#3 Julien Faubert to Real Madrid
Real Madrid is renown for breaking transfer records and splurging on already established stars. Which is why the entire world was flummoxed when Madrid made the shock loan move for West Ham’s right-back, Julien Faubert.
The French international was young at the time and full of speed, but the season before his loan move to Madrid he only played eight times for West Ham in a season plagued by injury. Pundits had their critical thinking ability put to the test when they were asked what Los Blancos saw in Faubert.
His time in the Spanish capital would all have been forgotten had he not shown the world how ensconced he’d become with the Real Madrid bench that he fell asleep during a league match.
Edited by Nishant Jayaram