Manchester City may have just landed Erling Haaland in one of the most high-profile transfers in football history, but there are plenty of deals which have seemingly been erased from all living memory.Needless to say, every transfer is completed with the intention of inspiring success and improving a team, but the reality is often very different.
Every once in a while, a club signs a star name only to see the move sensationally backfire.Sometimes a player's spell is so underwhelming that all evidence that it ever occurred appears to have been wiped out without a trace.
With that mind, Daily Star Sport remind you of 13 totally baffling transfers we are sure you'll have forgotten.Best remembered for controversially crossing the North London divide by ditching Tottenham in favour of fierce rivals Arsenal, it's easy to forget Sol Campbell played for three other clubs.
The ex-England centre-back enjoyed a three-year stint with Portsmouth before famously making one solitary appearance for League Two side Notts County, swiftly exiting after confessing he was "being a mug" for believing in the ambitions of the club's new billionaire owners.However, if you're struggling to remember his time with County, you're even less likely to recollect of his stint with Newcastle.
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