Joao Felix, Ousmane Dembele, Paul Pogba & the most expensive transfer flops in football history – ranked

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Mark Doyle

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After Atletico Madrid finally parted ways with their record signing, GOAL has chosen the most expensive blunders ever made…

The football world revolves around money, but success is not always guaranteed by heavy spending. In the current era, clubs are more eager than ever to spend extravagantly in their passionate quest for trophies.

Despite repeated instances, top-tier players have repeatedly failed to justify their hefty transfer fees. Of course, it’s not always entirely their fault. At times, it’s just a matter of ending up at the wrong team, under the wrong coach, and at the wrong time.

Whatever the reasons, though, a plethora of the biggest transfers of all the time have proven awfully expensive mistakes, as GOAL outlines below…