The crazy sums of money being bandied about on European transfer deadline day got me wondering.

 

Which player to have graced the TCS turf has commanded the highest transfer fee (at any point in his career)?

 

 

Wanyama was my first thought or maybe Flo at Rangers? Not sure if he played at TCS but Steven Fletcher now of Sunderland former Hibernian. All these players were £12m fees.

Edited September 2, 201311 yr by HeScoresWhenHeWants

would be wanyama i think (12.5 million), followed by fletcher(12 million). who scored 4 goals in his time with hibs against us all of them at easter road in 12 attempts and he never won at tcs in 6 attempts, and only won 3 times out of 6 at easter road. proving once again money dont beat ict. (this all according to tranfermarkt.co.uk)

 

after those 2 there would be a few of those pocket change £9 million players like gordon, hutton, mcgeady (9.5).

Must be my old mate Marius - wonder what his transfer fees added up to ?

Must be my old mate Marius - wonder what his transfer fees added up to ?

 

Roughly the same as his legal bills.

would be wanyama i think (12.5 million), followed by fletcher(12 million). who scored 4 goals in his time with hibs against us all of them at easter road in 12 attempts and he never won at tcs in 6 attempts, and only won 3 times out of 6 at easter road. proving once again money dont beat ict. (this all according to tranfermarkt.co.uk)

 

after those 2 there would be a few of those pocket change £9 million players like gordon, hutton, mcgeady (9.5).

 

Will be interesting to see if Everton actually move for James McCarthy this evening, with talk of a £10m-£15m deal.

Craig Bellamy - Celtic (West Ham to Man City £14 million)

Good shout, played here once in 2005 and scored. 

I thought of Robbie Keane who would have been more expensive, however he missed out from the records I could find.

I suppose it would be s fletcher he played for hibs here

Keane was on loan to Celtic the season we were in Division One.

 

Bellamy must be the player who has cost most money during his career, my calculations are that he has cost the following

 

Norwich > Coventry - £6m

Coventry > Newcastle - £6.5m

Newcastle > Blackburn - £5m

Blackburn > Liverpool - £6m

Liverpool > West Ham - £7.5m

West Ham > Man City - £14m

 

Total - £44m

I suppose it would be s fletcher he played for hibs here

Bellamy cost more than Fletcher it seems.

Good shout, played here once in 2005 and scored. 

 

I remember that well as Alan was a ball boy (aged 11 or 12)  Told him it wasn't a bad goal but he could have done better lol

Craig Bellamy - Celtic (West Ham to Man City £14 million)

Great shout. Totally forgot about him. Absolutely tore us a new one too.

Not seen many of that quality at tcs have we. Barring maybe shinnie, and mckay... Maybe wyness aswell?

Bellamy still wins as James McCarthy only went for £12.5m

Barry Ferguson went from Rangers to Blackburn for £7.5 million

Edited September 3, 201311 yr by Alex MacLeod

I thought of Robbie Keane who would have been more expensive, however he missed out from the records I could find.

 

Juninho crossed my mind, but only played against us at Parkhead it seems, and only sold for £12m anyway.

Bellamy still wins as James McCarthy only went for £12.5m

 

Everton say £13m, Wigan say £15m, according to BBC. 

Barry Ferguson went from Ranges to Blackburn for £7.5 million

 

 

Barry Ferguson went from Rangers to Blackburn for £7.5 million

 

 

Your point is??

Keane was on loan to Celtic the season we were in Division One.

 

Bellamy must be the player who has cost most money during his career, my calculations are that he has cost the following

 

Norwich > Coventry - £6m

Coventry > Newcastle - £6.5m

Newcastle > Blackburn - £5m

Blackburn > Liverpool - £6m

Liverpool > West Ham - £7.5m

West Ham > Man City - £14m

 

Total - £44m

 

Anelka has cost his clubs upwards of £90 million in transfer fees alone.

Edited September 3, 201311 yr by RiG

But Anelka never played at ICT for or against us.

 

If you mean globally, then Christian Vieri must be right up there for accumulated transfers?

I can't believe we've all forgotten the time TCS was treated to a virtuoso performance by the most valuable player of all, Gareth Bale.

No, hang on a minute. Wardlaw. That was it. Gareth Wardlaw.

 

 

Barry Ferguson went from Rangers to Blackburn for £7.5 million

 

 

Your point is??

 

 

My point is what was the point in mentioning Barry Ferguson going from Rangers to Blackburn ?

The subject of this thread asks who was the most valuable player to play at TCS. My contribution was Barry F who was valued at 7.5 million at one point in his career and he played at TCS. In fact he's even scored at TCS. Seems a sensible enough point to me.