Birmingham
Birmingham City will feel like they were robbed by paying £500k for 2009 signing
After amassing what was, to be honest, a lackluster record with his parent club—he had scored just 16 goals in 71 league games—the Honduran moved to Birmingham.
A striker with such a record is hardly credible, indicating that Birmingham took a gamble with this move, which is exactly how things worked out.
Birmingham saw little return on its investment in strikers.
Costly never really got going with the Blues after completing his move to the Midlands.
The Honduran international was only able to make eight appearances for Birmingham throughout his tenure there.
Only three of the eight appearances were as a starter, and in none of those games did Costly play the whole ninety minutes.
Carlo Costly Birmingham City – stats from Transfermarkt | ||||
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Opposition | Result | Minutes Played | Goals | Assists |
Burnley | Drew 1-1 | 27 | 0 | 0 |
Nottingham Forest | Won 2-0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
Coventry City | Lost 1-0 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
Crystal Palace | Drew 0-0 | 59 | 0 | 0 |
Sheffield United | Lost 2-1 | 45 | 0 | 0 |
Bristol City | Won 1-0 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
Southampton | Won 1-0 | 72 | 0 | 0 |
Barnsley | Drew 1-1 | 74 | 0 | 0 |
Even yet, they still lost money on this signing because they had to pay a borrowing fee for Costly’s temporary signing, money that could have been better spent elsewhere.
In light of this, it appears that Birmingham City’s specific transfer deal was identical in name to what it ultimately turned out to be.
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