The six Aston Villa signings that made no sense at all

Some signings absolutely bewilder fans and Aston Villa have acquired a fair number of players that would fall into that category. Recruitment at Villa Park has, however, improved significantly in recent seasons while there have been a fair few signings that current owners Nassef Sawiris and Wes Edens wouldn't care to repeat.

The transfer team of Steven Gerrard, Johan Lange, Rob Mackenzie and Christian Purslow will be intent on avoiding duds in the future. Here, we take a look at the five most puzzling Villa buys. Do you agree with our picks? Let us know in the comments section HERE.

A real last-minute panic buy, this one, as then-boss Dean Smith was so desperate for another striker Swansea basically gave Borja Baston away for free. It was deadline day on January 31 and, with club-record buy Wesley sidelined and Jonathan Kodjia sold, Villa wanted an extra body to help support Mbwana Samatta and Keinan Davis up front. The Spaniard, who once cost Swansea a staggering £16.2million, made just two substitute appearances totalling 16 minutes against Spurs and Southampton before walking away in the summer. What a waste of time that was.

Staš is a Villa history boy due to being the only claret and blue player to have scored for the club without ever appearing for them. The Czech defender scored an own goal whilst playing for Banik Ostrava against Villa in the UEFA Cup but his general showing was enough to convince Dr Jozef Venglos to spend £500,000 to sign him in 1990.

Whilst it is true that Staš was injured in his first training session, the Czech defender did actually make three appearances for Villa in pre-season friendlies. Despite missing a penalty in the 1-0 defeat to Gornik Zabrze in the pre-season Hanover tournament, he