TOP 10 WEIRD TRANSFERS OF THE 2019 SUMMER TRANSFER WINDOW

The English Transfer Window  closed officially today at 17:00 GMT bringing the Summer window over in England. It's been a really busy summer for clubs in England and also Europe. We've seen some Bargains and Transfer Records been smashed in the just ended window. But We at 3i Football would like to take a look at 10 weird transfers of  this Transfer window.


10. Andy Caroll

Steve Bruce & Andy Carrol.

The Reason why Andy is taking our No.10 spot is because many of us have forgotten Andy Carrol still plays Football. Initially from Newcastle, Andy Carrol returns home after spending 8 injury filled years at West Ham & Liverpool. The only weird thing we can see about this Transfer is why Newcastle picked him up after Signing Joelignton for £40M???.


9. Cancelo- Danilo Swap

Cancelo pictured left, Danilo pictured on the right.

Manchester City announced on wednesday to have parted way with Danilo in a deal which saw them secure the signature of Juventus fullback Cancelo; A young player at arguably the best moment of his best form ever .

It was indeed a shocking one as the Turin side let go of one of the Best Full back in the world,Juventus recieved  €28m and Danilo as part of the deal. Danilo had just 1 Premeir league start in the just concluded 18/19 premier league season .

The weird Part is what made Juventus sell Cancelo in the first place??. He only joined them last season from Valencia. Besides, Why would Manchester City buy Cancelo if they are still going to play Kyle Walker??, Could it be because of squad depth??.


8. Neto & Cillesen.

Neto was swapped with Cillessen indirectly. 

Look at it this way, Valencia bought Jasper Cillesen from Barcelona only for Barcelona to replace jasper Cillesen with Neto from Valencia. That's very weird right??.

Neto move to Barca is weird mainly because he swapped by from Valencia with Cillessen plus €35million. Now couldn’t Barca just swapped players and even if they’re going to add a price it shouldn’t be as high as 35 million. We can understand that Barca are trying to get rid of unused players, yes, Since singing Cillessen form Ajax in 2016 for €13million he’s only had 5 appearances for Barca, but will swapping Neto for Cillessen not end up in the same situation and Barca will be back to where it started. The question is do they plan on playing Neto more or is he going to rot on the bench like Cillessen did?

7. David Luiz.

David Luiz joined Arsenal from Chelsea for £8M

Dumping West London For North London is absurd but what's more weird is joining Arsenal from Chelsea. He’s definitely not the first to do so (3rd in recent times) but competition can not be the reason for David Luiz to Join Arsenal Because Chelsea are playing the Champions League and have limited options for players in their squad due to their transfer Ban.

The rivalry between Chelsea and Arsenal stretches back decades and a number of players have gone on to play for both clubs, now David Luiz is the newest player to make such a bold move.  David Luiz has moved to North London form West London. Yes, Luiz isn’t the first person to move from Chelsea to Arsenal and Vice versa but those players are considered a traitor by the fans of their previous team e.g Ashley Cole, we hope he can play we such a pressure breathing down his neck. 

It could be that David Luiz Preferred Unai Emery over Frank Lampard as his ideal coach. But what ever reason that made him leave, Only David Knows! 

6. Rodrygo Goes

Rodrygo joined Madrid fromSantos for €45M.

Imagine paying €50M for a relatively Unknown 18 year old from Brazil. Yup, Real Madrid paid €45M to Santos for his Services.

Rodrygo: Real Madrid paid a sum of €45 million for an 18 year old forward. This transfer is so weird because before the signing of Rodrygo, no one knew him and for Madrid to pay such a huge sum of money on an unknown player, you’d think maybe his stats are good and he’s a promising player but it’s not the case, Rodrygo has played 41 times for Santos scoring only 9 times, this is not a great stat or a sign of a promising young player. We did a little research to know more about him and his stats were nothing to talk about. Whoscored.com rated him as follows;

• Finishing                                WEAK

• Areal Duel                             WEAK

• Crossing                                 WEAK

• Defensive contributions     WEAK

To us at 3i he doesn’t worth such a huge amount, but who knows maybe this move might be what he needs to be the best amongst his peers. 

5. Lucas Hernandez

Lucas Hernandez in a Bayern Shirt.

Bayern Munich coughed up £67M for the Frenchman from Atletico this Season. Now that's a whole lot of money for someone who isn't  Andy Robertson.

The 23 year old World cup Winner joined The Bavarians this summer as a Replacement for Daniel Contento and hopes to boost their Defence line after Adding another Frenchman Benjamin Pavard to it's Ranks. But £67M seems a bit excess for Lucas Hernandez. We hope to see him perform this coming season.

4. The Hazard Situation.

Throgan Hazard & Kylian Hazard representing Belgium.

Chelsea sold Eden Hazard to Real Madrid for €130 Million and replaced him with Borussia Dortmund's Christian Pulisic.

Dortmund signed Borussia Mochengladbach's Throgan Hazard to replace Christian Pulisic.

In other words, we can Say 'Chelsea signed Pulisic to replace Hazard and Dortmund signed Hazard to replace Pulisic'. Now that's a funny but weird one.

3. Harry Maguire 

Harry Maguire joined Unted from Leicester for £80 Million.

Manchester United broke the world Record Transfer Fee for a defender for a Defender whose stats in the League last Season was no better than Mustafi's.  The 26 year old Sheffield product was sold by Leicester for a whopping £80 Million. That's £5M more than what Liverpool  paid for Van Dijk Last year. The price tag seems very absurd and it's gonna raise question to the players performance this season.

Harry has got to prove his worth this season or he'll be consider as one of the greatest flops of all times.


2.Antoine Griezmann

Griezmann in Action for Barcelona.

Why Leave Atletico and move to Barcelona only for you to go under Messi's shadow??. The move seems inappropriate for the fact that Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are bitter rivals at the moment.


The French Forward left atletico to a rival side, Barcelona. The catalonian giant had to trigger the released clause of the world cup winner to Secure his service and i can say it was one which no one saw Coming. Griezmann who have previously shown loyalty to the madrid side by turning down Transfer from top clubs of which England giant Manchester United are among. Griezman Signs a five year deal with barcelona with his new release clause set about €800million.

What's more weird is his release Clause, who would want to pay €800M for a 27 year old?. It's ridiculous!!!.

1 . João Felix

João Felix in Atletico.

Paying  £113M for a Teenager is Mind blowing, And binding him the no.7 seven shirt is weird. Although, Kylian Mbappe has put us wrong on the “He is too young” mentality . But João Felix move to Atletico is super weird. Atleti are replacing a 27 year old Griezmann with a 19 year old Felix. João Felix has some big boots too fill and he has to justify his Price tag.

Mind you, João Felix had only 1 international cap to his name and has a release clause of €350M. The whole transfer feels weird but João is an Amazing talent.