Vagabonds XI: an agent's dream
 

Anyone want to add to this informal list of current football players who seem to change their clubs more than their undercrackers? They've made themselves and their agents into very wealthy people! You can probably do better... (especially with my defenders)

Goalkeeper:
Jens Lehmann (Schalke, AC Milan, Borussia Dortmund, Arsenal, Stuttgart)

Centre Backs:
Matthew Upson (Luton, Arsenal, Birmingham, West Ham + various loan spells)
Tal Ben Haim (Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bolton, Chelsea, Man City)

Full backs:
Danny Mills (Norwich, Charlton, Leeds, Man City + various loans spells)
John Arne Riise (Aalesund, Monaco, Liverpool, Roma)

Midfielders:
Simon Davies (Peterborough, Tottenham, Everton, Fulham)
Danny Murphy (Crewe, Liverpool, Charlton, Tottenham, Fulham)
Clarence Seedorf (Ajax, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, Inter Milan, AC Milan)
Edgar Davids (Ajax (twice), AC Milan, Juventus, Inter Milan, Tottenham, + Barcelona on loan)

Strikers:
Craig Bellamy (Norwich, Coventry, Newcastle, Blackburn, Liverpool, West Ham, Man City + Celtic on loan)
Nicholas Anelka (Paris Saint Germain (twice), Arsenal, Real Madrid, Man City, Fenerbahce, Bolton, Chelsea + Liverpool on loan)

Sub: Robbie Keane (Wolves, Coventry, Inter Milan, Leeds, Tottenham, Liverpool)

Anelka's my favourite vagabond with 85 million quid in transfer fees to 8 contracted clubs + one loan deal and he's still only 29! Isn't his brother his agent?! :lol1:

I wouldn't consider 4-5 clubs unusual in the modern game, although Bellend and Anelka certainly take top prize, both hard work if the stories are to be believed.


Tommy Doc would have to be the manager, more clubs than Tony Jacklin as he used to say :)

Some of them are pretty normal tbh. How long was Lehman at Arsenal, you can hardly call him for moving clubs alot...

Is this limited to Top players cause we could have a field day here

Mickael Antoine-Currier.

Years
2001 Preston North End
2001–2003 Nottingham Forest
2003 Brentford (loan)
2003 Oldham Athletic
2003 Kidderminster Harriers
2003 Rochdale
2003–2004 Sheffield Wednesday
2004 Notts County
2004 Grimsby Town
2004–2006 Vard Haugesund
2006–2007 FK Haugesund
2007–2008 Hibernian
2008 Dundee (loan)
2008 Dundee

9 clubs in 2 years :lol1:
13 clubs in total

talk about a journey man another one i always remember is francis jeffers, and james beattie, they seem to have a ew club every summer

They're both good ones. I just checked Jeffers on Wiki and he's still only 27. Can you believe that since he left his first club (Everton) in 2001 he has scored a paltry total of only 14 goals in nigh on 8 years as a professional striker?!

These clubs must just be buying him for his good looks :freak3:

Michael Bridges
Sunderland
Leeds United
Newcastle United(loan)
Bolton
Sunderland(loan)
Sunderland
Bristol City
Carlisle United(loan)
Carlisle United
Hull City
Sydney FC(loan)
Carlisle United(loan)

dont forget this once world class striker
 

Christian Vieri

Prato
Torino
Pisa
Ravenna
Venezia
Atalanta
Juventus
Atletico Madrid - scored 24 in 24 :eek:
Lazio
Inter - paid £31M world record at the time
Ac Milan
Monaco
Atalanta
Fiorentina
Atalanta

over £60M in transfer fees altogether!

Vieri was class

one of the best players i have ever seen live :notworthy

Ah yes "My Left Foot" as Daniel Day Lewis used to call him (I think!). Vieri was great in the air and with his left peg, but if the opposing defence could push him out to the right, he was pretty harmless because he could never get a decent shot in with his useless right foot.

Christ, I didnt realise Vieri had been at so many clubs :eek:

Marcus Bent had 10 clubs
Brentford
Crystal Palace
Port Vale
Sheffield United
Blackburn Rovers
Ipswich Town
Leicester City (loan)
Everton
Charlton Athletic
Wigan Athletic (loan)
Birmingham City

Good news for Robbie Keane! He's finally coming off the bench and will now be starting in a new 3 man attack in my Vagabonds XI. That's his 7th transfer sorted: his agent (Mr Ten Percent?) must think the sun shines out of his 'arris.

Great player in his day at Sunderland, shame it was during Philips peak.

:( Career ultimately wrecked by injury though

Haim now also has sunderland to add to his CV

Just thought I would update this thread regarding Robbie Keane. During the last year he has already left the club he "supported as a boy" i.e. Liverpool after only 6 months on the pay-roll and returned to play for his beloved Tottenham again for another measly 6 months, until deciding yesterday to join the club he "supported as a boy" i.e. Celtic. for a 6 month loan. Where will he end up in the summer? :lol1: Laughable really.

So the 29 year-old has now swapped clubs 8 times.

+ MK Dons
Currently - Newcastle Jets

Ade Akinbiyi 13 clubs:lol1: