From £86m Prodigy to Timeless Cult Icon: Unraveling the Untold Journeys of World Cup Legends’ Shocking Summer Transfers
Sidny Lopes Cabral – Trabzonspor, £8m
In 2022, Vozinha’s Cape Verde team-mate was playing in the German fifth tier for Rot-Weiss Erfurt – earning around £850 a week, the full-back used bin bags as curtains and was regularly in tears due to homesickness.
This summer, he was curling home the best goal of the World Cup against Argentina. He’d joined Jose Mourinho’s Benfica in January – but days before the World Cup, Trabzonspor agreed a fee to sign him. By the time he arrived for his debut, he’d been joined by Mo Salah, although things didn’t start brilliantly – Lopes Cabral was sent off as they lost 4-0 at Ferencvaros in a Europa League qualifier.
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