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What are the examples of players being sold at low prices or for free in the history of football?

10:05pm, 29 June 2025【Football】

There are many words about this, and there are many examples in both domestic and foreign football. I didn't play before and let the player transfer, but it developed elsewhere and bought it back to make a comeback.

For example, Bayern's Hummels.

Hummels played in Bayern youth training and was appreciated by Heathfield in his early years. He made his debut at Bayern in 2007. He looked like this at that time, so I would like to post photos of him when he was young.

looks gentle and kind, a little young, a bit scholarly and polite.

Because there are big players such as Demikelis in the team, Hummels has difficulty getting a chance at Bayern. He was loaned to Dortmund and played there. His outstanding performance led Dortmund to buy him for 4.2 million euros, making him the main force of the team.

We also know what happened later. Under Klopp's training, Hummels played better and better, and later became an important part of the team. His central defender combination with Subotic was also the best partner in the Bundesliga that era.

In 2016, Bayern saw Hummels performing well, so he spent 35 million euros to buy him back from Dortmund.

Sell low and buy high, and I went back to the grass after eating.

Humels' early career will be very interesting, but he has been wandering around the two clubs, Dortmund and Bayern. When you go back and forth and go to the palace, it is also a strange phenomenon in football transfers.

In addition to Hummels, the same is true for Barcelona's Fabregas.

When he was young, he transferred to Arsenal at the age of 16. At that time, he spent more than 3 million euros on the Gunners to come to the team. The specific fee is not sure whether it is this amount. It seems that the basic transfer fee and some compensation are still some. The total price is about this. The media did not announce it too much at that time.

After several years of training, he slowly became famous. Fabregas became the main force in the Premier League and the core of Arsenal. Later, Barcelona bought him back at a high price.

spent more than 30 million euros on the basic price + floating clause setting, and then introduced small laws again.

Since the transfer terms negotiated by the two clubs are too detailed, the specific amount is now a mystery. Whether it is more than 30 million or 40 to 50 million, there is no accurate amount. Anyway, the approximate amount will be between 35 million and 50 million euros. Including the various expenses of the bonus, it will probably be this number.

In other words, Barcelona spent tens of millions of euros more than before, repurchased Fabregas and ate the expensive return.

The most famous and most expensive buyback is Manchester United's Pogba. He left Manchester United for a free transfer to Juventus, and Juventus only paid some compensation and got Pogba.

After playing famous in Italy, Manchester United was jealous and bought him back again after spending a high price of about 89 million pounds.

also shocked the football world.

At that time, everyone was laughing at the Red Devils, praising Juventus, saying that Juventus made a very cost-effective deal, and Manchester United was the sucker.

Later, reality proved that the Red Devils lost the transfer, did not meet expectations, and the repurchase failed. There are also such examples in China, such as Ma Mingyu from Quanxing, Sichuan. Ma Mingyu used to play for the Sichuan team, and Guangdong Hongyuan later spent 420,000 yuan to introduce him and let him partner with Li Bing.

After playing for two years, the Sichuan team repurchased Ma Mingyu again, spending 1.5 million yuan to get him back to the club, and it was also a relatively famous player transfer.

Regarding the club's return to the game, I think this is normal. It is normal to not play when he was young, so he asked him to go to other teams to exercise. He then repurchase after playing well.

After all, no one can guarantee the present and the future.

Just like Chelsea wanted to do this back then, and wanted to go back and sign De Bruyne, but he didn't play in the Blues. Wolfsburg played well behind him, and regretted that he wanted to re-introduce.

However, considering that the team's tactical needs and developments are still needed, Ding Dar Bruyne chose Manchester City, otherwise with Chelsea's financial resources, it is possible to sign De Bruyne back.

There is no need to be too picky about it. Players are also a dynamic development process. As long as the transfer fee is negotiated reasonably, you can come back if you should.

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