According to Transfermarkt, these are all the signings we've made above 7m euros (the currency they use) in our history. Essentially everyone who was more expensive than Dean Ashton. Regardless of what they did after NCFC, which have really been worth the cash? Sara ad Brady for sure - both did well for us and then made a profit on sale. Sargent eventually if he stops getting injured. Klose's ability was absolutely worth it initially but was injury prone and clearly dropped in level from then on.
I suppose we could technically say Pritchard as he did get us a small profit if we ignore all the wages we paid him while he was injured, but he contributed very little on the pitch while at Norwich.
The rest didn't live up to the price, and then were sold or released at a considerable loss.
Conclusion - perhaps, contrary to fans' demands, we should stop even trying to "be ambitious".
Tzolis
Rashica
Naismith
Klose
Crnac
Sara
van Wolfswinkel
Brady
Sargent
Pritchard
Gibson
Wildschut
Giannoulis
Hooper
Incidentally, here's a list of all the ones we sold for more than 7m euros. Predominantly youth graduates or bought from lower leagues. Only the aforementioned Brady, Pritchard and Sara belong to both lists:
Buendia
Godfrey
Maddison
Sara
Lewis
Brady
Redmond
Omobamidele
Pritchard
Murphy 1
Murphy 2
Ashton
Fer
Idah
Grabban
Bellamy
Aarons
B. Johnson
Snodgrass
Sutton
Posted By: Legacy Fan, Nov 11, 12:48:22
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