So Felipe Anderson, who cost £36 million, has returned to Lazio for an undisclosed fee, though some sources say it's as low as £4 million (and perhaps we still owe Lazio some of the original transfer fee). Whatever the fee it's another massive hit on a Pellegrini signing, having lost £25 million on Sebastien Haller. While there are also Jack Wilshere's wages to consider.
I still feel we should have tried to get more out of him. Anderson had talent as his great form two seasons ago showed. Eleven league goals that season produced some great moments, his run from his own half to score at Southampton, a great chipped goal against Crystal Palace, the equaliser at Old Trafford. Something went badly wrong the next season though, he seemed to lose all confidence and was never suited to playing in a relegation-threatened side, despite getting a number of games under Moyes. Last season's loan at Porto was a disappointment too. Were there off-the-field issues? Or was he just unsuited to the pace of PL football?
As Moyes has said, the days of transfer disasters need to end. Pellegrini's splurge has proved very poor business and hopefully under the Moyesiah we now only sign players who retain their value.
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