An ex-Premier League club owner has highlighted a former African star as a signing he regrets having made, claiming he should have bought a boat instead.
Simon Jordan purchased his boyhood team Crystal Palace in 2000 at the age of just 32, in a reign that lasted 10 years and saw the Eagles achieve promotion to the Premier League.
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During his time at the club, the businessman also oversaw the purchase of former Nigeria international Ade Akinbiyi for a reported fee of £2.2 million (about R51 million).
The attacker would go on to make 28 appearances for the side, netting on only three occasions, before securing a move to Stoke City.
The former club owner was recently asked about who his worst signing was, and gave the ex-Super Eagle as his answer.
"Ade Akin Bad Buy [Akinbiyi]. He just was useless. I wasted my time and money, and he wasted his own time," Jordan said, per talkSPORT.
"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're surprised by the outcome."
The English businessman was also asked about who had been at fault for the signing.
"It was on the player, it was on the manager, and it was on me. I should've said no, but the problem is when you're the owner of a football club, you have to back him [the manager] or sack him," Jordan added.
"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."
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