The five worse signings of winter of the history of the football

The market of signings of winter was, does some years, a window of traspasos to which hardly did case unless it went by some urgency, by injuries or by cases very specific. The big thickness of the sportive planning exerted in summer, leaving the big signings for July and August.

In the last seasons, the number of important signings in winter has multiplied and, in the present campaign, could produce operations on a large scale. Nevertheless, if we throw the sight backwards, see that some of the traspasos that produced in this period finish being big historical failures.

One of them was the one of Julian Faubert by the Real Madrid in January of the year 2009. The French extreme, yielded by the West Ham, had to reinforce the right band of the team that directed Juande Ramos, but only played 60 minutes in two months. The signing was an absolute disaster, being news by the extra sportive: it jumped a train because it thought that had party and remained slept in the bench during a party.

It was not the only disastrous signing of the Real Madrid in winter, standing out also the one of Thomas Gravesen. His case was not so extreme like the one of Faubert, but the mediocentro Danish was more known by his aggressiveness and his violent reactions that by his football, really poor for a team like the Real Madrid.

The FC Barcelona neither rids of burns it regarding signings that fracasaron. Especially striking was the one of Emmanuel Amunike in 1997, that had been important in Nigeria but that hardly played in the Camp Nou. Winston Bogarde, Dutch defence that arrived in 1998, also was another of the wintry failures culés.

Another distinct case is the one of Fernando Torres, that had triumphed with the Liverpool and that arrived to Chelsea in January of 2011 to be the new star 'blue'. Until 60 million euros paid the londinenses by him, that in this moment was a true atrocity. Nevertheless, only it marked a goal in the following six months. In the back seasons, improved his registers. It treats of a signing that deserves the place in this 'TOP' by his price and the 'boom' that supposed.

The 5 worse signings of winter

• 1. Julien Faubert (Real Madrid), 1,5 millions, cession
• 2. Emmanuel Amunike (FC Barcelona), 3 millions
• 3. Fernando Torres (Chelsea), 58 millions
• 4. Antonio Cassano (Real Madrid), 30 millions
• 5. Winston Bogarde (FC Barcelona), 4,8 millions