Last update 29 November, 2023 by Alberto Llopis
There are signings that did not make his debut with the club that signed. And is that joining a team, It is not always synonymous with success. Even in some cases, some even make their debut. Whether by coach to turn the player does not have to be the case of a player who has come to change clubs within a few days of arriving at your new destination.
Signings that never made their debut in an official match
Johnny Otto
Atletico signed him Celta de Vigo 8 million euros in the summer of 2018 and he yielded to Wolverhampton. In the English club it materialized a good season which made the English club Atletico will buy it for 20 millions of euros, making win at Atletico 12 million for a player who did not get to make debut with Atletico Madrid.
Diogo Jota and Rafael Santos Borré
Same actors and same situation as with Jonny Otto. Atlético signed the Portuguese for 7,2 million and gave it to the Wolves, which as in the previous case, ended up buying it for 14 millions. Atlético took the double in the operation for a signing that had not debuted but is that the English team later sold to Diogo Jota al Liverpool by 50 millions of euros.
Very similar case to Rafael Santos Borré. The Colombian striker was presented along with Jota and did not make his debut for Atlético in an official match either. The mattress team signed him for 6 seasons. He played two times in two friendlies and was loaned to América de Calí and Villarreal. Later River Plate signed him and after several seasons he sold him to Eintracht Frankfurt where scored the equalizer and the decisive penalty which gave the Europa League final to the Germans in 2022 in Seville.
Keirrison
Barca spent about 20 millions of euros between the cost of the transfer and the salary in this Brazilian player who was supposedly a world star. Signed under the legacy of Laporta, Keirrison He never got to make debut and even surely, Many fans will remember or. After three years of assignments around the world, gifted ended a nefarious business rather than the interests of the Catalan club.
Martin Demichelis
Argentina reached the Spanish League to play in Malaga where he made several good campaigns. This, earned him to Atletico Madrid Cholo Simeone notice him and fichara. But it was just a few days in athletic ranks since left the Manchester City Pellegrini coach of Malaga without having played a competitive match or the mattress club.
Fabian Ayala
The Argentine is one of the best Argentine players in the history of Valencia. strong defense, chair sat with the shirt of Valencia team. However, at the end of his time in Mestalla, Villarreal was interested in him who signed him to shore up his defense. What was surprising was when Zaragoza, He paid its clause within days, before debuting with the club Castellon.
Edwin Congo
one of the worst signings in the history of Real Madrid . One was that of the Colombian player who went to look for the Once Caldas. He never played an official match and after being given teams like Valladolid, He ended presented in the Levant where he spent several seasons creating a sort of strange love-hate relationship with fans granota, Recreativo de Huelva and Sporting Gijon. He ended his playing days by different clubs and Third Regional Valencia.
The Brazilian player was the umpteenth pearl carioca football coming to Europe. Real Madrid at the end of the 20th century gave him the gauntlet in the hope of having a new world star in him.. Nothing could be further from reality. I ended loan at Valladolid and years later in the Atlético. In the white club He never got to play any game and the only time he was seen near the Real Madrid shirt It was when caught in his presentation as white player. One of those signings that did not make their debut with the team that signed them.