Barthez, Heinze, Lukaku, Hargreaves...are not flops. Come on people. Bebe is flop. Obertan is flop. Schneiderlin is flop.
But players who were solid but didn't justify hype are not flops.
As
@Annihilate Now! perfectly said.
And Veron?? How is he a flop ffs?
Bebe wasn’t a flop - god only knows what we call him, a bung I suppose. He was a disaster of a transfer, and one of SAFs worst ever buys, but I don’t think he fits the criteria of a flop.
Obertan was a £2m punt, in the same way players like Dong and Bellion were - they had close to zero expectation.
Lukuku was 100% a flop. Couldn’t hit a barn door against a top team, 1 goal in 23 appearances against the top 6.
Veron - probably the most disappointing transfer I remember, wonderful player, didn’t work, disrupted a great midfield, flogged for 1/2 price to Chelsea 2 years later, and we we’re lucky they suddenly had money. If it wasn’t for Chelsea we would not have got anywhere near £15m for him.
I wouldn’t describe Hargreaves as a flop, but he failed to deliver due to injuries. Blomquest would be the same.