World Football: Thirteen of the most expensive transfers in the history football – Part 2
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In 2006, the Premier League club http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Andriy-Shevchenko-c6014 lost his original brilliant form on the pitch. Having scored only a few goals for the club,
he is widely regarded as the biggest transfer flop of recent years.
10. Christian Vieri
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Christian-c9045 Vieri is a retired football player from Bologna, Italy. The Italian soccer star held the position as a centre-forward in the team. The 37-year-old has played for no less than fourteen clubs over the course of his career as a professional footballer.
He has the honour of being selected in the FIFA 100 – a list of 125 legendary living footballers by Pelé.
Vieri was widely famed as a scintillating striker for many years. In 1999, he became the most expensive soccer player after signing a contract worth £32 million with Internazionale. After leaving http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Lazio-c39775, Christian Vieri did not live up to the exact standards
of the transfer bid, but he did come close to justifying it. He triumphed over Coppa Italia and Supercoppa Italiana with the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Inter-c39567 side and netted in an impressive number of 103 goals in only 143 appearances.
9. Robinho
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Brazil-c2858, he is currently playing for the Serie A club Milan, as a striker. He captains the Brazilian national team and has made 83 appearances with
25 goals for the side. Robinho has played for many prestigious clubs including Santos, Real Madrid and Manchester City.
On September 1, 2008 the last day of summer transfer window, Robinho signed a professional transfer contract with Manchester City, where the Red Devils were to pay a fee of £32.5 million to the Spanish http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Real-c30728 Madrid club. Although the 27-year-old has had his
magic moments at the English club but he was generally regarded as a flop for such a huge sum of money at the side. After his two year stint at the club, Robinho was sent on loan to http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Santos-c32532, where he was signed to Milan the same year.
8. http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Gianluigi-Buffon-c14833
Gianluigi Gigi Buffon Masocco, born January 28, 1978 is a professional football player from Carrara, http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Italy-c2926. The Italian plays as a goal-keeper for the Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. The 33-year-old is a winner of the FIFA World Cup.
He is widely regarded by many experts as one of the most influential and leading goal-keepers of all times.
Gianluigi holds the honour of being selected by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Pelé-c29654 as one of the 125 greatest living footballers in the world. A product of the 90’s Parma youth academy, Gianluigi was bought by Juventus club from Parma, for a transfer bid worth £32.6 million in 2001.
The Italian has served as a rock for Juventus since then, supporting the club through the thick and thin for a decade.
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