Pep Guardiola's transfer flops

Patrick Power 8 years ago 6.2k
Zlatan Ibrahimovic was signed by Guardiola, but he never made it at the Camp Nou. AFP

Nolito sealed his return to La Liga after a disappointing spell at Manchester City. We take a look at other big-money signings made by the Spanish manager who failed to deliver.

Will his recent £50 million investments pay off or will Pep Guardiola be red-faced by the signings of John Stones and Kyle Walker? The former Barca and Bayern boss has a history of making poor decisions in the transfer window...

Alexander Hleb - Arsenal to Barcelona (£12m)

Dmytro Chygrynskiy - Shakhtar Donetsk to Barcelona (£20m)

Zlatan Ibrahimovic - Inter to Barcelona (£57m and Eto'o to Inter)

Martin Caceres - Villarreal to Barcelona (£15m)

Mario Gotze - Borussia Dortmund to Bayern Munich (£31.5m)

Mehdi Benatia - Roma to Bayern Munich (£24m)

Nolito - Celta Vigo to Manchester City (£16m)

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D. Chygrynskiy
Z. Ibrahimovic
M. Benatia
Mario Götze
Martín Cáceres
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Manchester City
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