Ricardo Quaresma during his time at Barcelona (Getty)
Waiting for club fans Barcelona The start of the new season to return to the competition for all possible titles, whether local or continental, after a disastrous season that came out of it The Catalan club without any coronation. And what increased the enthusiasm of the fans, the signings made by the team during the current summer transfer period, especially in the offensive line.
With the start of the countdown to the start of the Spanish League, the Spanish newspaper “AS” prepared a report on the worst strikers that Barcelona contracted with as stars or talents, some of them with large sums of money, but in the end there was disappointment for their modest level, whether because they did not adapt to the team’s style. , or because they do not fit with the club’s project.
Ibrahim Afellay
Afellay arrived in Barcelona from PSV Eindhoven in the winter of 2011, and remained in the club until 2014, although in the 2012-2013 season he was loaned to Schalke 04, and throughout this period with the Catalan club he played only 35 games, in which he scored two goals, and provided a decisive pass to Messi in The “El Clasico” match hosted by the “Santiago Bernabeu” stadium in the Champions League, which Barcelona won against Real Madrid, and the player suffered a serious injury that kept him away for long periods of time, but when he was on the field his performance was not convincing.
Malcom
Brazilian winger Malcom joined Barcelona in 2018, after he was very close to the Italian Roma, and appeared with an average performance compared to the cost at which he moved, he played 24 games and scored two goals, one against Inter Milan in the Champions League, and the other against Real Madrid in the King’s Cup, At the end of the season, he left for Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia, for the same amount that cost the Catalan club’s coffers.
Maxi Lopez
Argentine striker Maxi Lopez moved to Barcelona in 2005 from River Plate, when he was only 20 years old, and he scored only two goals in the two seasons he spent there, despite the importance of one of them, and he was present in the match in which Barcelona drew against Chelsea in the Champions League Before moving to Real Mallorca on loan, he scored only 3 goals.
Christophe Dugarry
Dougary joined Barcelona in 1997 from Milan, Italy, and played only one season, in which he played 13 games, and obtained two yellow cards, and his contract was in response to the request of Dutch coach Van Gaal, who eventually had to open the doors to leave for him, due to his lack of commitment. It should be noted that after one season, he won the 1998 World Cup with the French national team.
Marc Overmars
Overmars is considered one of the best wingers in the world at the end of the nineties, and Barcelona managed to sign him in the 2000 season, to be the successor to Luis Figo, who moved to Real Madrid, but the result was worse, after he suffered a serious knee injury, which was difficult for him to recover from, After returning to the stadiums, he found competition in his position to decide to leave. Also, the club did not win any title during his tenure.
Simao Sabrosa
The Portuguese star Simao moved to the Blaugrana in 1999, when he was only 20 years old, as he was classified as one of the best emerging Portuguese talents, due to the speed with which he is distinguished, but in the end he did not show his potential during the two seasons he played with Barcelona, and he participated In 71 matches, he scored 4 goals and did not win any title.
Ricardo Quaresma
The expectations for the success of the Portuguese star Quaresma, after his arrival in the 2003-2004 season, were high, but he did not succeed, as he played 21 games, starting in 10 of them as basic, and scoring only one goal, and at the end of the season he was injured in his right foot, which forced him to miss the tournament. European Championship 2004, and in the summer of that year, he announced his refusal to continue with Barcelona in the event that Rijkaard continued at the head of the technical staff of the Catalan club, to move to Porto as part of the Deco deal.
Krison de Sousa Garnero
Kerrison did not participate in any official match, although Barcelona signed him on July 23, 2009 for five seasons from Palmeiras, and the Brazilian never played under Guardiola’s leadership, as he was loaned to Benfica, then to Fiorentina, Santos, Cruzeiro and Curitiba, and Barcelona officials bet on him As one of the future football stars, but in reality he had no chance of participating.
Giovanni DePerson
The club signed him in 2001 from Cruzeiro, after the uproar caused by Luis Figo’s deal to Real Madrid, Juan Gaspart signed him without thinking, but the Brazilian striker only played 800 minutes in which he scored one goal, before he was loaned to Benfica.
Xavier Askish
Askish arrived in Barcelona in 1994 from Sporting Gijon as a substitute for Julio Salinas, but in fact he played only 3 matches throughout the season, and did not score any goal, to go the following season to Albacete, with whom he was relegated to the second division, before deciding to retire in 1998 when He was a Real Murcia player.
Ronnie Ecklund
Barcelona succeeded in signing Ronnie Ekelund in 1992, but he played in the first season with the reserve, before joining the ranks of the first team in the following season, but he played only 30 minutes against Racing Santander, while Habees remained on the bench throughout the season.
Igor Kornev
Barcelona kidnapped the Russian player Igor Kornev from his neighbor Espanyol in 1994, and he played only one season with the Catalan club with a total of 12 matches in the league. In the Champions League, he scored a goal against Paris Saint-Germain in the match that ended in a draw, before his departure to the Netherlands.