Premier League signings don’t always work out. Just ask Andriy Shevchenko, Radamel Falcao, Angel Di Maria and Jerome Boateng.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a world-class player such as the examples we’ve listed there or a fledging starlet looking to make their name in England, the simple fact of the matter is that our nation’s beloved competition can be a cruel mistress.
Like it or not, the sad reality is that a good proportion of signings each summer do indeed go on to flop and predicting who they’ll be can often prove to be an impossible task.
Besides, lest we forget that you would have been laughed out of the room for suggesting this time last year that Romelu Lukaku will flop at Chelsea on the back of a 30-goal season with Inter Milan.
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