In my lifetime that I actually remember/had an interest in football for..
Best:
1. Lukaku - The loan was one thing, signing him after his performances on loan was another. Couldn't believe a striker of that calibre had joined us permanently...
I took the question as meaning favourite at the time rather than what they went on to do.
We've had worse signings than the ones I called out but I was hopeful at the time. Gbamin, Tosun, Bolasie etc
Favourite was Daniel Amokachi. £3.5m Nigerian World Cup star? Get in. In my head he was going to score a billion goals. Still love him for that semi-final, though.
Worst was when we signed Solomon Rondon. It was like the opposite to the feeling...
Best: The flurry in the late 90s when we got John Collins, Olivier Dacourt and Marco Matterazzi. Maybe just nostalgia of happier times in general.
Worst: Rooney to Man Utd. Dunc to Toon, Arteta to Arse.
If you come up you cant blow the boom.
The objective is two fold,
1. Give yourself a punchers chance of staying in the league.
2. Buy well enough to have more then a good chance of getting back up if you do get relegated or buy well enough to...
Favourite and best are two different things. Favourite ones at the time were:
Amo - Nigerian players were hot to trot after the world cup in 94 and Amo came to us - at that time the likes of Alan Smith and Lee Chapman were generally the prolife...