Barcelona may be one of the most prestigious and illustrious clubs on the face of earth. Their academies may be swarming with budding world-class talent and the hinges of their trophy cabinets must be creaking under the weight, but one thing that they cannot die is that they have such an odd transfer system. One moment, the club is splurging £75 million on a the hottest striker in Europe, and the next they are shelling out £15 million on a 30 year old centre-back who was playing as a left-winger up until a few seasons ago. They let youngsters go for cheap fees, only to buy them back for massive fees years down the line, ala Cesc Fabregas. They insert insane buy-out clauses into their players' contract clauses to scare off potential suitors - and not just the likes of Lionel Messi, even the bench-warmers are supposedly worth skywards of £70 million. So, really these transfers shouldn't have surprised Barcelona supporters that much when they happened, as one should be accustomed to expecting the unexpected by now. Take a look at the ten players that nobody expected Barcelona to sign.
Recent Journalism & New Media graduate. Insatiable thirst for all things football, and hopes to break into the field of sports journalism in the near future.
Have made a significantly insignificant playing career out of receiving several slaps around the head for not passing the ball.
