uni in Swansea during the height of the michu and Bony era.
Hazard kicking a ball boy and the 3-0 victory over Valencia will always live with me forever!
Same!
*kicking the ball^^
Hazard didn’t kick the ball boy though and the ball boy had said he was going to cause a scene on his Twitter
The ball boy is now a multi millionaire, interesting fact for you there
@@christolfski you’re confused on the meaning of interesting I think.
Will never ever forget Michu and Wilfried Bony.
So come on Wilfred bony🙌
Michu was part of Swansea at an amazing time for the club. As a fan, I was mesmerised by him when he played. We mustn't forget De Guzman, Dyer, Routledge, Angel Rangel to name a few. What a team!
To think that Angel Rangel joined us in league one and paid part of the transfer fee himself to move here as we couldn't fully pay for what was demanded and he loved the vision of the club and style that we played.
We've had so many wonderful players come to us over the years. Here's hoping that our rebuild at the moment is successful and we see many new wonderful players again.
I think michu is a great reminder that most players need exacly the right system and role to work. Many great world class players dont reach their actual level because People around them dont realise their value to the team and dont wanna gamble with an unproven player.
Literally every week someone tweet/post about him. At this rate we’ll never forget him
It's because instagram accounts can't think of original posts, so they just steal posts for likes lol.
Who could forget? He was iconic even for a limited period. Dude had one of the best debut seasons in PL History and won a major honour with Swansea.
This is so weird, I randomly thought of him last week.. "What ever happened to Michu? and googled his record". And I'm not even a swansea fan. But what a beast of a player!
The streets will never forget him, class player
I have tears in my eyes as I type this towards the end. What a painful but heroic story!
This video made you cry? Jesus what happens if something bad actually happened to you? Do you violently explode?
@@devanman7920 chill out, it was pretty sad. i feel bad for the guy
@@collinthompson8155 not sad enough to make you cry
@@collinthompson8155 i dont care about how you feel. I dont know you
I never knew injuries took their toll on him. In fact, I just thought he got lucky that one season. But let's be real, you don't get lucky consistently for an entire season, so it makes sense that his injuries set him back. At least he'll always be remembered in Swansea
Most players that retire early do it for injury reasons. Another example is Fernando Torres (retired 35) that never recovered from his 2010 injury, and was called a flop by the media when he played at Chelsea, Milan, and had his second spell at Altetico.
@@titofernandez1500 still Torres will be remembered for his solo against Barcelona in that CL semifinal
@@dianprastowo3042 yeah, I never listened to the media. As a Chelsea fan since kid I loved when Torres played for us, such a shame that injury tarnished his goalscoring output, he scored over 20+ g/a for Liverpool in 3 consecutive years until 2010/11 happened.
@@titofernandez1500 35 isn't really retiring early for a footballer?
@@Anderslaw well he pretty much retired by going to Japan at 34.
The man was world class for a year at Swansea, always a shame when injuries destroy a great player.
I'm going to bed, ill watch this tomorrow. But to answer the question in the title: yes, of course I do. He was amazing that one season, and still very fun to watch for a while after that. Also, I used him a ton in FIFA because he was so so fun to play with and try to humiliate people using 5 star teams.
School time!!!!!
im still on school holiday woohoo
Morning honey
😂😂 good night
That Swansea team with Michu was quite amazing. It was also perfect to humiliate anyone playing with a 5 star team. Angel Rangel, Routledge, Bony, Dyer, De Guzman...
I think what was even more sensational about Michu's first season, is that those 22 goals came from about 25 touches. He scored almost entirely first time finishes
You know, even nine years later, I still can't quite believe Bradford made it to the League Cup final. I've no connection to either team, or any teams anywhere near either of them, but that was just incredible.
As a Bradford fan, it was absolutely mental. I was only 7 at the time and it was one of the first seasons I spent watching us and it gave me some false hopes for now 😂
They knocked us out on pens and it was just woeful 😭😭
@@HK-ol6pu hope mark hughes can get you to league 1 next season, you’re to big for league 2
I still remember his first season at Swansea, I used to watch their games just because of Michu. It's heartbreaking to learn what happened to him afterward.
I'm a local Swans fan and I remember getting coaching qualifications at the stadium once and Michu walked in through the doors. He ignored all of us and went straight to flirt with the receptionist, and he seemed very full of himself. Leon Britton came in not long after and gave me a greeting and a smile. Never forgot that.
For the record I loved Michu and that Swans team was a golden era. Kinda wish I appreciated it more at the time
a true chad.
He has a life dude, he can do whatever he wishes lol
@@satwickkancharana5918 guy was just sharing a personal story dude, he can do whatever he wishes
I met him once aswell but the truth is he struggled quite a lot with English or so I was told which is why he didn't really speak to the fans that often
Ill never forget this guy, he wasnt just a lethal goalscorer but had such a grace and elegance in everything he did... That Swansea team were also arguably the best team in the country to watch , they genuinely dominated games with the tiki taka style like a mini Barcelona. Sad to see how far the Swans have sunk (no pun intended) .
A player who will go down in legend. Telling kids about him one day
Definetly not in naples lol, his back pass to callejon (instead of just shooting) probably cost us our qualification in the europa league
If you watched La Liga you already knew how talented Michu was. Was so happy to see him play well in England
I loved that Swansea team and specially Michu, in Fifa. That's when I had just started watching and following football regularly. I was madly in love with that team. That team and Michu made me fall in love with football
"Bright, brilliant comet which briefly sparked across the sky" beautiful quote
It was lovely to michu.
Do more videos like these, "Streets will never forget" type. For me, and I do believe for a lot of people, these players are special. They are something rare, that doesnt happen every season. For me Michu, Bony, Taarabt and others were the reason that I really started to like the PL. They werent Messi or Ronaldo, but they were also special on their own way.
THX
Payet West Ham
@@RobinDBank-yj4lw 😍😍
Violent half-volley is the name of my death metal band
He was on fire during his premiere league time
he was legendary during that day...
Can you do one on Amr Zaki as well? Similar kind of story. Smashed it for a single season in an unfancied team and then disappeared without trace.
Michu was an incredible player, I'll never forget about this man.
My greatest ever pre season fantasy pick.
He was a class act for us! Swansea. Brilliant player and a fans favorite. We will never forget his time with us. God bless him!
This man gives me so many great memories of my youth. Thank you TIFO ❤️🏴🇪🇸
I've never understood what happened to Michael Laudrup, he seemed like he was going to be one of the best managers in the game.
Too right
We sacked him to early and then he went to Qatar
@@cwm6203 yea, i thought so. I'm surprised he's never come back to Europe.
@@johnh5424 same, he was great for us
Read a few articles siting that he 'purchased players from clubs where he would know the agent. He would get a cut of the proceeds.' I still don't think that's true-- but that's what I read. I'm sure those rumors didn't help his case
Please do more of these. These retrospectives are really interesting even if I am old enough to remember!
I clearly remember his iconic celebration, he was such a joy to watch.
What a lovely video @Tifo Football. Well written as usual. Beautiful story. Beautiful video.
Beautiful video and tribute.
I randomly met him in a shopping centre in Swansea, I was at my lowest point and I had just started going to a gym as I was also pretty overweight. He barely spoke English, yet he spent 30 minutes with me getting his mate to translate, took a real interest in what I was saying, gave me some advice, and walked through to the end of the shopping centre and said bye. It sounds silly, but it really changed things for me, the fact this dude banging in goals in the PL stopped his day to chat to me really made me feel a sense of self worth depression can rip from you. So if you ever see this Michu, thanks for not only banging in goals for Swansea but for giving me a little of your time.
The best signing of our premier league years-That Michu season was the best as a Swansea fan, what a player.
He was a machine-from that first game away at QPR to the cup final, he was unreal.
Great video lads! Superb content as always
This is undoubtedly one of my favourite Tifo videos, I love hearing remarkable stories about people I wouldn't have otherwise heard of.
So much great, i love these stories
Beautifully put at the end there.
1 season goat
Great video, really liked this one a lot. I remember that season when Michu made his mark on the prem. Proper legend.
The streets will never forget Michu. Was a revelation for Swansea scoring for fun and winning the League cup. That same season he was worth £30 million despite being bought for £2 million. Only Van Persie, Suarez, Bale and Benteke has scoring more Premier League goals than him. Unfortunately injuries ruined him and was never the same again. Through that injury to Michu Swansea fell off the cliff.
