Players not debuting for the manager that signed 'em!

[The No.10!]

This just struck my mind thinking about Lenny Yoro, and the fact that he never appeared competitively for EtH before he got the sack.

Have we ever had a situation where a player signed for Manager 1 but never played for them, and ended up debuting under Manager 2? Don't want to include Zaha in this as that was across 2 windows.

Also, what have been some hits and misses along these lines across various clubs? Not many names come to my mind!

 

[Ole'sgunnarwin]

I know they probably knew while signing him but Zaha is one

 

[svn]

Varela never played under Moyes, despite being his first signing.

 

[sired44]

Varela never played under Moyes, despite being his first signing.

Wasn't this one of those signings SAF had arranged before he retired? I might be wrong, not sure.

 

[paulscholes18]

Johnathan Woodgate at Real Madrid, there were 3 different managers between him signing and making his debut, which he scored an O.G and got sent off.

 

[Oranges038]

Surely Chelsea have about 700 of these.

 

[matherto]

Johnathan Woodgate at Real Madrid, there were 3 different managers between him signing and making his debut, which he scored an O.G and got sent off.

That is properly mental.

 

[P-Nut]

Can't think of any off the top of my head.

Interesting stat on De Ligt will be that he's had 7 managers in 6 seasons when we make this appointment and has never started 2 seasons with the same manager.