Described by a Fulham insider as being the 'right striker at the wrong time' - Kostas Mitroglou has become the most expensive failure in the club's history after signing for Benfica on a permanent deal.
GetWestLondon understands the £2 million fee paid by the Portuguese giants at least allows them to forgo the Greek international's £40,000-a-week wages over the remainder of his Fulham deal set to run until 2018.
Mitroglou played for the Cottagers only three times in a doomed relegation campaign that included two sub appearances after costing the club a record £12 million in January 2014.
It equates to more than £150,000 for every minute he pulled on a Fulham shirt over a two-year period - even given a shared salary with loan clubs.
The temperamental forward never settled in London, and was loaned out first to Olympiakos - the club from which he was bought - and then to Benfica on a season long loan in August 2015.
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