6 transfer moves that have left fans scratching their heads

A football fan’s version of the popular song, ‘Eat, sleep, rave, repeat’ during the months July-September would be something on the lines of: Eat, sleep, check transfer news, repeat. Exaggeration much? Not really.The transfer activity of the different football clubs that you follow is a grey hair-inducing, traumatic affair not just for the owners and managers of the various clubs, but for the fans of these teams as well.From spending hours on the internet scouting the players your favourite club must buy to agonising over lost deals and offering prayers for deals to go through on Deadline Day – whoever said it is easy being a football club’s fan?The summer transfer window of 2015 has been every bit as dramatic as it was hyped to be; why, according to the BBC, the Premier League clubs are believed to have spent £870 million ($1.33 billion) in entirety, which is more than the GDP of 18 countries according to 2014 figures from the World Bank!From Pedro’s move to Chelsea, the bank-breaking buying of Raheem Sterling by Manchester City, Atlético Madrid losing much of its sheen with some big name departures and the De Gea saga keeping the entire football fraternity on their toes – this transfer window had quite a few bizarre transfer deals that went through as well.We look at six such deals of the summer transfer window 2015 that have left fans all over the world bamboozled.

#6 Adnan Januzaj - Manchester United to Borussia Dortmund (Loan)

Was this a ploy to gain advantage in Marco Reus transfer?

The first surprising news came in the form of Belgian No. 9 Adnan Januzaj being loaned to Borussia Dortmund. Manchester United’s start to the current Premier League season could at the least be described as ‘sluggish’; Rooney’s dismal form and the lack of attacking options meant that the Red Devils have only scored three goals in their four league games.

Januzaj scored the team’s lone goal against Aston Villa a few weeks ago and his creativity and dynamism are qualities Manchester United could have banked on. However, if only goal scoring was enough! Van Gaal was quoted to have said, “There is more than scoring a goal. There were a lot of unnecessary ball losses (from Januzaj. Also from Memphis (Depay), a lot of ball losses and that’s why there were not a lot of chances.”

Would be too harsh to believe that was the only reason why Van Gaal deemed it necessary to loan off Januzaj, but if not this, then why exactly is Januzaj not part of the United squad this season? Using this loan deal to secure Marco Reus’ transfer to Manchester United is one answer to this question.

PS: Depay should be just a little worried.