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Dietmar Hamann
Liverpool to Bolton Wanderers - Fee: £?
11/07/2006 to 12/07/2006
Appearances: 0
The German international 'changed his mind' after signing for Bolton Wanderers and promptly joined Manchester City for a £400k fee.
Bolton's chairman Phil Gartside said: "He [Hamann] rang me when I was in Germany and he felt like he couldn't travel to Bolton because it's too far from the Wirral, irrespective of the fact that City is probably further away than Bolton."
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Mauricio Taricco
Tottenham Hotspur to West Ham United - Fee: Free
19/11/2004 to 24/11/2004
Appearances: 1
The former Ipswich Town defender offered to cancel his contract following an hamstring tear on his debut at Millwall, where he lasted just 27 minutes.
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David Livermore
Millwall to Leeds United - Fee: Undisc.
21/07/2006 to 01/08/2006
Appearances: 0
Leeds released a statement on why the midfielder left the Elland Road club so soon. They said: "At the time of signing David, Kevin Nicholls and another potential midfield target weren't available to us. We then managed to acquire Kevin Nicholls and things have now opened up on another target. The situation with David is that with everyone fit he is unlikely to play. He's an honest professional and when the opportunity came up for him to talk to Hull we gave him that choice. We wish David all the very best for the future."
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Drewe Broughton
Norwich City to Brentford - Fee: £15k
28/10/1998 to 16/11/1998
Appearances: 1
The striker was highly-rated at Norwich and was expected to go on to bigger and better things, but after just four first-team appearances
at Carrow Road, Broughton moved on to Brentford, with whom he made just the one league appearance. 19 days later he moved to Peterborough United,
where Brentford recouped their fee.
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David Unsworth
West Ham United to Aston Villa - Fee: £3m
24/06/1998 to 21/08/1998
Appearances: 0
The England international made the move North to abide by his wife's wishes. Unsworth realised that he made the wrong move within a week
and so after negotiations, he returned to Everton for the same fee that Aston Villa initially paid.
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Paul Ritchie
Bolton Wanderers to Rangers - Fee: Bosman
01/07/2000 to 17/08/2000
Appearances: 0
It had appeared that former Hearts defender, Paul Ritchie, had finally got his dream move. Unfortunately for him,
it turned sour when he failed to appear in the Rangers squad and thus led to a move to Manchester City.
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Joey Beauchamp
Oxford United to West Ham United - Fee: £1m
22/06/1994 to 18/08/1994
Appearances: 0
Soon after his move the winger suffered from homesickness, then followed a move to Swindon Town for £850k. Months later he returned back to Oxford United for just £300k.
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Asa Hartford
Manchester City to Nottingham Forest - Fee: £400k
29/06/1979 to 28/08/1979
Appearances: 3
Forest legend Brian Clough signed up the player as he was unsettled at Maine Road. The Scot two months later had a change of heart about
his future at Forest and soon left to Everton for £100k.
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Clive Allen
Queens Park Rangers to Arsenal - Fee: £1.25m
13/06/1980 to 14/08/1980
Appearances: 1 (friendly)
At the time, goalscorer Clive Allen was the League's most expensive teenager when he left Loftus Road. As he was signed during the summer,
he wore the Arsenal shirt just once before joining Crystal Palace - which saw defender Kenny Sansom move across London to the Gunners.
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John Sheridan
Leeds United to Nottingham Forest - Fee: £650k
03/08/1989 to 03/11/1989
Appearances: 1
Irish international John Sheridan made little impact at the City Ground by making just one appearance during a League Cup tie, he left
to join Sheffield Wednesday for £500k.
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