Jeff Stellings top 20 bargain buys

Kerrydude1981

Just been looking at this months Sky Sports Mag,as Sky Sports is 20 years old Jeff Stelling picks his top 20 bargain buys in the past 20 years,

1 Cristano Ronaldo Sporting to Man Utd 2003 14.4m
2 Sami Hyypia Willem ll to Liverpool 1999 3m
3 Tim Cahill Millwall to Everton 2004 1.75m
4 Patrick Vieira AC Milan to Arsenal 1996 4.1m
5 Kevin Philips Watford to Sunderland 1997 705k
6 Kevin Davies Southampton to Bolton 2003 Free transfer
7 Eric Cantona Leeds to Man Utd 1992 1.4m
8 Peter Schmeichel Brondby to Man Utd 1991 620k
9 Paulo Di Canio Sheff Wed to West ham 1999 2m
10 Tore Andre Flo Brann to Chelsea 350k
11 Henrik Larsson Feyernoord to Celtic 760k
12 Nacho Novo Raith Rovers to Dundee 2002 115k
13 Scott McDonald Wimbledon to Motherwell 2004 Free transfer
14 Brian Laudrup AC Milan to Rangers 1994 2.7m
15 Pierre V Hooijdonk NAC Breda to Celtic 1995
16 Graham Dorrans Livingston to West Brom 2008 115k
17 Peter Whittingham Aston Villa to Cardiff 2007 410k
18 Eidue Gudjohnsen KR Reykjavik to Bolton 1998 Free transfer
19 Andy Cole Bristol City to Newcastle 1993 2m
20 Zat Knight Rushall Olmpic to Fulham 1999 30 tracksuits

sonic85

not a great list - look where larsson is! andy cole could only make 19th

Blatter

It's a joke that Vidic@7M and Keane@3.75M are not there.

partyndbs

graham dorrans who the hell is he? wheres kevin doyle

jethro081

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

It's a joke that Vidic@7M and Keane@3.75M are not there.

vidic is arguable but keane was the british record transfer at the time, so he can hardly be classified as a bargain,

Dennis Irwin on the other hand was a definite bargain, as was Gian Franco Zola


EDIT, actually Irwin falls just outside the twenty year time frame, still an amazing bargain though

TheEscapist

I'm surprised Evra didn't make the list and maybe Benayoun to Liverpool too. It's a decent list but he left off a lot of players who made bigger impacts.

Revolution9

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

It's a joke that Vidic@7M and Keane@3.75M are not there.

That broke the British transfer record at the time. Great value for money in hindsight but not a bargain in the sense Stelling is operating with.

Andre80Johnson

Surprised there is no Sol Campbell there. Oh well.

TheEscapist

Oh and also Fabregas, free transfer and didn't Van Persie only cost like £3.5m?

partyndbs

ye but fabregas was a kid

Revolution9

TheEscapist wrote: »

I'm surprised Evra didn't make the list and maybe Benayoun to Liverpool too. It's a decent list but he left off a lot of players who made bigger impacts.

Wouldn't have him anywhere near this list.
6ish million, three seasons in and out of the team. Not close to the top 20

Deeper Blue

Bergkamp and Henry?

LuckyGent88

Roy Keane 3.75 million from Forest to Man United
Lional Messi from Newell's Old Boys to Barcelona - pay for medical bills

Blatter

jethro081 wrote: »

keane was the british record transfer at the time, so he can hardly be classified as a bargain,

When you compare it to Vieira@4.1M in 1996 which made it high up the list it is IMO.

Raekwon

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

17 Peter Whittingham Aston Villa to Cardiff 2007 £410k

It was actually a £350k fee and the then 21 year old went on to play 160 games for Cardiff scoring 40 goals with a couple of Wembley appearances under his belt.

Good bargain considering that if Villa wanted to buy him back to replace the Man Utd bound Ashley Young then they would probably have to stump up around £6m for him.

TheEscapist

partyndbs wrote: »

ye but fabregas was a kid

I though he was 16 when he signed for Arsenal? And then made his debut within a year of signing. Think it can be seen as an astute signing considering how quickly he made it into the first team.

TonyD79

SuperEagle wrote: »

Bergkamp and Henry?

£7.5 million and £11 million..expensive bargains!

Andre80Johnson

TonyD79 wrote: »

£7.5 million and £11 million..expensive bargains!

That helped us to win trophies in that era.

TheEscapist

Revolution9 wrote: »

Wouldn't have him anywhere near this list.
6ish million, three seasons in and out of the team. Not close to the top 20

Ah you're right. I'm probably remembering him more so when he was scoring against Madrid and what not and thinking he was a great signing. But I do think he had more of an impact for his team than say Zat Knight.

AgileMyth

How much did Villa pay for Dwight Yorke? Have an idea it was low enough.
Also Coleman at 60k to Everton.

chopperbyrne

Jussi Jaskelainen was only 100k or something like that.

Absolute steal.

sonic85

seems to be a lot of players on the list who just had reasonably solid rather than spectacular careers. the likes of novo macdonald dorrans knight and whittingham are probably as average as youll get. im sure theres loads of players knocking around who have had better careers than that lot. id have put di canio higher on that list and schmeichel too. ole gunnar solskjaer should be on the list - a bargain at £1.5 mill

Kerrydude1981

AgileMyth wrote: »

How much did Villa pay for Dwight Yorke? Have an idea it was low enough.
Also Coleman at 60k to Everton.

