Originally posted by imprezaWRXSTi22B:
now now, i happen to have listed SAF's list of flops....
as usual, i'll go dig it up. hopefully i can find it
here it is.....
http://manutd.sgforums.com/?action=thread_display&thread_id=2030411999
Jun Mark Bosnich (G) Aston Villa (Free Transfer)
flop Aug John O'Shea (D) Trainee
Aug Quentin Fortune (U) Atletico Madrid (£1.5M)
Aug Massimo Taibi (G) Venezia (£4.5M)
flop Sep Mickael Silvestre (D) Internazionale (£4M)
2000
May Fabien Barthez (G) Monaco (£ 7.8 Million)
flop 2001
Jun Ruud Van Nistelrooy (F) PSV Eindhoven (£19 Million)
Jul Juan Sebastian Veron (M) Lazio (£28.1 Million)
flop Jul Roy Carroll (G) Wigan Athletic (£2.5 Million)
flop Aug Laurent Blanc (D) Internazionale (Free Transfer)
flop 2002
Jan Diego Forlan (F) Independiente (£7.5 million)
flop Jul Rio Ferdinand (D) Leeds United (£30 million)
Aug Ricardo Lopez (G) Real Valladolid (£1.5 million)
flop 2003
Jun David Bellion (F) Sunderland (£2 million - fee set by tribunal)
flop Jul Eric Djemba-Djemba (M) Nantes (£4.2 million)
flop Jul Tim Howard (G) NJ/NY Metro Stars (£2.3 million)
flop Aug Cristiano Ronaldo (F) Sporting Lisbon (£12.24 million)
Aug Jose Pereira Kleberson (M) Athletico Paranaense (£5.93 million)
flop 2004
Jan Louis Saha (F) Fulham (£11.5 million)
May Alan Smith (F) Leeds (£7.05 million)
Jun Gabriel Heinze (D) Paris St. Germain (£6.9 million)
July Liam Miller (M) Celtic (Free)
flop Aug Wayne Rooney (F) Everton (£20 million)
2005
June Park Ji Sung (M) PSV Eindhoven (£4 million)
June Edwin van der Sar (GK) Fulham (£2 million)
2006
Jan Nemaja Vidic (D) Spartak Moscow (£7 million)
Jan Patrice Evra (D) Monaco (£5.5 million)
Jul Michael Carrick (M) Tottenham (~£14 million)