VillaChris Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Scott Parker is certainly one. He was looking brilliant for Charlton as an emerging box to box midfielder and Chelsea halted his progress for a good two years. Reinvented himself as a holding midfielder late on in his career which got him England caps and a move to Spurs but it could've been a little bit better I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Luque to Newcastle, was awesome at Depor. Jeffers to Arsenal, was a well regarded prospect at Everton Denilson to Betis. Huge prospect, massive transfer fee at the time, looked amazing when he played at France 98, basically went to shit at Betis. Keirrison to Barca. Apparently was an amazing prospect in Brazil and was snapped up by Barca for a lot of money, where is he now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think Owen to Utd was him knowing he was finished and he coast a couple of years I reckon if he had gone somewhere else he would've been able to play regularly and build up fitness, he probably could have played a few more times for England and broken the scoring record. He was never going to be a starter at utd and so threw away chance of playing, to "win" a few trophies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 but he won a league title though, think that was main reason he went to United 1 more than Gerrard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VillaChris Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I think Owen to Utd was him knowing he was finished and he coast a couple of years I reckon if he had gone somewhere else he would've been able to play regularly and build up fitness, he probably could have played a few more times for England and broken the scoring record. He was never going to be a starter at utd and so threw away chance of playing, to "win" a few trophies. Nah Capello had stopped picking him by then (last call up in March 2008 when he was still at Newcastle) so similar to Lambert and Bent. Owen just lost his motivation for Football really when you consider how often he was stopped at the races when he was still a player. Infact didn't Fergie bump into him at Cheltenham or something and get him to sign? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Some good ones on here...Veron was a total flame out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 (edited) Kerrison to barca is a good shout, they've had a couple over the years, think they sign them, can only register 4 non EU players a year so don't give them a sniff, got a Brazilian Right back there as back up to alves who I've never seen kick a ball for them, they bought chygrinski (?) for £26m and sold him back after a year, someone already mentioned hleb, affelay, caceres, Henrique, ezquerro Edited July 15, 2015 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Jeffers to Arsenal, was a well regarded prospect at Everton Was more than well regarded. His move to Arsenal came with a £10m price tag. Everton's academy have produced some heavy-hitting transfers to be fair. Jeffers, Rooney, Rodwell, Dunne and probably Barkley one day. When you think of their next door neighbours too, makes you wonder where our products are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post MessiWillSignForVilla Posted July 15, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted July 15, 2015 This will probably come across a little bitter, but honestly, Milner to City. Now I don't mean that he should have stayed at Villa forever, as much I would've liked him to, just that I think it was the wrong move at the wrong time. He should've stayed an extra year, and that following summer Utd needed a new CM to replace Scholes, who they eventually needed to convince out of retirement. Milner may not be the same type of player as Scholes, but I honestly think that Ferguson would have bought him and played him through the middle, and I reckon his career would've flourished. Hell, even if Milner had been played CM at City, I think he'd be the current England captain, perhaps regarded as the best CM in the country. Instead he jumped at the first chance to leave and was shoved out on to the wing as the "safe and defensive" option, where his career, ability-wise, stagnated. He had so much potential, and it kind of saddens me to see someone who could have been an England legend have fans moaning when he's picked to play for England. His career has been successful monetary and trophy wise, but if he'd waited for someone who'd play him in position, it could've been so much more in terms of ability and stature. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarpie Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 (edited) Jari Litmanen from Ajax to Barcelona, he should've gone to some team where he'd had free role. Edited July 16, 2015 by Jarpie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 I think Owen to Utd was him knowing he was finished and he coast a couple of years I reckon if he had gone somewhere else he would've been able to play regularly and build up fitness, he probably could have played a few more times for England and broken the scoring record. He was never going to be a starter at utd and so threw away chance of playing, to "win" a few trophies. Nah Capello had stopped picking him by then (last call up in March 2008 when he was still at Newcastle) so similar to Lambert and Bent. Owen just lost his motivation for Football really when you consider how often he was stopped at the races when he was still a player. Infact didn't Fergie bump into him at Cheltenham or something and get him to sign? I thought it was a good move by Owen, got his league title and I did think he would feature a bit more. Don't think he could have 'built up his fitness' by playing regularily. At this point, I think we all knew his body was shot to bits. Uncapable of playing weekly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Henri Saivet? Not really made any bad career choices that I know of but at the time him and Eden Hazard were both considered Ligue 1's brightest young talents. Hazard is obviously now at Chelsea, Saivet is still at Bordeaux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Harry Forrester - every move he has ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted July 17, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Henrik Larsson and Brian Laudrup - the fact they both stayed in the Football graveyard in the north for so long, a waste of talent and could have won so much more other than a few northern titles. Edited July 17, 2015 by kwoktolai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 (edited) Henrik Larsson and Brian Laudrup - the fact they both stayed in the Football graveyard in the north for so long, a waste of talent and could have won so much more other than a few northern titles. Henrik Larsson is an absolute God, Isn't that worth more than a few more medals in the loft? Edited July 17, 2015 by rodders0223 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongKongVillan Posted July 17, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted July 17, 2015 Henrik Larsson and Brian Laudrup - the fact they both stayed in the Football graveyard in the north for so long, a waste of talent and could have won so much more other than a few northern titles. Henrik Larsson is an absolute God, Isn't that worth more than a few more medals in the loft? Fair point, is back to the thinking whether he wanted to be a very big fish in a small pond or big fish in bigger pond. Perhaps he liked the weather there too. But IMO he could have done so much for for himself and who knows he could have became legends in more than one club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theboyangel Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Hot off the press Delph to Citeh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bannedfromHandV Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Yep, you can add Delph to this list now. Career suicide in my opinion but at least he can afford a 9 bedroom house now instead of an 8 bed, bless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Everybody except Fabian Delph going to Manchester City. Fabian Delph not going to Manchester City. He read your post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisVillan Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Everybody except Fabian Delph going to Manchester City. Fabian Delph not going to Manchester City. He read your post. He should see what I've said about him today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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