We hope that Liverpool is warned. While Reds are preparing to pay 135 million euros for Florian Wirtz, it is time to remember that there is a form of football curse on transfers at 100 million euros.
Of the 16 players for which a club spent a nine-figure sum (see below), there are a large number of flops: Philippe Coutinho at Barça, Antoine Griezmann at the Blaugranas, Joao Félix in Atlético, Eden Hazard at Real Madrid, or Paul Pogba at Manchester United. We can even add Ousmane Dembélé (at Barça too) and Romelu Lukaku in Chelsea, while Neymar was probably not up to expectations placed in him by PSG during his transfer to 222 million euros.
For others, like Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo, we still wait before judging. But it is clear that Jack Grealish can now enter the flop category.
The Englishman experienced some good periods with the Manchester City of Pep Guardiola, including the triplet season. But not enough to justify the 117 million spents to pick it up at Aston Villa. The proof? The Guardian indicates that no club is able to offer a transfer to Manchester City to try to relaunch the 29 -year -old attacking midfielder. We even talk about a loan to Everton …
