10 footballers who made the worst career moves

#6 Emmanuel Petit – FC Barcelona

Petit spent just a year at the Nou Camp

Emmanuel Petit arrived in England on the backing of a solid reputation in France after captaining the Monaco side to the league title. He re-united with former manager Arsene Wenger, who coached him during his time at Monaco, and played a key role in the Gunners’ double winning season in 1997/98. The Frenchman would go on to make 85 appearances for the club and his abilities were quickly noticed by Barcelona who paid £7 million to acquire his services in 2000.

However, in his first and only season at the Nou Camp, Petit was forced to play a defensive role which prevented him from displaying his quality going forward and a series of injuries that followed meant that he struggled and failed to hold down to a regular place in the team.

In his biography, he also exposed the fact that manager Lorenzo Serra Ferrer didn’t even know what position he played when he joined the team. He eventually returned to London with a move to Chelsea but failed to revive his career after a recurring knee problem and bid goodbye to professional football in 2004.