Top Ten: Football transfers that shocked the world

7) Gianluigi Lentini

In 1992, Gigi Lentini became the world’s most expensive football player when Fabio Capello signed him for 13 million pounds for his formidable Milan side.

The young Italian became the final missing piece in Milan’s jigsaw, who were playing 4-4-2 at that time, and were in need of a flying winger who could at any time take on defenders with his pace and skills and start a move. He was a sensation at that time and was touted for greatness.

Moreover, to complement his football skills, he also had the looks which always kept him in the headlines amongst the paparazzi. The life in the fast lane, however, has its own mishaps – a year after signing for Milan, Lentini was involved in a serious car crash.

He emerged from the injuries and survived a coma, but he was never the same player again. The balance, the control, and the technique were completely gone. Due to that accident, he could never fulfil his potential, something that he had in bucketloads.