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#7 Ousmane Dembélé
Ousmane Dembele has only managed to muster 118 appearances for Barcelona in a span of four years. Signed as a like-to-like replacement for the outgoing Neymar, the Frenchman has disappointed so far, to say the least.
Dembele displayed incredible promise during his solitary season with Borussia Dortmund. He was transferred to Barcelona for a gigantic fee of €105m with an additional €40m in add ons. As a result, expectations from the winger were sky high and so far, he has failed to deliver.
A solid and pacy dribbler on his day, Dembele is still just 24 and is fresh off his first full season with the Catalan giants. He played 30 league games last season and contributed six goals and three assists along the way. This explains why the World Cup winner is ranked so low on the list. If his on-field output and injury record stays the same in the upcoming seasons, Dembele will easily find himself in the top 3 of such listicles.
#6 Arda Turan
Arda Turan's transfer from Atletico Madrid to Barcelona was completed for a fee of €34m, with potential to rise up to €41m, in the summer of 2015. However, the Turkish playmaker made his first appearance for the club only in early 2016, owing to a transfer ban imposed on Barcelona.
Even though he officially left the club in August 2020, Turan spent two of his five years contracted to Barcelona on loan with İstanbul Başakşehir. After becoming only the sixth Barca player to score a Champions League hat-trick in 2016, Turan eventually fell out of favor with manager Luis Enrique.
In his actual three years at the Camp Nou, the 34-year-old Turkish midfielder only made 55 appearances, not playing a single game in the 17/18 campaign. With his market value as high as €35m at the time of his transfer, Turan returned to Galatasaray with a career-low value of €650k.
#5 Alex Song
One of the weirdest transfers on Barcelona's part, the signing of Alex Song in 2012 raised a lot of eyebrows. The Cameroonian's last season at Arsenal saw him create 11 goal opportunities in the Premier League, prompting the Spanish giants to unwittingly fork out €17.5m for his services.
Signed as a cover for Sergio Busquets, Song's lack of ability was exposed when he was deployed at the base of Barca's midfield. His atrocious approach to the 26-time Spanish champions' style of play revealed the mediocrity of Song's game.
Released in 2016, a year prior to the expiration of his Barcelona contract, the 33-year-old midfielder recently completed a transfer to Djiboutian club Arta/Solar7.
#4 André Gomes
A victim of his own expectations, André Gomes was a highly rated prospect at the time of his transfer to Barcelona. Unlike the others on this list, Gomes had everything he needed to succeed at Barca, which made his failure at the Camp Nou even more dreadful.
With a confident Euro 2016 showing under his belt, Gomes' transfer to the Blaugrana was announced just days after the tournament's conclusion. His technical abilities and passing proficiency made him an ideal fit for the team. Gomes was poised to take over the creative role from Iniesta during a transitional period at Barcelona. However, this assumption couldn't have been farther from the truth.
A lack of confidence and initiative in the Portuguese meant that he often chose to play the 'safe game.' Gomes often sat in the center conservatively and seldom moved the ball upfield. As a result, his transfer to Everton was sanctioned in 2019 for a cut-price rate of €25m.
