Fernando Torres Andrei Shevchenko Juan Sebastian Veron These are the most high-profile flops, I would say. For ours, I still think Augustin Delgado beats Osvaldo. He faked injuries for about three years running only to miraculously play in all of Ecuador's World Cup games.
But he wasn't exactly deemed world class when he was signed. He'd had one good season. The three I named were truly world class players at their peak.
Torres and Veron may have been at their 'peak', but Shevchenko was past his best when he signed for Chelsea.
His final season with Milan was his best in terms of his goals to games ratio, scoring 28 goals in 40 games.
You mean the one where he was the last one in the ground (possibly the country) to realise he had scored
Oh Fran, how can you say that. It was a quality pretence. That reminded me a little if Frank Worthingtons goal at the Dell v Wolves (I think) in a one nil win. By the way, there's an example of a great team without a prolific scoring centre forward; runners-up with Frankie up front.
It's unusual for a striker not to be selfish. It's usually an advantage for them not to be distracted.
