Ten Premier League Summer Signings That Look Doomed to Fail

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9. Mathieu Flamini (Arsenal)

Perhaps this is a low-risk signing for Arsenal due to his arriving on a free, but the return of Mathieu Flamini seems a surprise choice by Arsene Wenger as he attempts to plug that gaping hole in his midfield. With Alex Song leaving for Barcelona last summer, a true quality long-term replacement was needed, and Wenger could’ve been well advised to spend a little more money on the likes of Geoffrey Kondogbia or Joshua Guilavogui, two of the club’s main targets in the transfer window.

Instead, Arsenal have signed a player who only really had one good season with the club in his first spell, and who has not exactly played much since making the move to AC Milan in 2008, as he was often a squad player for the Serie A giants or the victim of some injury problems. Either way, the Italians clearly didn’t feel he was worth keeping at the San Siro this summer, and few other clubs made a move for him, making it a questionable purchase by Arsenal when they desperately needed to find a solution to this position.

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