Forgotten Buli transfers: Schalke’s face of crisis and no sheep shooter

A person forgets hundreds of things every day. Most of the time it’s not that bad because we only miss unimportant things like errands, unfinished homework, or the kids who need to be picked up after sports. But sometimes things get worse and boom, we forget that Aílton was once at MSV Duisburg.

It is precisely these transfers that perhaps were not so important in terms of sport at the time and where, especially in retrospect, the names of the clubs and players do not match at all, but they are the icing on the cake . Here we want to fight against oblivion and you in cooperation with the Twitter page @weird_transfers I regularly remember the Bundesliga transfers that actually happened.

Vedad Ibišević has achieved a lot in many fields. This doesn’t really apply to Schalke. In the summer of 2021, the Royal Blues signed the somewhat aging striker from Hertha and sold him as a hero story. The Bosnian gave up his salary to be able to play for Schalke. It’s just stupid that the story ended abruptly in November.

Ibišević and assistant coach Naldo argued so much during training that S04 coach Manuel Baum stopped the entire session. What followed plunged the Royal Blues into an even deeper crisis than they had already been in. Numerous conflicts broke out with consequences for staff. The contract with Ibišević was terminated on January 1. The attacker then ended his career.

Amount of the transfer: free

Balance sheet: 5 matches, one goal, one yellow card

Here’s what happened next: End of career

Dortmund, Stuttgart and Leverkusen weren’t Gonzalo Castro’s only stops in the Bundesliga. Shortly before the end of his career, the 2009 U21 European champion signed up again with Arminia Bielfeld. Twelve matches later, the Westphalia chapter was closed again. That’s why almost no one remembers this station. In any case, you could swear it never happened.

Came from: Lack of association

Amount of the transfer: free

Balance sheet: 12 matches, one goal, one assist

Here’s what happened next: Loss of a club, then end of career

In 2016, Hugo Lameida returned to the Bundesliga. To reunite with Thomas Schaaf, under whom Almeida scored 41 goals in 117 games from 2006 to 2010, the Portuguese international left camp in Russia and celebrated his revival in the Bundesliga. Six months and seven games later, the intermezzo with 96 was over again. The attacker from Lower Saxony was not a sheep shooter.

Came from: Anzhi Makhachkala

Amount of the transfer: free

Balance sheet: 7 matches, one goal, one yellow card

Here’s what happened next: A transfer to AEK Athens