Enzo Fernandez | Chelsea €121m player
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I hope he gets more scrutiny than Pogba
Gonna be a huge weight on his shoulders.
That's a lot of money 
We're not top 3 anymore!
Why don’t we get players on the sly, this cheaply with minimum fuss?
insane money, great player. Chelsea got themselves a midfielder for years
Worrying that most of those transfer are bad
Antony could still come good but VvD is the only real success and he's gone off the boil now.
Oh boy this really looks awful when presented like this. 5 of our own transfers and if you were to be honest - all, but the one we did this year (so too early to tell) seem to be terrible pieces of business. Only VVD seems to have been worth the money.
Games gone
It’s quite staggering how these massive transfers seem to consistently flop. See what happens with this one.
Grealish
He's shite. They'll loan him to Inter in the Summer
I think after spending this amount, they'll give him at least a year to settle in, surely!
Lukaku being in there twice says a lot about how stupid these fees are 
He surely is the most expensive player ever with cumulative transfer fees, at this point? I know way back then it was di Maria, iirc.Lukaku
A lot of the big transfer moves in PL aren’t successful if you look through the list.
Now now, let’s play fair…
If United’s signing are forever quoted in euros so they can be slagged off on the Cafe then the same should apply for other teams.
Enzo cost 121 million euros!
If United’s signing are forever quoted in euros so they can be slagged off on the Cafe then the same should apply for other teams.
Enzo cost 121 million euros!
Wild. Hope he flops.
Someone did a thorough run through of all of the most expensive transfers and the vast majority of them were flops
Fair point.
Probably send him on loan to the Championship for a season to get him up to speed.I think after spending this amount, they'll give him at least a year to settle in, surely!
He plays for a London club, will barely be a peep.
If he manages a couple long balls they'll be replaying it on MOTD over and over
5 players in the top 10 though?
But seriously, that's what, 1 outright success, jury's out on 5 and then 4 that failed to live up to expectations or outright flopped hard?
Morata could challenge but yeah lukaku is right at the top
Crazy that only one of those players could be labelled as a resounding success... (Thus far)
That was a long time ago. Currently it is Lukaku but it was Neymar when he moved to PSG.
Forgot about morata but yeah, amazing how lukaku is at the top!
Aargh yes, Neymar as well!
Only reason Pogba got that negative scrutiny was because he was/is a massive celebrity off the pitch. All the old boomers in the media hate when a footballer has personality.
So Enzo won’t get that sort of shit from the media.
Shevchenko -> Robinho -> Torres (Chelsea) -> Pogba -> Grealish -> Fernandez
What do the predecessors of Fernandez for the English transfer record all in common other than the fact that they were all ego purchases done to prove a point?
What do the predecessors of Fernandez for the English transfer record all in common other than the fact that they were all ego purchases done to prove a point?
Shows how even the professionals are partial to just lazily looking at the top line.Lukaku being in there twice says a lot about how stupid these fees are
It's one thing fans doing it but managers and/or people running clubs being that stupid is unbelievable.
Morata is a fair bit away and not got much scope for big fees at his age. If Lukaku's record is to be broken I think it'll probably be by Mbappe. Haaland is a frequent mover but if the reported release clause thing is true, that puts his overall potential fee down a bit.
Yes he is. Ahead of Neymar and CR7…
Countiho and Morata also make the top 5… These 2 and Lukaku should tell us all we need to know about big transfer fees.
https://www.transfermarkt.com/statistik/transfererloese
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To be fair I think that says more about our club over the last 10 years than the players themselves.5 players in the top 10 though?
But seriously, that's what, 1 outright success, jury's out on 5 and then 4 that failed to live up to expectations or outright flopped hard?
What player hasn't flopped? only really Martial has lasted since the LVG era and he's wishy washy.
Fernandes is the only 'hit' we've had in most of our transfers. Some decent squad players like Fred,Herrera but the majority have all come and gone quickly.
It doesn't help that our playing style has gone from direct to possession to counter then back to direct again over several managers.
United occupying half of the top 10, and none of them have been worthwhile so far (fingers crossed on Antony and Sancho), laughable stuff.
He went to Benfica for €10m in August. They've made a €101m profit on him in six months
Then you need to switch it to pounds for no reason and slightly inflate the fee whilst complaining about it.
Can't believe they signed someone from the Portuguese league for £130m.