1. Freddy Adu
The American whizz kid was expected to be the new Pele, but it all went so horribly wrong. After breaking through as a teenager with DC United, he was being invited for trials with Manchester United. He instead decided to join Benfica in Portugal, but failed to make an impact and endured several loan spells in France, Greece and Turkey.
A short revival in his homeland with Philadelphia seemed to suggest that there was still hope, but having been let go he struggled to win contracts in Brazil and Serbia. In 2014 he failed to impress on trial with Blackpool, and ended up joining Finnish club KuPS whilst allegedly hosting nightclub events on the side.
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