20 terrible free transfers that didn't live up to their billing

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Something for nothing? If it sounds too good to be true, that's probably because it is – as these deals demonstrate

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Terrible free transfers

Joe Cole (Chelsea to Liverpool, 2010)

George Weah (Chelsea to Man City, 2000)

Emmanuel Eboue (N/A to Sunderland, 2016)

Robert Pires (Villarreal to Aston Villa, 2010)

Michael Owen (Man United to Stoke, 2012)

Ryan Nelsen (Blackburn to Tottenham, 2012)

Mladen Petric (Fulham to West Ham, 2013)

Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen to Liverpool, 2007)

Marouane Chamakh (Bordeaux to Arsenal, 2010)

Victor Valdes (Barcelona to Man United, 2015)

Ian Rush (Liverpool to Leeds, 1996)

Winston Bogarde (Barcelona to Chelsea, 2000)

Arnau Riera (Barcelona to Sunderland, 2006)

Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege to Liverpool, 2010)

Jose Bosingwa (Chelsea to QPR, 2012)

Florian Marange (Bordeaux to Crystal Palace, 2013)

Nicolas Anelka (Shanghai Shenhua to West Brom, 2013)

Mark Bosnich (Man United to Chelsea, 2001)

Fabio Ferraresi (Cesena to Aston Villa, 1998)

Ronny Johnsen (Aston Villa to Newcastle, 2004)

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