Tuesday, 27 June 2017

Football transfer window quiz: signings that went very wrong, very quickly

Who lasted one day? Who lasted one game? And who couldn’t hack two hours?

Sol Campbell signed a five-year deal with League Two side Notts County in August 2009. How many times did he play for the club?

None

One

Four

Eight

How many days did Dietmar Hamann spend at Bolton Wanderers after signing for the club from Liverpool in 2006?

One

Seven

Eleven

Twenty

Before Ali Dia made his infamous and ill-fated appearance for Southampton in 1996, he had come on as a substitute for which other English club?

Kidderminster Harriers

Bournemouth

Dagenham & Redbridge

Blyth Spartans

Manchester United signed Massimo Taibi in 1999 as Alex Ferguson tried, unsuccessfully, to replace Peter Schmeichel. The Italian only managed four appearances for the Treble winners; how many goals did he concede?

Four

Eight

Eleven

Fifteen

David Unsworth signed for Aston Villa in the summer of 1998 before moving on to Everton before the start of the season. What reason did he give for wanting to return to Merseyside?

He had a pizzeria to run in Liverpool

His best mate had just signed for Everton

He thought it rained too much in Birmingham

His commute to work took "two hours even when breaking all the speed limits"

Coventry City signed Croatian left-back Robert Jarni from Real Betis for £2.6m in 1998. Which of this season's Champions League semi-finalists signed him for £3.5m a few weeks later?

Atlético Madrid

Monaco

Juventus

Real Madrid

Arsène Wenger signed Alberto Méndez in 1997 after seeing him in action for a German non-league side. Méndez spent five years on Arsenal's books but only made four league appearances before moving on to which club?

Bayern Munich

Racing Ferrol

Kilmarnock

Birmingham City

Wilfried Zaha never started a game for Manchester United in the Premier League. How much did they pay Crystal Palace to sign him?

£6m

£10m

£13m

£19m

Which English club signed Jonathan Woodgate after he had made nine league appearances in three years for Real Madrid?

Middlesbrough

Sunderland

Liverpool

Newcastle United

Who made a £500,000 move from Millwall to Leeds in the summer of 2006 before making another £500,000 move from Leeds to Hull City 13 days later?

Kevin Kilbane

Nick Barmby

Jimmy Bullard

David Livermore

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