Barcelona have dominated Spanish football in recent years, winning eight of the last 11 La Liga titles and four of the last five Copa del Rey crowns.
Yet despite all the on-pitch success, there have been a lot of misses in the transfer market from the Catalan giants since the turn of the century.
The club’s success has been built on the graduates of their La Masia youth academy, with the likes of Lionel Messi, Xavi Hernandez, Andres Iniesta, Carles Puyol and Sergio Busquets having been instrumental in multiple title wins.
But there have been a number of major errors where signings have been concerned, far worse than the club record fee dropped on Philippe Coutinho even (after all, at least he scored some fine goals and had some decent