Top 10 worst Premier League signings: Leeds UnitedFrom the blog at
www.offthepost.info [1] 10. Danny GranvilleSigned from Chelsea for
GBP1.6million, Granville never really made a significant impression on
the Leeds first-team, and was sold after just one season for an
GBP800,000 loss to Manchester City, who were not in the Premier
League. 9. Darren HuckerbyAlthough the fee for Huckerby from Coventry
was reported in some quarters as GBP6million, but we will give them
the benefit of the doubt and say GBP4million. He stayed for just one
season and scored just two League goals (at GBP2million a pop), and
his time at Leeds will be remembered as a huge disappointment. He was
sold for less than GBP3.5million to Manchester City. 8. Michael
DuberryDuberry actually stayed at Leeds for approaching seven years,
but in that time never played 20 League games per season, and actually
made, on average, eight per campaign. Joining for GBP4.5million,
Duberry found himself behind Ferdinand, Woodgate and Matteo in
Leeds’ Premier League days, and such leading lights as Didier
Domi and Matthew Kilgallon. 7. Nicky BarmbyJoining from Liverpool for
a fee of GBP2.75million, Leeds actually bought Barmby when they were
already up financial sh*t-creek. Playing just 25 League games in two
years whilst Leeds slid down towards relegation, he was eventually
loaned to Championship Nottingham Forest. 6. Olivier DacourtDacourt
actually gained many plaudits for his early appearances at Elland
Road, but the GBP7.2million signing fell out with the club and Terry
Venables after David O’Leary was sacked. This meant that he was
loaned out to Roma before a cut-price permanent move, and the
Frenchman played less than sixty league games for Leeds. 5. Lee
SharpeRidiculously signed for GBP4.5million despite his history of
injuries, Sharpe became Leeds’ record signing. Played 30 league
games in three seasons, and was loaned out to Sampdoria and Bradford
in the final year. Eventually joined Bradford for just GBP250,000, and
English football’s biggest wasted talent was born. 4. Robbie
KeaneKeane started off well at Leeds during an initial loan move, but
as soon as the club had paid GBP12million for his services his formed
dropped dramatically. He found himself out of the first team, and
stayed for just a single season at Elland Road. With Leeds in
financial disarray, he was sold for a loss of GBP5million to Spurs. 3.
Robbie FowlerAfter being dropped for Michael Owen and Emile Heskey,
Fowler moved to Leeds for a fee of GBP12million. He scored a few goals
towards the end of the 2001/2 season, but suffered an injury in
pre-season, ruling him out for four months. When he returned, Leeds
had sold players and slid down the League table, and he was sold to
Manchester City for an initial GBP3million. Even after that, Leeds
continued to pay much of Fowler’s wages as part of the deal. 2.
Tomas BrolinNow we’re talking! Stayed for two seasons after
signing for GBP4.5million, making 20 appearances and famously being
accused by Howard Wilkinson of not pulling his weight, which would
have been a fair achievement given the pounds that the Swede put on.
Brolin was voted as the second-worst player to ever grace the Premier
League and Leeds’ worst ever player, and he retired at the age
of 29, shortly after leaving on a free transfer. 1. Seth JohnsonAnd
yet the Swede still isn’t no. 1, as Seth Johnson became a
yardstick for having more money than sense in the Premier League. He
was bought from Derby for GBP7million but almost immediately suffered
injury problems, meaning he played just 54 League games in four years.
Even when he did regain fitness, Leeds realised they would be forced
to pay add-ons to Derby if he played more games, and so he was simply
constantly left out of the match-day squad. He was eventually released
on a free transfer, and retired in 2007, aged 28.
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