Top Ten: Football transfers that shocked the world... 10) Mo Johnston:- Rangers had not signed a Catholic player for over 100 years, until Mo Johnston crossed Glasgow’s subterranean divide. Johnston was a former Celtic star, who had helped them to the double with his goals three years earlier, before he went to Nantes in France. The love for Scottish football, however, could not keep him for long in France for long, and after a spell with the French club, he came back at Parkhead, where he announced at a press conference to join Celtic again. Back in Glasgow, however, at the last minute, Johnston signed for Rangers. He scored 46 goals in two years, and in the process, helped Rangers start a run of nine successive Scottish titles. Graeme Souness, the Rangers manager, had a vision for the future, and he didn’t let the religious or cultural barrier come in front of him to get his prized asset. 9) Wayne Rooney:- Wayne Rooney had already become a Premier League sensation at the age of sixteen playing for Everton, before he announced himself on the world stage at Euro 2004 as England‘s youngest player. He was touted to be the next big thing in football. On deadline day in 2004, the boy wonder got his reward when Manchester United broke the bank and paid a record 25.6 million for the England star, which was the highest ever fee paid for a player under twenty. Sir Alex didn’t expect the fee to burden those young broad shoulders, but even he was shocked by this – United had granted Rooney his wish to play in Europe, and how he repaid it on his first appearance, his Champions league debut, with a hat-trick on a packed night at Old Trafford. A new star was born for the United faithful. 8) Socrates:-
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