Ten times football clubs have made a very expensive transfer mistake and bought back players
Daily MailWith football clubs willing to spend millions of pounds to get the best players around, sometimes it can go horribly wrong and they find themselves resigning a player for more money than they sold them for. Sheffield United have spent £18.5m to re-sign Aaron Ramsdale after selling for £800k in 2017 Other clubs have made the mistake of re-purchasing a player for more than they sold them for Paul Pogba - Sold: Free, Re-purchased £89million Potentially the most high profile and most definitely the largest mark-up, Paul Pogba's return to Manchester United broke records back in 2016. Nemanja Matic - Sold: £4m in David Luiz exchange, Re-purchased: £22.9million Chelsea found themselves on the wrong end of a deal, and not for the first time, as they had to take a huge mark-up upon the return of Nemanja Matic back in 2014. Peter Crouch - Sold: £70k, Re-purchased: £10million The England striker had his fair share of clubs throughout his career, but it was Tottenham who found themselves coughing up the big bucks as he made his White Hart Lane return in 2009. Mats Hummels returned to Bayern Munich for £31.5m despite leaving for just £3.6m Gerard Deulofeu - Sold: £5.4million, Re-purchased: £10.8million Another talent that Barcelona let slip through their fingers; Gerard Deulofeu's return in 2017 cost them a fair few million - despite him barely seeing the pitch before they shipped him out again.