7. Maicon (Manchester City)
The Brazilian right-back may have been a great player a couple of years ago, but a few eyebrows were rightly raised when Manchester City brought him in from Inter Milan last summer. Looking slow, sluggish and off the pace, it’s clear that doubters were right to question Roberto Mancini’s signing of the 31-year-old, especially with Pablo Zabaleta and Micah Richards ahead in the pecking order for the right-back position. One of many poor pieces of business in the transfer market by City, and surely one who will be out of the door again very quickly as they look to build a title-winning team again. Likely to be joined by the likes of Samir Nasri, Edin Dzeko and Kolo Toure – top flops from previous years. Proof that if you give a club tons of money that they won’t necessarily spend it well.