Great video! Really fantastic.
What a legend❤
Terrific little video, a fitting tribute.
More great stories like this please
Remember Michu?
As a Bradford City Fan...Unfortunately Yes...one of the big catalysts in our Capital One Cup Final dream dashing...
How could we forget? He was glorious
Dam I miss this guy. He was so fun to watch. I never knew what happened to him, thank you for this. I wish him all the best in the future.
Brilliant story-telling 👏🏽👏🏽
Loved this video. What a beautiful story Michu wrote
Beautiful 😭
bruhhhh :((( That year all i did was play Swansea on FiFA in the PsP
Michuuuuu!!!! Angel rangel hahaha so many memories! loved that he had a fairy tale type season
The happiest days of my life supporting the Swans, was emotional watching this but at the same time made me reminisce on such good times and me feel all the more better for it. Got to meet the guy myself and no matter what happened later on and the state the club is in today, none of that will change the memories of 2012-13.
Cheers crying in work , miss the good old days man
Im a Liverpool fan but that Michael Laudrup Swansea was my 2nd favorite team to watch, they were really exciting I must admit. They were alll like underrated players and manager playing in one team
Fun fact:Erling Haaland idolises Michu.
incredible writing for this video. "as a bright, brilliant comet that briefly sparked across the sky." Seb SB ever the wordsmith and football romantic
What a player!
Elmander needs a video like this as well.
Brilliant vid lads ye should do a series of them
I loved this guy.
I hadn’t become a football fan yet. I would watch a football match when I had nothing to do. And Michu was having his wonder season. I started thinking if I had to pick a team should I pick Swansea. If Michu could continue playing like that I would definitely become a Swansea fan.
beautifully written
I have always admired michu he was just special
There was a time back in 2012, I wanted him at Stamford Bridge. Football can be cruel but the streets won't forget that incredible season.
Thanks for this video .....never knew he’s career was greatly affected by injuries. I wish him the best for the future.
I love Seb's writing, he comes up with some great wrap-up lines.
Great piece..lest we forget..Michu with the backpack and a load of goals
So many great memories of this era
Michu was a one-season wonder and became a cult-phenomenon. Like that band that makes a solid debut album and vanishes. You guys were left wondering and he become a fantasy boy. The same could've happened with Liverpool's Cissé if he decided to stop playing after season 2004-2005, a season he broke his leg and then won the Champions League. We all know Cissé's next seasons were just good. Michu was, above it all, entertaining. Just like Cissé, Javier Saviola or late Michael Owen.
one of my fav players. Vardy reminds me of him at times
This was beautiful
Love this!!!
This was a particularly excellent video, thank you. Do you fancy doing one on Marco Negri next please? That season at Ranger in 1997 was phenomenal until you know what happened...
LEGEND!
I can never forget this magical player who for a shock to many isn't a striker but a perfect cog to fill in any position in the front line including cam position that felt natural to , won't like to jinx it but Joel piroe has all the similar quality to him
Wow that became emotional at the end there
As an American of Welsh decent, Swansea’s promotion to the EPL is what brought me into the game as a fan. Michu is and probably always will be my favorite player. What a lovely video, and a fitting tribute to his career.
Wholesome.
Loved the final line.
I still have a shirt with his name on the back, brings back great memories of being a young Swansea fan, hope Michu is doing well!
Beatiful story
He's back! In Pog form!
Man this is so sad!
Best one season wonder ever 🙏
This is a nice video, I was a big fan of Michu and I really wanted him at arsenal to replace rvp left foot, tall and technical. Great video
Michu was something to see truly.. not a Swansea fan but remember that season when he blew off, he wasn't the typical forward that you'd see in the Prem, he wasn't very fast but technically skillful and amazing to watch.
One of my favorite players of all time
The streets will never forget Michu, Payet, Cisse × BA, Ben Arfa & the like ... 🔥🔥🔥
I remember him. He was great for Swansea. So sad how his career ended and that he still suffers from that ankle.
mad respect for this legend, so much loyalty for his boyhood club to reject a move to la liga. not many player these days can be like that
That was lovely :)
What a class player, I'll never forget Michu.
You guys didn't have to pull at my heart strings like that towards the end :( What a player.