The Great Debate: Who is football's biggest ever transfer villain? | OneFootball

Barcelona fans were livid when Neymar went to Paris Saint-Germain just two years ago.

But now he might be on his way back!

Anyway, it’s got us thinking, who is the biggest transfer villain in football history?

Lewis Ambrose

Luís Figo became a star at Barcelona and was rewarded with adulation. The Portuguese was celebrated by proud Catalonians as if he were one of their own.

No wonder they were mad when he left for Real Madrid in 2000.

Madrid paid Figo’s release clause – a then-world record €62m sum – and made the move to Barça’s bitter rivals. When he returned to Camp Nou in white, he had a pig’s head thrown at him. Ouch.

Phil Costa

Moving from the red side of Manchester to blue was controversial enough, but after winning the league in his first season, Carlos Tevez held up this ‘R.I.P Fergie’ sign.

His move symbolised a shift in power between the fierce rivals and, after insisting he wouldn’t apologise, bridges were burned.

Matt Frohlich

I wont be coaxed into saying his name, but you all know who he is.

Moving from Tottenham to Arsenal, or vice versa, will never be a popular choice amongst the fans, but to leave in the manner he did after months of saying he will stay? Unforgivable.

Pádraig Whelan

Just mention the name Mo Johnston around Glasgow and depending on who you talk to, the reactions will be very different.

A Celtic goalscoring hero in the 80s, he left in 1987 to join Nantes before agreeing to return to Parkhead two years later – even being paraded to the Hoops support as a new arrival.

He then pulled off one of the most stunning u-turns ever, spurning Celtic for bitter rivals Rangers in the most controversial transfer in Scottish football history.