1) Bosko Balaban (Aston Villa)
The Croatian arrived at Villa for £6m from Dinamo Zagreb in 2001. Earning £20,000 a week, the striker was seen as the answer to Villa’s goalscoring problems and was deemed the ‘future’ of the club. The Croat played in just eight Premier League games – and all of them were as a substitute. His contract was cancelled in December 2003 without him scoring a goal.
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