Mourinho's Transfers in the last few years

[Wumminator]

A lot of us seem certain he's going to be the next manager of this football club.

I present to you without comment or analysis Mourinho's transfers of the last five years.

What do we think?

Pedro - 20 million
Baba Rahman - 15 million
Begovic - 9 million
Kenedy - 6 million
Falcao - 5 million loan
Michael Hector - 4 million
Papa Dijobodi - 3 million

Diego Costa - 30 million
Cesc - 25 million
Cuardardo - 25 million
Felipe Luis - 15 million
Remy - 10 million
Pasalic - 2 million

Willian - 27 million
Matic - 19 million
Schurrle - 17 million
Salah - 13 million
Zouma - 11 million
Van Ginkel - 7 million
Christian Atsu - 3 million
Perica - 2million
Cuevas - 1.5 million

All in all about 265 million in three years.

Luka Modric - 23 million
Diego Lopez - 3 million
Michael Essien - Loan

Coentrao - 23 million
Sahin - 8 million
Varane - 8 million
Callejon - 3 million
Altintop - Free

Overall 65 million spent there.

Ángel Di María £24.75m
Mesut Özil £13.50m
Sami Khedira £10.50m
Pedro León£7.50m
Ricardo Carvalho £6.00m
Sergio Canales£4.50m
Emmanuel Adebayor Loan fee:
£3.00m
£69.75m

What say you Redcafe?

 

[villain]

Very good list overall
Varane was an absolute bargain.

Also doesn't Roman buy some players without consulting the manager?
I can't say for certain which ones happened under Mourinho's reign, but I'm sure he did this with Torres?

 

[Sly]

I think he will be ace in the transfer market when he is managing your club. Won't be hard to do better than the last 3 years.

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Very good list overall
Varane was an absolute bargain.

Also doesn't Roman buy some players without consulting the manager?
I can't say for certain which ones happened under Mourinho's reign, but I'm sure he did this with Torres?

Yeah, Mourinho admitted himself he didn't even know who Djilobodji was, and I doubt he actually wanted Falcao (though I'm not sure how much that was a Roman wish, just smells of Mendes asking for a favor).

 

[Wumminator]

Yeah, Mourinho admitted himself he didn't even know who Djilobodji was, and I doubt he actually wanted Falcao (though I'm not sure how much that was a Roman wish, just smells of Mendes asking for a favor).

Where did he admit he didn't know who he was? I'll add that to the OP.

 

[Dirty Schwein]

A lot of us seem certain he's going to be the next manager of this football club.

I present to you without comment or analysis Mourinho's transfers of the last five years.

What do we think?

Pedro - 20 million
Baba Rahman - 15 million
Begovic - 9 million
Kenedy - 6 million
Falcao - 5 million loan
Michael Hector - 4 million
Papa Dijobodi - 3 million

Diego Costa - 30 million
Cesc - 25 million
Cuardardo - 25 million
Felipe Luis - 15 million
Remy - 10 million
Pasalic - 2 million

Willian - 27 million
Matic - 19 million
Schurrle - 17 million
Salah - 13 million
Zouma - 11 million
Van Ginkel - 7 million
Christian Atsu - 3 million
Perica - 2million
Cuevas - 1.5 million

So looking at his transfers in EPL here, I think only those have proved to be successful.

 

[Cina]

Didn't he actually come close to making a profit in his second Chelsea stint?

The more worrying thing with Mourinho is the players he's let leave than the players he's brought in.

 

[.Rossi]

Pedro - 20 million - United were after him
Baba Rahman - 15 million - Who the feck is he?
Begovic - 9 million - Very good buy
Kenedy - 6 million - Who is he?
Falcao - 5 million loan - We can't say much about this
Michael Hector - 4 million
Papa Dijobodi - 3 million

Diego Costa - 30 million - Won them the league
Cesc - 25 million - Was great for 6 months, turned to shite. United also wanted him
Cuardardo - 25 million - Bizarre transfer
Felipe Luis - 15 million - Bizarre
Remy - 10 million - Decent buy
Pasalic - 2 million

Willian - 27 million - Great buy
Matic - 19 million - Went to shit but, still a good buy
Schurrle - 17 million - Great buy
Salah - 13 million - Decent
Zouma - 11 million - Good buy
Van Ginkel - 7 million
Christian Atsu - 3 million
Perica - 2million
Cuevas - 1.5 million

All in all about 265 million in three years.

Luka Modric - 23 million - Great
Diego Lopez - 3 million - Very good
Michael Essien - Loan - Meh

Coentrao - 23 million - Overpriced
Sahin - 8 million - Can't remember seeing much of him
Varane - 8 million - Great
Callejon - 3 million - Good
Altintop - Free

 

[Raw]

First 2 years at Chelsea look pretty good. That last year though, jesus. What was he thinking with Falcao?

 

[Lay]

Pedro - 20 million - Average signing
Baba Rahman - 15 million - Too early to tell
Begovic - 9 million - Solid backup
Kenedy - 6 million - Too early
Falcao - 5 million loan - Flopasaurus
Michael Hector - 4 million - Too early
Papa Dijobodi - 3 million - Too early (most likely a flop)

Diego Costa - 30 million - Good signing
Cesc - 25 million - Good signing
Cuardardo - 25 million - Poor signing
Felipe Luis - 15 million - Bizarre he rarely played, so poor signing.
Remy - 10 million - Average to poor signing
Pasalic - 2 million - Too early

Willian - 27 million - Good signing
Matic - 19 million - Good signing
Schurrle - 17 million - Decent signing, surprised he was sold
Salah - 13 million - Poor signing
Zouma - 11 million - Good signing
Van Ginkel - 7 million - No idea
Christian Atsu - 3 million - Poor signing
Perica - 2million - No idea who this is
Cuevas - 1.5 million - Ditto

All in all about 265 million in three years.

Luka Modric - 23 million - Great signing
Diego Lopez - 3 million - Good signing
Michael Essien - Loan - Barely remember him at Madrid

Coentrao - 23 million - Okay signing
Sahin - 8 million - Poor
Varane - 8 million - Great
Callejon - 3 million - Indifferent
Altintop - Free - Barely remember his time at Madrid.

 

[Sly]

Very good list overall
Varane was an absolute bargain.

Also doesn't Roman buy some players without consulting the manager?
I can't say for certain which ones happened under Mourinho's reign, but I'm sure he did this with Torres?

According to portuguese media, in 2007 he didn't want Shevchenko or Ballack. But those are just sources close to Mourinho. Regarding this year, he gave some interviews claiming that he wasn't the one who got Baba Rahman and Papi Dijobodi but he trusted the person who recommended the players.

 

[Sly]

First 2 years at Chelsea look pretty good. That last year though, jesus. What was he thinking with Falcao?

What was he thinking? He was thinking of helping his buddy Mendes. The Falcão signing is his responsability no doubt. He can't use the same excuses as he used with Baba Rahman or Papi Dijobodi

 

[Rooney in Paris]

Where did he admit he didn't know who he was? I'll add that to the OP.

See this interview. He actually says he wasn't his choice, and then goes on to say he "doesn't know every player".

 

[villain]

Yeah, Mourinho admitted himself he didn't even know who Djilobodji was, and I doubt he actually wanted Falcao (though I'm not sure how much that was a Roman wish, just smells of Mendes asking for a favor).

According to portuguese media, in 2007 he didn't want Shevchenko or Ballack. But those are just sources close to Mourinho. Regarding this year, he gave some interviews claiming that he wasn't the one who got Baba Rahman and Papi Dijobodi but he trusted the person who recommended the players.

Yeah that sounds about right, I remember AVB mentioning the issue of control of buying players at Chelsea.

