Players who we signed but never played in the First Team (or played just one game). Go ! (17 Viewers)

[Skybluedownunder]

Gianfranco Zola (+ the rest of Chelsea)
Paul Gascoigne
Andriy Shevchenko (didnt we have him on trial does that count same for Ruud van Nistelrooy)
Diego Maradonna

Jamar Loza
Michael Folivi
Danny Philliskirk

We had Fabrizio Ravinelli training with us at one point. I went the training ground as a youngster and there he was


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[ccfctommy]

Does anybody remember Christian Negouai? Or Sebastian olzsar? Did they play more than one game?

 

[Grendel]

Robert Jarni
Marcus Hibner
Kevin Malaga

Malaga played 2 games

 

[Terry Gibson's perm]

No it wasn't.

It was some Polish kid called Garie something or other I think.

It was three Italians we had a strange link up with Inter they took our best player and sent us rubbish. Can’t remember any Polish players around that time but we may have had one as he seemed to have players moving in and out all of the time.

 

[KenilworthSkyBlue]

He was signed for the U23s really but Bouwe Bosma was a weird one.

To the point where even he didn't seem to understand why we were interested.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

It was three Italians we had a strange link up with Inter they took our best player and sent us rubbish. Can’t remember any Polish players around that time but we may have had one as he seemed to have players moving in and out all of the time.

I remember three players coming over, and I swear one was a pole.

It wasn't Gioacchini though, because he came from Venezia, not Inter.

 

[Jesse Carver]

Gianfranco Zola (+ the rest of Chelsea)
Paul Gascoigne
Andriy Shevchenko (didnt we have him on trial does that count same for Ruud van Nistelrooy)
Diego Maradonna

Jamar Loza
Michael Folivi
Danny Philliskirk

Haven't heard the Shevchenko & Maradona ones - when was this?

 

[fernandopartridge]

Mick Harford

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Lateef Elford Aliyu?

I think his only touch in a city shirt was his missed penalty.

 

[CJ_covblaze]

Rafa Gonzalez-Robles was an odd one. Seemed to be there warming up every match but he didn't make the bench despite there being only one other keeper in the squad.

 

[TomRad85]

Lateef Elford Aliyu?

Think he was employed as Saido Berahinos driver at one point

 

[Nick]

Played in two games for City, league cup and Championship.

Came on, got injured the first time he kicked it

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

Haven't heard the Shevchenko & Maradona ones - when was this?

Maradona was a testimonial I think and Iirc we had Shevchenko on trial

 

[1ccfc]

Calita

 

[ccfctommy]

Maradona was a testimonial I think and Iirc we had Shevchenko on trial

If Maradona played for us in a testimonial there would be a photo of it.

 

[DazzleTommyDazzle]

Apparently he actually played four times for us, according to Wiki. I don't remember him playing once.

Rangers must be the club that we have the highest dud to quality signing ratio from. Has there been a successful signing from them?

Ahem, Colin Stein!!!!!!

 

[PUSB-We_are_going_up]

If Maradona played for us in a testimonial there would be a photo of it.

Testimonial was against us was a head scramble it was a “celebrity match” whatever that is

 

[JimmyHillsbeard]

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I suspect this is someone’s fever dream (or they’ve seen a picture of Oggy playing at Wembley for the football league and Maradona playing for the World XI and jumped to the wrong conclusion.

If he had ever been involved in game with the remotest of connections to us - people my age would have talked about it for years.

 

[Legia Sky Blue]

Steve Walsh was the stuff of nightmares

 

[Sick Boy]

It was three Italians we had a strange link up with Inter they took our best player and sent us rubbish. Can’t remember any Polish players around that time but we may have had one as he seemed to have players moving in and out all of the time.

I remember Gioacchini.

 

[Sick Boy]

Testimonial was against us was a head scramble it was a “celebrity match” whatever that is View attachment 43859

Ahh yes, the ever reliable Google AI.

 

[no_loyalty]

Tayo Adaramola.

 

[Sky_Blue_Dreamer]

Tayo Adaramola.

Played twice I think

 

[castellon_skyblue]

Apparently he actually played four times for us, according to Wiki. I don't remember him playing once.

Rangers must be the club that we have the highest dud to quality signing ratio from. Has there been a successful signing from them?

Colín Stein

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Wasn’t there another Peruvian lad alongside Zuniga? Martinez or something? Did he get a game/exist?

 

[Shannerz]

Wasn’t there another Peruvian lad alongside Zuniga? Martinez or something? Did he get a game/exist?

Jairo Martinez, he was Honduran.

He scored a couple in the Championship (or whatever it was called then) the season following relegation.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Jairo Martinez, he was Honduran.

He scored a couple in the Championship (or whatever it was called then) the season following relegation.

That’s the bloke. Thanks. I can see he played a few times for us.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

That’s the bloke. Thanks. I can see he played a few times for us.

I’d love us to start signing South Americans again!

 

[HuckerbyDublinWhelan]

I’d love us to start signing South Americans again!

Weren’t we allegedly after one that eventually went to Benfica last year?

 

[shmmeee]

How many time did Reggie Genaux play? I know he complained about being kept out the team by Telfer and the Scottish mafia.

 

[ccfctommy]

Wasn’t there another Peruvian lad alongside Zuniga? Martinez or something? Did he get a game/exist?

I think his name was Walter Zeballos. But he never ultimately signed. You are thinking of Jairo Martinez and Ivan Guererro, who came from Honduras.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

Weren’t we allegedly after one that eventually went to Benfica last year?

Yeah, with a Germanic name.

 

[Terry_dactyl]

I think his name was Walter Zeballos. But he never ultimately signed. You are thinking of Jairo Martinez and Ivan Guererro, who came from Honduras.

Ah yeah…they’re the ones! I knew we’d signed a couple from the same south/Central American country.

 

[shmmeee]

Have we had Calita? I was convinced he was going to be amazing just because he changed his name from Carlos Batista to sound like a Brazilian.

 

[Sumo the Micky Quinn]

I’d love us to start signing South Americans again!

I remember we signed 2 under Sillet around 1990, after the Woirld Cup Italia 90, probably on loan. One was Uraguarian Centre Midfielder International Jose Perdermo, just checked him out, played about 6 app for Cov, always injured if I remember. Can´t remember the 2nd players name.