3. Chris Sutton – Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea, £10m
Back in 1999 the thought of spending £10m on a player was relatively unheard of and saved primarily for Italian clubs.
Yet having won the Premier League with Blackburn back in 1995 Sutton was considered something of an old hat at scoring in the English top flight – he managed one goal in 12 ill-fated months in west London.
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