'Bad'signings by Premiership clubs
There is always talk among football fans as to who has been the worst signing made by Premiership clubs.
Here are my selections covering the last decade… starting with current 20 clubs
■Arsenal: Andre Santos (top left), £6.2m from Fenerbahce, 2011
■Aston Villa: Charles N’Zoghia, £9.5m from Wigan Athletic, 2011
■ Bournemouth: Grabban, £300,000 Rotherham, 2012
■ Brighton: Alireza Jahanbakhsh, £17m, from AZ Alkmaar,
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■ Burnley: Matej Vydra, £1m from Derby County, 2018
■ Chelsea: Fernando Torres (bottom left) , £50m from Liverpool, 2011
■ Crystal Palace: Jordon Mutch, £5m from Cardiff City, 2015
■ Everton: Yannick Bolasie, £25m from Crystal Palace, 2016
■ Leicester City IslamSlimani, £28m from Sporting Lisbon, 2016
■ Liverpool: Andy Carroll (top right), £35m from Newcastle, 2011
■ Manchester: City Eliaquim Mangala, £42m from FC Porto, 2014
■ Manchester Utd: Bebe, £7.4m from Vitoria de Guimaraes, 2011
■ Newcastle Utd: Siem de Jong (bottom right), £6m from Ajax, 2014
■ Norwich City: Ricky van Wolfswinkle, £9m from Sporting Lisbon, 2013
■ Sheffield United Oli McBurnie, £17.5m from Swansea City, 2019
■ Southampton: Dani Osvaldo, £12.8m from AS Roma, 2013
■ Tottenham Hot: Roberto Soldado, £26m from Valencia, 2013
■Watford: Andre Gray, £18m from Burnley, 2017
■ West Ham: U. Jordan Hugill, £10m from Preston NE, 2018
■ Wolves: Roger Johnson, £7m from Birmingham City, 2011
Signings made by other clubs in the PL since 2009-10 season:
Birmingham: Richard Kingson (a waste of space); Blackburn:
Vincent Grella; Blackpool: D.J. Campbell; Cardiff: – Andreas Cornelius (£8m – worth £8; Fulham: Steve Martlet (£11.5m – not good enough); Huddersfield: Isaac Mbenza; Hull: Jimmy Bullard (£5m – was shot); Middlesbrough: Michael Ricketts; Portsmouth: Brynn Morris (generally poor); QPR: Julio Cesar (expensive mistake); Reading: Tomasz Cywka; Stoke: Ibrahima Sonko (£2.7m); Sunderland: David Moberg Karlsson (£1.5m); Swansea: Franck Tabanou; WBA: Marton Fulop; Wigan: Grant Holt (past it).