5 of the most shocking transfers of all time

#3 Roberto Baggio (Fiorentina to Juventus) £8 million

Fiorentina's decision to sell Roberto Baggio shocked every fan of the club

Roberto Baggio is one of Fiorentina's greatest players of all time. During his five seasons in Fiorentina colours, he stole the hearts of Viola fans with his crafty dribbling and goal scoring abilities.

He suffered a career-threatening knee injury shortly after his debut which kept him sidelined for 8 months and made him miss most of the first season.

While at Florence, he played more as a creator rather than a classic goal-scorer but still succeeded in scoring a lot of goals. He was brilliant for the team in the next few seasons and was loved and adored by the fans.

In the 1989-90 season, Fiorentina was struggling and fighting against relegation in Serie A, but Baggio led the team to the final of the UEFA Cup.

Fiorentina faced their arch-rivals Juventus in the finals, Juventus won 3-1 on aggregate.

However, this was not the end of heartache for Fiorentina fans as just after a few days, the club announced that they had decided to sell Baggio to Juventus. The transfer fee was reported to be around £8m which was a record amount then.

Following the announcement, there were series of riots on the streets of Florence and Fiorentina's president was forced to take refuge, such was the rage of the supporters.

Baggio later said in an interview that he was forced to accept the transfer and it was completely the club's decision to sell him. However, this explanation was not enough to convince the annoyed fans who felt betrayed.