Worst Transfer Sagas in recent years

[WhiskeyJar]

Name the most annoying, long-winded, media twisting, drawn out transfer sagas in recent years.

 

Incoming or Outgoing transfer; doesn't matter, just name the one that really got under your skin.

 

And I mention recent years as the impact social media, in my view, makes this so much worst.

[Bjornebye]

Trying to sign Maldini on championship manager , ran from 96 until 2000. Never happened.

[Jhinge Machha]

charlie adam.

[WhiskeyJar]

Trying to sign Maldini on championship manager , ran from 96 until 2000. Never happened.

 

Hehe, well that was unexpected.

 

[Bjornebye]

so was 'he he'

[fowler9]

watching us try to offload Xabi in order to fund a move for Gareth Barry

 

 

shudders....

[ngogswilly]

Didn't really get under my skin but the whole Dempsey thing last year was just a pain in the hole.

 

We seemed to be tracking him for what seemed like an eternity. I wasn't that fussed when we missed out on him. Just thought more like "Fuck sake, if we were really after him for that long then that was all a bit fucking daft".

[RedinSweden]

The Walcott thread on here. It broke Rash.

[Guest LFD]

The Stewart Downing saga of the summer of 2012.

 

Desperate for him to be sold - it is still going on!

[Bjornebye]

Getting told at tea-time on deadline day that torres was signing for chelsea, that wait until i saw the judas at stamford bridge was horrible. I didn't want to believe it at all. thankfully it wasn't a drawn out thing though.

[Guest LFD]

Trying to sign Maldini on championship manager , ran from 96 until 2000. Never happened.

 

Bastard, I'm going to have to play an old version of Champ Manager now!

[kalasoma]

Gotta be Torres for me, and that was even before I had a twitter account. I was on holiday abroad but had access to a computer, so could keep track of what was going on Seeing him pictured in the middle of the night on his way to Stamford Bridge in a darkened limo was sickening, but it was the final proof that he was gone.

[Batigol]

The Gerrard stuff that went on with Chelsea. Ended happily enough though.

[Newport]

Xabi 2008-2009

[Pureblood]

Dani Alves.

[Tony Moanero]

Gotta be Torres for me, and that was even before I had a twitter account. I was on holiday abroad but had access to a computer, so could keep track of what was going on Seeing him pictured in the middle of the night on his way to Stamford Bridge in a darkened limo was sickening, but it was the final proof that he was gone.

 

It was final proof that 21st century football is fucking shite.

[Bjornebye]

Gotta be Torres for me, and that was even before I had a twitter account. I was on holiday abroad but had access to a computer, so could keep track of what was going on Seeing him pictured in the middle of the night on his way to Stamford Bridge in a darkened limo was sickening, but it was the final proof that he was gone.

 

Same for me mate, i didn't believe it until I saw that. Heart sunk.

[Tony Moanero]

Buying a load of crap during the summer of 2002, not to mention coming close to signing Lee Bowyer.

[ZonkoVille77]

Sahin.what a load of shite and effort wasted that was.

[kalasoma]

It was final proof that 21st century football is fucking shite.

 

Death by social media:

 

#DowningOnTour

[Paulie Dangerously]

Mikiwhatshisface

[PaulMcC]

Gerrard to Chelsea. Twice. Hated that he would even think of going there.

[Biscao]

Xabi for Barry.

[Trucker Paddy]

Clint Dempsey is by far the worst, he was telling people he was joining us, the owners website said he'd joined, it wasn't even in doubt until 7pm deadline day and he signs for spurs

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I don't remember one being as bad as this for transfers in general, I desperately want it to end.