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‘Worst Purchase Ever’ – Ex-Crystal Palace Owner, Jordan Slams Former Nigerian Forward
Jordan, who managed Crystal Palace from 2000 to 2010, described the investment in Akinbiyi as a waste of both money and time, calling the forward ‘useless’.
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Akinbiyi was brought in during Jordan’s second year with the club, but he failed to justify his £2.2 million transfer fee.
At 49 years old, Akinbiyi’s time at Crystal Palace saw him score just three goals in 24 appearances.
“Ade Akinbiyi was a bad buy. He just was useless. I wasted my time and money, and he wasted his own time.
7 Feb 2002: Ade Akinbiyi
”The reality is how weak one can be when one says ‘I don’t want to do this’ and is worn down by the processes of the manager, eventually knowing something is wrong but you continually do it and then you are surprised by the outcome,” Jordan said in quotes revealed by TalkSport.
“It was on the player, it was on the manager, and it was on me. I should have said no, but the problem is when you are the owner of a football club you have to back him or sack him.
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“I’m in a situation where this is my champion and he says he wants him. This guy looks bleeding useless to me and is going to cost me a fortune. I was looking at the boat he was buying thinking ‘I could buy that boat if I wasn’t buying that club-footed clown that I know isn’t going to be of any use to me.’
“And that’s what I ended up doing, and so he proved to be. I got neither the boat nor a decent player.”
Akinbiyi made just one senior appearance for the Super Eagles during his playing days.
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