This year's transfer window would probably gown down as one of the most spectacular in the history of football and not because of the money spent but because of the calibers of players who changed teams at an incredibly cheap price, most were bought on a free transfer. It was a transfer that has never been experienced before and so far, most of the players are yet to live up to expectations.
The likes of Depay, Messi, Aguero, Donnarumma, Wijnaldum, Cristiano Ronaldo were a pinch among the players who made a move away from their club to another club. The interesting fact is that only Cristiano Ronaldo's transfer involved his new employer paying a small fee of 12 million for his signature, others were on a free transfer.
Anyways, this post focuses on high-profile players who made a move this summer transfer and have not performed as expected by their new employer. Kindly note that this post captures all players who were either bought with high fees or who were loaned out or signed on a free transfer.
The first player who tops this list is Jordan Sancho who Manchester United paid over 70 million pounds to capture his signature from Dortmund. The winger still remains without a goal or assist in seven matches of which he has turned out for them. His performance has been a source of concern for the coach and his teammates. It is becoming worrying and a headache to the head coach on whether the player could thrive in the premier league.
With the exports made by Chelsea last year from the German league, its only right for the Manchester united head coach to feel uneasy about the move as the league is much more inferior to the premier league and hence players from that league might not perform just like the case of Werner and Harvetz. Sancho form is bad, and it deserves the first position due to the money involved in the transfer
When Messi signed for PSG back in August, it was as if, the team have won the champions league missing in their trophy cabinet due to how loud and how much time was taken to celebrate the news. Now the fanfare is dead, and the PSG Fans have been given a reality check as Messi has failed to either score or assist in all the three matches he has played so far.
He got close to score his goal during his first home debut through his trademark freekick, but the ball hit a bar. Messi's season did end up going from bad to worst on that same night as he was injured and had to be substituted in other for the injury to be assessed. Messi has already missed two matches after that and it's likely that He might not face man city in the champions league as both teams clash in the tournament.
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