WORST Transfers From Each Premier League Big 6 Club in 2025/26

We’re entering the final stages of the 2025/26 Premier League season. As teams jostle for position, let’s take a look at some of the individuals within those teams.

Specifically, we’ll be looking at the worst transfer signings for each club in the big six over the course of the season. We’re sure you don’t need a refresher on who they are, but we’ll be looking at Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur.

We’ll only be looking at players who were brought on board during the 2025 summer transfer window and the 2026 January transfer window – let’s begin.

Arsenal – Noni Madueke

Many Arsenal fans were dismayed with Noni Madueke’s arrival from Chelsea in the summer, even going as far as to kickstart an online campaign to get the transfer called off. Sadly, the England international hasn’t done much to prove his detractors wrong.

With the ball at his feet, Madueke can produce magic. He is an excellent dribbler and is very fast, but his intelligence on the football pitch has been called into question on multiple occasions.

Madueke has scored just two Premier League goals this season, alongside a solitary assist. Given that Arsenal signed him for £50 million, they would have expected a better return than this.

Chelsea – Jorrel Hato

We feel a little harsh putting Jorrel Hato on this list, given his young age of just 20 years old, but he has been desperately poor in his debut Chelsea campaign.

He lacks the pace and attacking tenacity to succeed as a right-back – furthermore, he doesn’t have the defensive acumen to be an effective centre-half. He may develop into a top player given enough time, but this will not happen any time soon.

Chelsea signed Hato for £35.5 million in the summer. He wasn’t as expensive as some of the other signings in this list, but he might be the worst overall performer.

Liverpool – Alexander Isak

Alexander Isak isn’t just the biggest transfer flop in the Premier League this season – he’s one of the biggest transfer flops in football history.

It hasn’t been all his fault, though. Isak has struggled with injuries throughout the campaign, effectively stifling any momentum he might have been able to pick up.

Nevertheless, having cost Liverpool an eye-watering fee of £125 million, they have very little to show for it. Isak has made just 12 Premier League appearances this season, scoring two goals and racking up one assist.

Manchester City – Gianluigi Donnarumma

Gianluigi Donnarumma certainly hasn’t been a bad signing. However, Manchester City made some excellent forays into the transfer market this season – as such, Donnarumma is probably the least impressive of the bunch.

Again, we cannot stress enough how this was by no means a poor signing. Donnarumma is one of the best goalkeepers in the world – he commands his box with military-esque authority and is a fantastic shot-stopper.

Sadly, his greatest weakness – his decision making – has cost City more than a few goals this season. For a player of his glittering reputation, it’s fair to say that Sky Blues fans may have wanted more from him in 2025/26.

Manchester United – Benjamin Sesko

Again, we had to be cruel with this one. Like Donnarumma, Benjamin Sesko has not been a bad signing by any stretch of the imagination, but we had to include him due to the strength of his peers.

Bryan Mbeumo, Senne Lammens and Matheus Cunha have all been excellent signings for the Red Devils. Sesko has certainly done enough to be called a good signing, but has he been as impressive as the trio we just mentioned? We don’t think so.

As things stand, Sesko has scored nine goals in the Premier League this season, supplemented by a single assist. He was an expensive buy at over £73 million, but he is looking like a canny pickup at this stage.

Tottenham Hotspur – Mathys Tel

For all of Tottenham’s many, many woes this season, their transfer market dealings weren’t their biggest downfall. If anything, we have to criticise them for their lack of transfer activity, above all else. We can criticise one arrival in particular, though – Mathys Tel has not been up to the required standard.

He technically signed for Spurs in the previous campaign, but the transfer did not become permanent until the summer. As such, he is eligible for inclusion.

With three Premier League goals over the course of 26 appearances, Tel has disappointed audiences this season. Like Hato, he is also 20 years of age, but hasn’t shown signs of developing into a true superstar yet.

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