 

[Wumminator]

See this interview. He actually says he wasn't his choice, and then goes on to say he "doesn't know every player".

If I take him out I sort of have to take Zouma out by the same principle.

 

[Antisocial]

That's a much stronger list than I thought it would be - I had the idea that he had been poor in the market since Roman started wanting the club to stand by itself a bit more, but there are some important signings there, and the flops haven't been that costly in reality.

 

[pacifictheme]

First 2 years at Chelsea look pretty good. That last year though, jesus. What was he thinking with Falcao?

A lot was said at the end of the transfer market about him not being backed and his targets just weren't bought. Agree it was a stinker bht not sure how much of a say he had.

 

[thelemon]

Looking at that list, there have been a lot of successful ones. Some flops, but those were mainly due to them being unnecessary rather than particularly poor, which isn't exactly a bad problem to have. Only really bad one would be Falcao, and we're in no position to talk about that.

 

[Sly]

If I take him out I sort of have to take Zouma out by the same principle.

Why? Zouma is a Mourinho signing and he said so. He signed him for his physicality, which is something Mourinho wants in his defenders (bar Ricardo Carvalho). He is clearly a kind of Mourinho signing http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/561807/Jose-Mourinho-Chelsea-Kurt-Zouma. He probably thought he was getting another Varane

 

[Wumminator]

Why? Zouma is a Mourinho signing and he said so. He signed him for his physicality, which is something Mourinho wants in his defenders (bar Ricardo Carvalho). He is clearly a kind of Mourinho signing http://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/561807/Jose-Mourinho-Chelsea-Kurt-Zouma. He probably thought he was getting another Varane

In that article he says that he used the same process to buy Zouma as he did this new idiot.

 

[Sly]

A lot was said at the end of the transfer market about him not being backed and his targets just weren't bought. Agree it was a stinker bht not sure how much of a say he had.

No. It was a favour for his buddy Mendes. Everyone (football pundits) said so here in Portugal

 

[Sly]

In that article he says that he used the same process to buy Zouma as he did this new idiot.

It says? Where?

Edit: I´ve seen it in the Rip article, you are right

 

[DWelbz19]

I don't know how much of this can be substantiated but I always got the impression most of this summers signings were not really at the hand of Mourinho, and he was dreamchasing the likes of Pogba, Griezmann and Stones, only to be given what he got. Again, it's just a vibe I get and I'm not sure if there's any actual sources supporting or contrary to such a view.

All in all though, a lot of misses. His desire of stacking a team with a couple of players at their peak age to benchwarm/rotate is a bit odd for my taste.

 

[Oo0AahCantona]

Personally think thats an excellent list of players who have proved at least on some level they warrant or exceed those price tags.

And the onces who havent either havent had a chance yet, or were cheap enough to flop. the only utter shite transfer there is falcao, but we did it the year before as well and he was a unreal player.

even the ones who have moved on al la coudrado etc have proved themselves in another system/manager.

 

[pacifictheme]

No. It was a favour for his buddy Mendes. Everyone (football pundits) said so here in Portugal

With falcao maybe, but a lot was made of the lack of signings last summer.

 

[duffer]

If I take him out I sort of have to take Zouma out by the same principle.

I think you need to take a fair few out. He does not deserve the credit or blame for many of our transfers.

 

[Sassy Colin]

£265M in 3 years? Should be perfect for United then.

 

[Hemil]

To all you guys who think Dliobodji is an idiot or a bad player, he just won the player on the month award for Werder Bremen. Signed for 3 mn and can be sold for more than that.

 

[CM]

Of all those players, I think I'd regard 8 of them as successes. That's less than a third of all signings there.

 

[Attila]

@Twigginater How come Di Maria, Ozil and Khedira are not included if you are putting in Real Madrid transfers? Seems odd to only mention 2 out of 3 windows there

 

[Wumminator]

@Twigginater How come Di Maria, Ozil and Khedira are not included if you are putting in Real Madrid transfers? Seems odd to only mention 2 out of 3 windows there

I just did the last five years.

