11 Top Champ Manager players who flopped

LostLegend · February 8, 2015

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A couple of my favs:

3. Ibrahima Bakayako

Edition: CM 97/98
Position: Striker

In the game: He made Bergkamp look like a white van with the parking brake left off, slowly backing into a canal.

In real life: His nickname with Everton fans was “Baka-joke-o”, as his £4.5m move to Merseyside gave a return of only four goals. Since he left England in 1999 he’s travelled Europe’s minor leagues, most recently finding some success in Greece’s second division.

6. Freddy Adu

Edition: CM 03/04
Position: Winger/Striker/Attacking midfielder

In the game: A ludicrously gifted 14-year-old, Freddy could slot straight into the first-XI of almost any team in the world. He’d only get better from there.

In real life: Ah, hubris. Freddy’s still only 22, but his early fame has made everything he’s done since look like failure. Everyone was treating him like a true superstar for so long – he was endorsing Campbell’s Soup and appearing on the cover of Sports Illustrated before he could grow facial hair – that, when it became clear that he was probably only Quite Good at best, it gave the phrase “the next Freddy Adu” something of an Ozymandian quality.

He currently plays for Bahia in Brazil, on loan from the Philadelphia Union.