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Lionel Messi and the Peter Principle
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Lionel Messi and the Peter Principle

Why transfers always go wrong.

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Grace Robertson
Oct 13, 2020
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Take a look at the list of the most expensive transfers in the history of football, and you get the ten following names at the top:

Neymar (to PSG), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), João Félix (Atlético Madrid), Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Paul Pogba (Man Utd), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Cristiano Ronald…

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