The Worst 5 Premiership Players ever

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There's a lot of money being splashed around the Premiership these days, and most of it on foreign players. In most cases, managers know who they are signing, but in the first fledgling years of the Premiership, it could have been anyone. Here's my top 5 Premiership flops...

5. Marco Boogers: Now this guy was hilarious. God knows where West Ham found him - well in fact, we do know - they found him on a trailer park and they paid him loads of money to play one match - almost kill someone - get sent off and walk back to the dressing room looking like Thomas Gravesen on acid. Brilliant. What a fool.

4. Tomas Brolin: What makes this story so sad is that Brolin came with a huge reputation, having never put a foot wrong. When he put a foot on English soil, however, everything started to go pear-shaped, including Brolin himself who ballooned in size. He cost Leeds 4.5m which in those days was a lot of money, and George Graham shipped him out after just 19 games. Crystal Palace gave him a crack but when Brolin was found upside down in a dustbin outside Burger King, even they got shot of him. That last bit may or may not be true.

3. Andrea Silenzi: Everyone thought that Silenzi would be the revival of Nottingham Forest, but the overgrown Italian turned out to be an overpaid waste of space and lost his place in the team to a man whose head looked like a pineapple. Of course, this was back in the days when English managers thought that any Italian would be an improvement on their team, so the signing of Silenzi proved to be something of a watershed in English football.

2. Jean-Alain Boumsong: How? Seriously - how? The question will probably remain for the rest of footballing history - how did this guy EVER get signed to Juventus? After being torn apart by Alan Hansen week in, week out on Match of the Day, this guy, having proven himself to be the single worst defender to have stepped foot on English soil, goes and plays for Juve. Amazing.

1. Ali Dia: So funny that the story of Ali Dia should be incorporated in the National Anthem, and serves as a stark reminder to any club chairman that hiring Graeme Souness can be horribly, horribly bad for your club's health. It's strange to think that Souness kept walking into jobs even before this debacle, especially as he had mangled Liverpool beforehand. Ali Dia, to cut a long story short, was not the cousin of George Weah, but some scammer who convinced the aforementioned Scot that he was great. So without watching him play, Souness throws him on as a substitute, and then hauls him off. Hilarious.

Can you think of any worse players than these five? Go on, let me know!

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<h1>The Worst 5 Premiership Players ever</h1> <p> There's a lot of money being splashed around the Premiership these days, and most of it on foreign players. In most cases, managers know who they are signing, but in the first fledgling years of the Premiership, it could have been anyone. Here's my top 5 Premiership flops...<br /><br />5. Marco Boogers: Now this guy was hilarious. God knows where West Ham found him - well in fact, we do know - they found him on a trailer park and they paid him loads of money to play one match - almost kill someone - get sent off and walk back to the dressing room looking like Thomas Gravesen on acid. Brilliant. What a fool.<br /><br />4. Tomas Brolin: What makes this story so sad is that Brolin came with a huge reputation, having never put a foot wrong. When he put a foot on English soil, however, everything started to go pear-shaped, including Brolin himself who ballooned in size. He cost Leeds 4.5m which in those days was a lot of money, and George Graham shipped him out after just 19 games. Crystal Palace gave him a crack but when Brolin was found upside down in a dustbin outside Burger King, even they got shot of him. That last bit may or may not be true.<br /><br />3. Andrea Silenzi: Everyone thought that Silenzi would be the revival of Nottingham Forest, but the overgrown Italian turned out to be an overpaid waste of space and lost his place in the team to a man whose head looked like a pineapple. Of course, this was back in the days when English managers thought that any Italian would be an improvement on their team, so the signing of Silenzi proved to be something of a watershed in English football. <br /><br />2. Jean-Alain Boumsong: How? Seriously - how? The question will probably remain for the rest of footballing history - how did this guy EVER get signed to Juventus? After being torn apart by Alan Hansen week in, week out on Match of the Day, this guy, having proven himself to be the single worst defender to have stepped foot on English soil, goes and plays for Juve. Amazing.<br /><br />1. Ali Dia: So funny that the story of Ali Dia should be incorporated in the National Anthem, and serves as a stark reminder to any club chairman that hiring Graeme Souness can be horribly, horribly bad for your club's health. It's strange to think that Souness kept walking into jobs even before this debacle, especially as he had mangled Liverpool beforehand. Ali Dia, to cut a long story short, was not the cousin of George Weah, but some scammer who convinced the aforementioned Scot that he was great. So without watching him play, Souness throws him on as a substitute, and then hauls him off. Hilarious.<br /><br />Can you think of any worse players than these five? Go on, let me know! <h2>About the Author</h2> The author runs the <a href="http://freebetbookmaker.com">Free Bet</a> Bookmaker site which is full of advice on how to bet, what to bet on, and how to keep your free bet money without losing it! The current offer is <a href="http://freebetbookmaker.com/free-bets/content/free_bets/paddy_power/">bet 10 get 20 free with Paddy Power</a>. </p>

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