Man Utd, Liverpool, Chelsea: Every Premier League club's worst transfer deal ever

Earlier this week, it was officially announced that Paul Pogba will leave Manchester United for a second time at the end of this month, following the expiry of his contract.

The Red Devils paid more than £89 million to re-sign the French midfielder from Juventus in 2016. Few would argue that club got anywhere close to value for money out of the mammoth deal.

A poor piece of business, for sure. However, we don’t reckon it’s United’s worst of the Premier League era.

Join us now as we take a look back at every Premier League club’s most disastrous pieces of transfer activity.

There’s some real shockers in here!

Mustafi was touted as a star of the future when Arsenal paid Valencia £35m for the German defender in 2016.

Whatever promise he had shown in La Liga, though, didn’t seem to survive the trip over to London.

Mustafi never looked at home at the heart of the Arsenal defence, but still managed to maintain a regular presence in the side, despite numerous errors.

News of his departure to Schalke in 2021 was greeted with great enthusiasm from the Arsenal fanbase.

Mustafi lasted only three months with the German club.

For the time, Villa’s 2001 investment of £5.8m in Croatian striker Balaban was a significant one. It wasn’t, however, a wise one. He never found the net during his time at Villa Park.

A buy-back and a sell-on clause were included when Ibe joined Bournemouth from Liverpool for £15m in 2016. Neither were needed.

After four largely dismal years, the player was released by the Cherries in 2020.

The Bees have been so impressive in their debut season in the Premier League that it’s tough to pick on any member of their current squad.

However, years before Ivan Toney was propelling the club to the dizzy heights of