Barcelona: Who are the club's biggest transfer flops?

No football club on the planet has attracted more attention with their summer transfer dealings than Barcelona.

Despite seemingly not having more than two pennies to rub together, La Blaugrana have managed to recruit the likes of Robert Lewandowski, Raphinha, Franck Kessie, Andreas Christensen and Jules Kounde.

As a result, Barca boss Xavi Hernandez has an impressive squad at his disposal, although whether all of the club’s summer signings will be able to be registered to play in domestic competitions remains to be seen.

In modern times, Barcelona have rarely been afraid of splashing the cash. However, over the years, some highly promising signings have ended up being complete flops.

In recognition of Barca’s latest spending spree, we here at GIVEMESPORT have decided to put together a full XI of Barca signings that didn’t live up to the hype. All figures quoted have been taken as per Transfermarkt.

To be fair, a few of these lads never even got a real opportunity to prove themselves.

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GK: Richard Dutruel – Free – 2000

Having starred for Celta Vigo for a number of seasons, French shot-stopper Dutruel arrived at Camp Nou with a sizable reputation.

He failed to nail down a first-team place, though, making only 22 appearances for the club before departing in 2002.

LB: Thomas Vermaelen – £13.5m – 2014

Due to injury, it took Vermaelen nearly a year after he signed from Arsenal to make his Barcelona debut.

In total, the Belgian made just 34 La Liga appearances in his five years at the club. He joined Vissel Kobe on a free transfer in 2019.

CB: Yerry Mina – £11.16m – 2018

Barely played a game after arriving from Palmeiras. Sold to Everton less than seven months later – with