Most shocking transfers, including Celtic hero Mo Johnston joining Rangers and Sol Campbell going from Tottenham to Arsenal
How do you annoy an entire set of football fans?Well, asking any one of this lot is a good start. Each one of these players made the unpopular decision to leave either in controversial circumstances or to play for a hated rival.
12We’re assuming printing those ‘Judas’ signs on pieces of paper was worth the money to those Tottenham fans angry at Sol Campbell moving to better his careerBelow are 11 deals that have seen plenty of anger spill out from the stands at various football grounds, including Glasgow, London as well as Florence over the years and here, talkSPORT.com ranks them by the despair caused by their transfers, kicking off with Alan Smith leaving Leeds United for Manchester United.
1211. Alan Smith moves from Leeds to Man United – The boyhood Leeds fan once claimed he would never join Man United and was in tears when his beloved Whites were relegated in 2004. Still, following the drop the club were forced to accept a 7m bid from their hated rivals and Smith wasnt too popular with supporters, although the player probably wouldnt have chosen Old Trafford if it had been up to him. Leeds legend Peter Lorimer has since revealed that, of the interested clubs, Man United were the only ones prepared to pay the transfer fee in full, rather than spread out payments. Leeds fans didn't want him to go there but as far as the club is concerned, Alan Smith going there probably saved us from going into administration or liquidation a lot earlier than we did, he said.
1210. Nick Barmby swaps Everton for Liverpool – Everton were shocked when Barmby rejected a lucrative new contract to keep him at Goodison in the summer of 2000 because he wanted to play for Liverpool. Everton chairman Bill Kenwright had previously pleaded Barmbys case with England manager Kevin Keegan in an attempt to get the player more international recognition and was stunned when told of Barmbys desire to move across Stanley Park. It was hearing he had used six of the worst words in the English language as far as Everton fans are concerned: I want to play for Liverpool, he said. He was the first player to swap blue for red since Dave Hickson in 1959 and when the Everton fans gave him stick at Anfield in the October Merseyside derby, he popped up with a goal and celebrated wildly, as Liverpool won 3-1.
129. Carlos Tevez is welcomed to Manchester after leaving United for City – Tevez was very popular at Man United during a successful two-year loan spell where he won the Champions League in 2008, with fans regularly chanting: Fergie, sign him up. A year later, though, he was a Man City player the first to move directly to the club since 1999 and City supporters carried on the chant just to rub it in. The club, meanwhile, celebrated the deal publicly with a huge billboard reading: Welcome to Manchester in a nod to the fans claim that their club is the only one in Manchester given that Old Trafford lies outside the city boundaries. Sir Alex Ferguson wasnt impressed: a small club with a small mentality, he said at the time.
128. Ashley Cole leaves Arsenal for London rivals Chelsea – Though it has no doubt faded over the years, Arsenal fans still reserve a special hatred for Cole. He joined Chelsea in 2006 after his relationship with the Gunners turned sour following allegations of tapping up in 2005 and he fanned the flames when he revealed in his autobiography the anger he felt at being offered a new 55,000-a-week contract by Arsenal. This gave rise to the nickname Cashley Cole, though his quotes have been taken slightly out of context in that he believed he was being offered considerably less than the Gunners had initially promised to pay him.
127. Johan Cruyff leaves Ajax for Feyenoord – Ajax decided not to offer Cruyff a new deal, so what could he do to spite them? Join fierce rivals Feyenoord, of course. He had starred in Ajaxs three successive European Cups between 1971 and 1973, but in 1983 at the age of 37 he joined Feyenoord, a team who often like to remind Ajax they were the first Dutch club to win Europes biggest prize (in 1970). And by the end of the campaign, even the most die-hard Feyenoord fan had warmed to the idea of Cruyff playing for their team. How could they not when they were celebrating a league and cup double with him in the side, along with the emergence of a young player named Ruud Gullit?
