Top 10 biggest wastes of money in football!

Top 10 Biggest wastes of money in football ever! What cost way too much?

Whether we like it or not, money is now a massive part of football. Here we look at the Top ten biggest wastes of money in football ever!

Some investments into the game have been quality, but other’s, just haven’t. We will look at the Biggest wastes of money in football ever!

Today, we’re looking at the biggest wastes of money in football. Not necessarily transfer fees, but just general seen that have seen incredibly wasteful investment over the years.

Top 10 Biggest wastes of money in football ever

10) Brazil’s World Cup stadiums

These state-of-the-art grounds cost a reported cost of £2bn, and most of them turned out to be unsuitable for football clubs once the tournament was over in 2014.

9) England replica shirts

England continue to disappoint us tournament after tournament and we never learn. Set your expectations low from now on.

8) Andy Carroll

Possibly the biggest ever transfer mistake in football history, what were Liverpool thinking with this one?

7) Fernando Torres

Scratch that last slide, THIS is the biggest waste of transfer money ever. It was sad to see the decline of such a fantastic player, but Torres should never have gone to Chelsea, it was the killing of him.

6) England’s 2022 world cup bid

Around £19m was spent on the bid but England got just 2 votes out of 22 in the voting at FIFA, although that was a pretty corrupt vote. But still, what a waste.

5) Food and drink at football stadiums

If you fancy buying lunch at the games these days, prepare to take out a second mortgage, because prices are soaring. In fact, Leicester introduced an average 14% price increase on food this season compared to last.

4) Sunderland managers in recent years

They just keep getting worse, don’t they? No manager since Roy Keane, who left in 2008, has managed to reach 100 games for the club, meaning they’d had to pay off 5 managers in that time, and Dick Advocaat and Sam Allardyce left for different reasons.

3) Paul Pogba

Manchester United spent close to £100m on this guy. Let me repeat..£100m . That’s money that could help out a third world country. And the French midfielder hasn’t really proven why he’s worth that much. He’s merely an average footballer.

2) The new Wembley Stadium

For £718million spent, it just doesn’t have the same vibe as the old ground. With the FA trying to get their money’s worth, basically any team can get to Wembley because they host every event there, ever. It just makes getting there feel a little less special.

1) The London/Olympic Stadium

It cost a huge £323 million of taxpayers money to convert this stadium from an Olympic to football stadium…and what do West Ham fans go and do with it? Throw chairs and beat each other up. Thanks guys.