Guest sicko2ndbest Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Woodgate voted worst signing of the 21st century MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - Soccer news in brief from around the world: * England defender Jonathan Woodgate was voted the worst signing of the 21st century by readers of www.marca.com, the Web site for Spain's biggest selling sports daily. The 27-year-old was the runaway winner polling 37.11 percent of the votes cast on their Web page, the newspaper said. Real Madrid signed "Woody" from Newcastle United for around $25 million in August 2004 but because of a thigh injury he did not make his debut until September 2005. His first official game turned into a nightmare when he scored an own goal and was sent off in the league match against Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu. Woodgate was put out on loan to Premier League Middlesbrough in August 2006 and the move became permanent for a fee of $14 million earlier this year. He made only 14 competitive appearances for Real Madrid. Bit harsh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 How's that harsh? He was to Real Madrid, what Marcelino was to us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I wonder what they'd vote as the best sale? I wouldn't be surprised if that also involved the same two clubs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 To be fair, he probably is one of their worst signings of all time taking everything into account despite how good of a player he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Was class when he played apart the debut. conceded hardly any goals with him in the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest johnson293 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 How's that harsh? He was to Real Madrid, what Marcelino was to us. Aye, and cost them over twice as much! However, at least they got half their money back when they sold him, unlike us with Marcelino. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Marcelino wasn't particular bad whenever he played for us. Look through some of the old reports online. Even in some of the nufc.com reports from the 2000-1 season they praise him a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 I wonder what they'd vote as the best sale? I wouldn't be surprised if that also involved the same two clubs. Surly the best sale = the worst transfer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 They certainly got their own back with Owen though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 They certainly got their own back with Owen though Did they? £3.5m of Owen's transfer was owed money to us, so we paid £13.5m, and we got £10m back of the FA. ATM he sells for £9m at the least, i don't think its that bad compared to a total loss on someone like Luque. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 As far as they are concerned yes... they got a whole load of money back for a player who has since played 13ish club games in two years. The similarities with the Woodgate deal are there. But I agree, it wasn't that bad on us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Did they? £3.5m of Owen's transfer was owed money to us, so we paid £13.5m, and we got £10m back of the FA. ATM he sells for £9m at the least, i don't think its that bad compared to a total loss on someone like Luque. How come the season we bought Owen something appears in our accounts as a £17 million overdraft? Do we know that we were given £10 million by the FA? I'm sure that figure was claimed to be way OTT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
olliemort Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 Woodgate voted worst signing of the 21st century MADRID, July 26 (Reuters) - Soccer news in brief from around the world: * England defender Jonathan Woodgate was voted the worst signing of the 21st century by readers of www.marca.com, the Web site for Spain's biggest selling sports daily. The 27-year-old was the runaway winner polling 37.11 percent of the votes cast on their Web page, the newspaper said. Real Madrid signed "Woody" from Newcastle United for around $25 million in August 2004 but because of a thigh injury he did not make his debut until September 2005. His first official game turned into a nightmare when he scored an own goal and was sent off in the league match against Athletic Bilbao at the Bernabeu. Woodgate was put out on loan to Premier League Middlesbrough in August 2006 and the move became permanent for a fee of $14 million earlier this year. He made only 14 competitive appearances for Real Madrid. No I would agree with that!played 14 games for gods sake! Bit harsh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 He was injured pretty much the whole time he was there, so its no real surprise. He's a class player, but so is Owen and atm, Owen would go down as a pretty bad signing for us considering he's hardly played. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 They certainly got their own back with Owen though Did they? £3.5m of Owen's transfer was owed money to us, so we paid £13.5m, and we got £10m back of the FA. ATM he sells for £9m at the least, i don't think its that bad compared to a total loss on someone like Luque. You can't take that £3.5m off like that He cost £16m. Wasn't that £10m to cover wages aswell so I don't see why that would come out of it either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted July 26, 2007 Share Posted July 26, 2007 "He made only 14 competitive appearances for Real Madrid." suprised if that is accurate!! I was at Rmadrid ground in feb 06 and saw him play against espanyol. He defended pretty well, but then espanyol looked rather poor that night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Fat Fred's bets deal without a doubt..................... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 His wikipedia page has him as 9 (0) in appearances and goals... but that is certainly incorrect. Must have played a few more games, and definitely scored at least one goal (at the right end) for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 That might be league games only. I know he scored one in the Champions League, and he played a few Champions League & Copa del Rey matches for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Ahh indeed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Its happening again..... http://na.setanta.com/portal/article/football::england?open&articleid=253149cbbecd1434802573270045b9d8 Out for the start of the season, although hopefully for him the operation was a success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toonie Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/article2096584.ece Worst Premier league transfers. about half are ours Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Toonie Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 luque no. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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