10 players whose transfer fee didn't match their talents

#6 Andrew Robertson - £8m (Hull City to Liverpool, 2017)

Liverpool somehow paid just £8m to sign Andrew Robertson from Hull in 2017

£8m doesn’t buy a club a lot these days, particularly in England. It’s become more and more common to see transfer fees spiralling upwards even outside of the top flight, and as an example, Hull City were able to secure a fee of potentially £25m from West Ham for forward Jarrod Bowen in the recent January transfer window.

That’s why it’s so wild to remember that the Tigers were only able to fetch £8m from Liverpool for left-back Andrew Robertson in the summer of 2017 following their relegation. Even at the time, the move felt like a bargain for the Reds, as the Scottish international had been one of Hull’s shining lights in a poor season, playing in 33 of their games and being directly involved in 3 goals.

Sure enough, to say £8m has represented an incredible coup for Liverpool would now be an understatement. Robertson took some time to embed himself into Jurgen Klopp’s first team, but since he’s made the left-back position his own he’s been absolutely outstanding.

2018-19 saw him end the season with 11 assists in 36 Premier League appearances, and he’s well on his way to a similar return in the current campaign, having scored 1 goal and made 7 assists in his 28 games. Today, Robertson is widely recognised as one of the world’s best left-backs – and it remains a mystery how the Reds got away with paying so little for him!