Woodgate voted worst signing of the 21st century

• omgukilledkenny

  26 Jul 07, 21:05

  
  
  England defender Jonathan Woodgate was voted the worst signing of the 21st century by readers of www.marca.com, the Web site for Spain's biggest selling sports daily.
  
  The 27-year-old was the runaway winner polling 37.11 percent of the votes cast on their Web page, the newspaper said.
  
  Real Madrid signed "Woody" from Newcastle United for around $25 million in August 2004 but because of a thigh injury he did not make his debut until September 2005.
  
  His first official game turned into a nightmare when he scored an own goal and was sent off in the league match against Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu.
  
  Woodgate was put out on loan to Premier League Middlesbrough in August 2006 and the move became permanent for a fee of $14 million earlier this year.
  
  He made only 14 competitive appearances for Real Madrid.
• ErikaChioBu

  26 Jul 07, 21:07

  hmmm.
  
  
• Nadare

  26 Jul 07, 21:08

  wah. its making him so paiseh
• CKeer

  26 Jul 07, 21:10

  I have to agree on this. How bad can that be when you're signed for a hefty price tag only to be injured before even making your debut? You score an own goal and got sent off in your debut match a few months after your signing!
  
  Cheers.
  CK
• omgukilledkenny

  26 Jul 07, 21:12

  Maybe marca.com forgot to put Bramble and Boumsong as one of the choices.
  
  Then Woodgate probably would have got a bigger fight.
• SumOne

  26 Jul 07, 21:27

  Now that's unfair.....
• Spartans

  26 Jul 07, 21:37

  think since it is a Spanish newspaper, they only considered Liga players.
• dragg

  26 Jul 07, 22:47

  his price tag played a big part.
  
  
• anhydrouscoppersulphate

  26 Jul 07, 22:48

  
• omgukilledkenny

  26 Jul 07, 22:55

  heh, i went to check out the poll, the results were....
  
  Woodgate (Real Madrid)
  37.14%
  
  Sosa (Atlético)
  9.57%
  
  Christanval (Barcelona)
  9.45%
  
  Kluivert (Valencia)
  8.56%
  
  Pilipauskas (Atlético)
  5.75%
  
  Tavano (Valencia)
  5.53%
  
  Baljic (Real Madrid)
  10.98%
  
  Arteta (Real Sociedad)
  0.9%
  
  Geovanni (Barcelona)
  3.86%
  
  Rochemback (Barcelona)
  8.26%
  
• stellazio

  27 Jul 07, 10:07

  
• a-Lost-9uY

  27 Jul 07, 19:04

  i quite agreed wif tat too..
  
  after moving to RM, most of e time he's injured..kinda sway for him..
  
• DC+

  27 Jul 07, 19:07

  hoho what a dog
• turbo_drift

  27 Jul 07, 21:32

  
• The man who was death

  27 Jul 07, 23:37

  no denilson??
  
  aww...baljic was a bosnian legend.....