126. Paul Ince goes from hero to zero after Man United pic – Ince was West Hams bright young talent in the 1980s and Hammer of the Year in 1989, but the boyhood Irons fan incurred the wrath of fellow supporters when he left that year. West Ham were relegated and it was always going to be hard to keep the midfielder, but after he was pictured in a Man United shirt BEFORE actually signing for the club he was forever known as Judas. He has since explained it was done before he went on holiday, so his break was not interrupted by coming back for the obligatory snap once the deal was completed. However, it was accidentally published and the Upton Park faithful never forgot and reminded him of their feelings towards him every time he played them.
125. Sol Campbell causes outrage in north London – Campbell is one of the brightest young talents to have come through the youth ranks at Tottenham and fans loved him. That respect disappeared as soon as he left the club for nothing and signed for north London rivals Arsenal in 2001, where he became part of the Invincibles side that won the Premier League title at White Hart Lane. Ouch.
124. Man United pinch Eric Cantona from Leeds and make Ooh, aah, Cantona their own – The moral of this transfer tale is that it never hurts to ask. When Leeds attempted to sign Man United full-back Denis Irwin in November 1992 they were rebuffed, only for the Red Devils to counter with a speculative offer for mercurial Frenchman Cantona, who'd won the title with the Yorkshire club earlier that year. Leeds boss Howard Wilkinson agreed to the 1.2m deal and Sir Alex Ferguson got his man. Cantona's status as a hero among Leeds fans understandably disappeared, but a lot of anger was aimed at Wilkinson for letting him go for so little.
123. Luis Figo moves from Barca to Real and pigs fly – Figo was a Barcelona star and part of a team which racked up two titles, a Spanish Cup and a European Cup Winners Cup, but when Real Madrid called in 2000 he couldnt turn them down. "I came to Madrid to win more titles and for prestige. And on better financial terms, of course." It was a bitter pill for Barca fans to swallow as they watched Figo herald Madrid's 'Galactico' era and they never forgave him, with one particular Clasico at the Camp Nou standing out. In November 2002 a variety of objects, including coins, bottles and the head of a pig showered the pitch as Barca supporters showed their former player how much they disliked him. Figo went on to win two Spanish titles and the Champions League with Madrid.
122. Roberto Baggio joining Juve causes a riot in Florence – Fiorentina fans hate Juventus. The dislike stretches back to 1982 when Juve snatched the title from their grasp in controversial circumstances on the final day of the season, while the Old Lady also beat them in the 1990 UEFA Cup final. So when Fiorentinas golden boy Baggio was sold to their rivals for 8m shortly afterwards, fans rioted. He returned to Florence as a Juve player in 1991 and the team bus required a police escort through the streets. During the game, he received all sorts of abuse, but the game ended in a home win, which also saw Baggio refuse to take a penalty. He was later substituted and managed to wind up the Juve fans, too, when he stopped to pick up and drape a Fiorentina scarf around his neck while walking off the pitch.
121. Mo Johnston manages to alienate two sets of supporters – Johnstons arrival at Rangers in 1989 managed to anger fans on both sides of the Glasgow divide. Having scored 52 goals in three seasons at Celtic, Johnston spent two years at Nantes in France and was expected to don the green and white shirt on his return to the Scottish league. He was even pictured in the summer of 1989 alongside Hoops boss Billy McNeill, and said: "Theres only one team I want to play for and thats Celtic. But nothing had been officially signed and Rangers manager Graeme Souness no stranger to controversy pounced and took Johnston to Ibrox, making him the club's first major Catholic signing. He slowly won over sceptical Gers fans, thanks to 31 goals in 76 games, plus wildly celebrating his goal in the Old Firm derby.
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In 1989, Mo Johnston, formerly a Celtic hero, and a proud Catholic, became Graeme Souness' first signing as Rangers manager and achieved the unthinkable by uniting the fans of both sets of clubs in their hatred; Celtic, for a 'Judas' joining their bitterest rivals, and Rangers, for making him their first Catholic signing in the modern era.
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