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Every summer, clubs miss out on the transfer window, regardless of the championship. In the Bundesliga, which is nevertheless a championship accustomed to good moves and revealed talents, German clubs are no exception to the rule. SportBild has revealed a table of the ten biggest flops in Germany over the last twenty years. A ranking established on the basis of a ratio between the number of millions paid for players, and the number of matches they have played for their clubs.
Among this list, several big names like Julian Draxler at Wolfsburg, Sadio Mané or Renato Sanches on the Bayern side. The Bavarian team is also the most represented in this ranking with 3 players among the 10.
The SportBild ranking
Carlos Alberto / Werder Bremen – €7.8M – 2 matches – €3.9 million per match Thiago Neves / Hamburg SV – €9M – 6 matches – €3.5 million per match Julian Draxler / Wolfsburg – €43M – 34 matches – €1.26 million per match Sadio Mané / Bayern – €30M – 25 matches – €1.2 million per match Ricardo Pepi Augsburg – €16.3M – 15 matches – €1.09 million per match Renato Sanches / Bayern – €35M – 35 matches – €1 million per match André Schürrle / Dortmund – €30M – 33 matches – 0.91 million per match Breno / Bayern – €12M – 21 matches – €0.57 million per match André Silva / RB Leipzig – €23M – 64 matches – €0.56 million per match Luuk de Jong / M’Gladbach – €12M – 36 matches – €0.33 million per matchWritten by:
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