Yorke doesnt count,he joined Villa in 1989

Eirebear

partyndbs wrote: »

graham dorrans who the hell is he?

You actually personify the downward spiral in quality that this forum has suffered over the last year or two.

sonic85

kolo toure should definitely be on this list £150,000 to arsenal

Mars Bar

partyndbs wrote: »

graham dorrans who the hell is he? wheres kevin doyle

One of West Brom's better players to answer your (shocking) question.

Andre80Johnson

Eirebear wrote: »

You actually personify the downward spiral in quality that this forum has suffered over the last year or two.

Why because he didn't know who Dorrans is? Get over yourself.

Eirebear

Andre80Johnson wrote: »

Why because he didn't know who Dorrans is? Get over yourself.

Pretty much yeah, if your not in the top 6 of the premiership half of the folk around here are ignorant to your existance.

Says it all that people are willing to defend that really.

Mars Bar

Whatever about not knowing who a player is, fair enough. But google is everyone's friend.

Eirebear

mars bar wrote: »

Whatever about not knowing who a player is, fair enough. But google is everyone's friend.

Yeah but google doesnt give you quite the same air of self indulgent elitism as "Who The Hell Is He?!" does it?

flahavaj

Is the 30 tracksuits a joke or true!?

razorblunt

Where the hell is Bosko Balaban!

Steve Finnan would be a decent shout for Fulham.

mosstin

flahavaj wrote: »

Is the 30 tracksuits a joke or true!?

Indeed, Zat Knight couldn't have cost that much.

flahavaj

The lack of Solskjaer is surprising as well.

Rob113

Bebe anyone?


Joking obviously.

Rob113

Chicharito could go down as greatest of all time if he keeps improving.

Kerrydude1981

I cant understand why Edwin Van Der Sar isnt on the list,2m from Fulham to Man Utd

witnessmenow

Henry at 11m has to be a bargain, lest we forget he was absolute world class at one stage

The Floyd p

Rob113 wrote: »

Chicharito could go down as greatest of all time if he keeps improving.

LOL

K-9

£2.7 M for Brian Laudrup in 1994 wasn't a bargain. Damn good player but not a bargain!

Andre80Johnson

Eirebear wrote: »

Pretty much yeah, if your not in the top 6 of the premiership half of the folk around here are ignorant to your existance.

Says it all that people are willing to defend that really.

At the end of the day, it's up to the person preferred choice of knowing who's who in the Premiership, regardless of which team he supports and positioning. Hell he might even know who the 3rd choice goalkeeper in the youth team of his following. It goes to show he puts more attention to his own team rather than knowing who is who for other teams. It might seem stupid it isn't ignorant.

flahavaj

The Floyd p wrote: »

LOL

The greatest bargain I'd imagine he meant.

cson

Van Persie @ £2.75m is probably worth a shout.

To the lad who doesn't know who Dorrans is; you should watch him play, star in the making imo. Himself and Brunt won't be too long more at WBA.

vestanpance

Lucas Radebe - Kaiser Chiefs to Leeds for £250k was a fairly good bargain.

cson

vestanpance wrote: »

Lucas Radebe - Kaiser Chiefs to Leeds for £250k was a fairly good bargain.

they should re sign him tbh, haven't had a good tune in years.

event

SOCCER4LIFE wrote: »

It's a joke that Vidic@7M and Keane@3.75M are not there.

not its not really. as said, keane was a transfer record at the time

Andre80Johnson wrote: »

Surprised there is no Sol Campbell there. Oh well.

free signing, not a transfer

TheEscapist wrote: »

Oh and also Fabregas, free transfer and didn't Van Persie only cost like £3.5m?

fabregas was a free.
what has RVP done with arsenal since he signed?

sonic85 wrote: »

seems to be a lot of players on the list who just had reasonably solid rather than spectacular careers. the likes of novo macdonald dorrans knight and whittingham are probably as average as youll get. im sure theres loads of players knocking around who have had better careers than that lot. id have put di canio higher on that list and schmeichel too. ole gunnar solskjaer should be on the list - a bargain at £1.5 mill

good thing the list wasnt listing players who have had the most successful careers then.

i dont think anyone could argue with people on the list really. when you look at all the players, everyone of them either was instrumental in their clubs fortunes afterwards and/or were sold at a big profit.

people listing coleman are having a laugh really

pistolpetes11

flahavaj wrote: »

Is the 30 tracksuits a joke or true!?

I hope not , has pub quiz question written all over !

Hank_Jones

event wrote: »

what has RVP done with arsenal since he signed?

Thought he had done more to be honest.

04-05 26 app 5 goals
05-06 24 app 5 goals
06-07 22 app 11 goals
07-08 17 app 7 goals
08-09 28 app 11 goals
09-10 16 app 9 goals
10-11 16 app 11 goals

No good to a team if he is always injured I suppose.
Still a class player though.

Kerrydude1981

Antonio Valencia was a bargain buy when he went to Wigan

major bill

No roy keane surely that would have scraped in sure was it not 91 that he went to forest from cobh?

UnitedIrishman

Kerrydude1981 wrote: »

Antonio Valencia was a bargain buy when he went to Wigan

For around 5m? Not really. Benn brilliant for us since joining but when he joined for 5m it wasn't really a bargain.