18 Jul 2016 10:59:15
With the Paul Pogba to utd looking to be a done deal. can the Ed's or anyone else think of a player who has been let go on the cheap. free or from the reserves of a team that has gone on to be a great player?

{Ed001's Note - Matic.}

1.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 11:36:53
Fabregas.

{Ed001's Note - he said great, not ridiculously overpriced and average.}

2.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 11:47:20
Reus pique fabregas.

3.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 11:50:37
Would you really describe matic as great?

{Ed001's Note - on his day he is.}

4.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 11:52:00
Also surely most great players were let go from an Academy where they had a lot of potential but weren't great yet?

5.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 11:52:23
I touched on it the other day, but Atletico Madrid initially let Gabi go to Getafe, and the resigned him when they realised they'd made a mistake! Although unlike Chelsea and United they signed him back for a good price of about €4m.

6.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 12:55:25
Beardsley.

7.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 13:39:24
I thought the OP meant players who have been let go and then re-signed by the same club that let them go.

8.) 18 Jul 2016
18 Jul 2016 14:11:23
Mats Hummels was cut from Bayerns academy if memory serves me right. Maybe sold on the cheap. Turned out OK in the end.