 

[Hernandez - BFA]

I think Roman had a big influence on Chelsea signings too.

 

[Attila]

I just did the last five years.

It was a very impressive window for him so you should add it into the op to give a full view of what he did at madrid

Ángel Di María Benfica £24.75m
Mesut Özil Werder Bremen £13.50m
Sami Khedira VfB Stuttgart £10.50m
Pedro León Getafe CF £7.50m
Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea FC £6.00m
Sergio Canales Racing £4.50m
Emmanuel Adebayor Manchester City Loan fee:
£3.00m
£69.75m

 

[Sigma]

Quite a lot of the unsuccessful players became a successful buy once Chelsea sold them as they got more money than they initially bought them for. Also quite a lot of the players Mourinho bought are pretty young and can't be judged yet. I think his signing have been pretty good overall all things considered.

 

[#07]

I just don't know how you can answer questions about players bought under Mourinho. The last club he worked at where he was in control of football affairs was Inter.

Florentino Perez and Abramovich are like wannabe sporting directors. With Chelsea it's actually even weirder than at Madrid. At least at Madrid one guy makes the running, at Chelsea it's whichever flavour of the month has the oligarchs ear.

 

[Attila]

Looking at transfers above £10m (numbers from transfermarkt)

Chelsea

In
Diego Costa £32m
Willian £30m
Fabregas £30m
Cuadrado £27m
Matic £21m
Pedro £21m
Schurrle £18m (sold £22m)
Baba Rahman £17.5
Fillipe Luis £16m (sold £11m)
Zouma £12.5m
Salah £11m
Remy £10m

Out
Luiz £40m
Mata £37.5
Lukaku £28m
Schurrle £22m
De Bruyne £17m
Luis £11m
Cech £10m
Bertrand £10m

Madrid

In
Angel Di Maria £24.75m
Modric £22.5m
Coentrao £22.5m
Mesut Ozil £13.5m
Khedira £10.5m

Inter

In
Diego Milito £18.75m
Queresma £18.45m
Samuel Eto £15m
Sneijder £11.25m
Muntari £11.25m

Out
Ibrahimovic £52m
Acquafresca £11.25m

 

[Lay]

Acquafresca was sold for how much?

 

[Ibi Dreams]

So looking at his transfers in EPL here, I think only those have proved to be successful.

Salah and Schurrle are both good players bought at good prices, just didn't get the time of day for whatever reason

 

[Randall Flagg]

Questionable transfer record bordering on terrible recently.

Fails to bring through youth

Is coming off a total nightmare season

Looked on the verge of a nervous break down as he blamed everyone except himself

Destroyed the career of the club doctor

Can't wait till the summer

 

[Henrik Larsson]

I just don't know how you can answer questions about players bought under Mourinho. The last club he worked at where he was in control of football affairs was Inter.

Florentino Perez and Abramovich are like wannabe sporting directors. With Chelsea it's actually even weirder than at Madrid. At least at Madrid one guy makes the running, at Chelsea it's whichever flavour of the month has the oligarchs ear.

Was it though? http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/13553663

"The experience of this just completed season demonstrated a need for more autonomy, including within the coaching unit," said Perez. Mourinho demanded an autonomy on the sporting side like that which works with English clubs. I think for the sake of the institution that this is a reorganisation that has to be done."

Not sure how much of that is the truth, but the transfer dealings at Madrid have looked paricularly smart during that time.

For what it's worth I think his business over the years has been excellent, a clear pattern of getting exactly what he needs, usually great value while he's at it too - of course techical directors, scouts and the board are also involved in transfers. Inter with selling Zlatan and getting replacements was interesting snd probably my favourite business. Last season surprised me though and wasn't good, because I felt it was obvious Chelsea needed something more, Pedro was not impressive. All in all I'm pretty sure he'll deliver.