4. Juan Sebastian Veron – Manchester United, £28.1m.
The Argentinian arrived at Old Trafford with high expectations and an even higher transfer fee from Lazio in 2001.
Yet two seasons at United and Veron failed to show any good reason why he cost just shy of £30m – other than comedy short socks.
Bizarrely Chelsea bought the midfielder for just under £20m with new owner Roman Abramovich’s money in 2003 and let him leave for Inter Milan on-loan just 12 months later.
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