Yearender 2022: Three Biggest Football Flops of 2022

The
majority
of
the
elite
teams
in
Europe
spent
astronomical
sums
of
money
throughout
both
the
winter
and
summer
transfer
windows
despite
some
of
the
sides
struggling
with
finances.

Winter
window
did
not
have
many
large
deals,
but
the
Summer
window
more
than
made
up
for
it.

This
summer,
Premier
League
teams
alone
spent
£1.9
billion
on
transfers,
pushing
the
total
across
Europe’s
top
five
leagues
above
the
$2
billion
barrier.
This
is
67%
higher
than
last
season’s
summer
transfer
window’s
£1.1bn
and
34%
higher
than
the
previous
record
of
most
spending
–
£1.4bn
during
the
summer
of
2017.

Some
of
the
budding
names
of
World
football
changed
clubs
with
some
massive
prize
tags
in
the
process.
While
there
have
been
many
success
stories
following
the
transfer
windows
in
2022,
there
have
also
been
several
moves
that
could
be
regarded
to
be
failures
because
they
are
yet
to
click.

Here
we
have
looked
at
such
three
names
who
have
struggled
to
make
a
significant
contribution
despite
signing
with
a
lot
of
expectation
and
potential.
Check
out
the
Three
biggest
Football
Flops
of
2022-

1.

Rapinha
–
Leeds
United
to
Barcelona

The
£55m
signing
from
England
has
struggled
to
deliver
any
notable
outcome
so
far
in
La
Liga.
Rapinha
signed
for
the
Spanish
giants
despite
strong
offers
from
Arsenal
and
Chelsea.
Since
the
signing
he
has
been
a
part
of
the
regular
starting
XI
however
is
yet
to
provide
what
has
been
expected
of
him.
In
23
games,
the
Brazilian
has
just
managed
two
goals
and
four
assists
which
is
not
anything
close
to
what
Barcelona
fans
desired.

2.

Kalvin
Phillips
–
Leeds
United
to
Manchester
City

One
of
the
best
English
midfielders
to
emerge
over
the
last
few
years,
City
spent
£42
million
to
sign
the
27-year-old
this
summer.
The
move
as
of
now
however
has
been
disastrous.
Phillips
has
played
just
234
minutes
of
football
in
all
competitions
for
City
and
it
is
understood
that
Pep
Guardiola
is
not
happy
with
the
midfielders’ activity.
Very
recently
the
Spanish
tactician
also
complained
about
the
player’s
fitness
making
his
future
at
Etihad
complex.

3.

Wesley
Fofana
–
Leicester
City
to
Chelsea

Chelsea
spent
over
£150m
just
on
defenders
this
summer
and
the
highest
fee
among
them
was
for
Leicester
City’s
Fofana.
One
of
Leicester’s
most
consistent
defenders,
the
21-year-old
will
have
the
ideal
opportunity
to
develop
with
seasoned
defenders
like
Thiago
Silva
and
Koulibaly
on
the
same
squad.
However,
so
far
he
has
spent
the
most
time
on
the
bench
and
has
yet
to
make
a
significant
impact
to
showcase
his
prize
tag.
He
may
come
good
in
the
second
half
of
the
season
but
so
far
he
is
yet
to
justify
his
price
tag.