With transfer window having closed last week, we look at some of the riskier transfers to have taken place in England.
|||With transfer window having closed last week, we look at some of the riskier transfers to have taken place in England.
10. Etienne Capoue , Watford £6.3M
The French midfielder offers Watford some much-needed Premier League quality but in a potential relegation battle he will need to show more fight.
9. Roberto Firmino, Liverpool £29M
A huge fee for someone who still had to convince in a German league he was familiar with – and he arrives in what is a crux season for manager Brendan Rodgers.
8. James McClean, WEST BROMWICH £1.5M
Often unfairly criticised for his political stances, the Northern Ireland-born Republic winger still brings a lot of otherwise needless controversy. Is his talent worth all the trouble?
7. Aleksander Mitrovic, Newcastle £15M
Taken on talent alone, the Serbian striker would be a top signing. But his abrasive personality and poor reputation, as seen with his red card against Arsenal, so often compromise those abilities.
6. Alex Song, West Ham Loan
The Cameroonian holding midfielder made a big impact last season when he arrived from Barcelona but he then faded, and his start this season is already curtailed by injury.
5. Radamel Falcao, Chelsea Loan
Like their central defence, it is surprising that Chelsea’s back-up options up front are pinned on someone who has so many questions hanging over him.
4. Anthony Martial, Man Utd £36.3M
The French striker would be a fine purchase of great potential. But in the absence of another big attacking signing, it’s an awful lot of pressure to put on someone so young for so much money.
3. Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City £56M
Those close to the Belgian national team expressed surprise at the move since he seemed far better suited to the directness of German football rather than City’s technical short passing.
2. Papy Djilobodji, Chelsea £2.7M
Jose Mourinho wanted a pedigree centre-half to finally give him another starting option. The Senegalese, a bargain-basement signing from Nantes, for all his possible qualities, is not that.
1. Younes Kaboul, Sunderland £5M
Dick Advocaat’s side badly needed someone to shore up a porous backline but their big defensive signing from France via Tottenham has so far only made it worse. – The Independent on Sunday
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