I can think of a player like Franco Di Santo, hanging on to the Chelsea bench for entire seasons or tiny Maxi Morales who returns from MVP status in winning the U20 Worlds in 2007 and is sold to FC Moscow right away for close to nothing.

He manages to help Yukari with his love issues by telling him where to find Ageha after she ran out of V.B. Rose cying, and makes him red rice when he returns with victory in winning Ageha's heart.