Which summer signings have failed to live up to their billing?
Lazar Markovic was regarded as one of the hottest properties in Europe this summer and plenty of people tipped him to be a key player for Liverpool.
However, another dreadful performance on Tueaday had many questioning his abilities, and certainly the £20m fee the Reds paid for him.
Which other Premier League players have disappointed since their big summer moves?
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8) Marcos Rojo – Manchester United
The wisdom of signing a player who has played more as a full-back than a centre-back was questioned at the time, with United desperate for cover in the middle.
At £16m Rojo’s shakiness has not helped their defensive woes.
7) Jack Rodwell – Sunderland
Rodwell finally made the move away from Manchester City to get minutes, but it looks like he’ll need a few more months to remember what playing for 90 minutes is actually like.
£10m is currently looking like a big fee for the Englishman.
6) Christian Atsu – Everton
He’s only on-loan, but has disappointed fans of both Chelsea and Everton who were hoping for the speedy winger to tear Premier League defences apart after thrilling for Ghana at the 2014 World Cup.
5) Rickie Lambert – Liverpool
Lambert made his dream move to the club he loves, but it hasn’t worked out so far, with the big striker putting in another poor performance on Tuesday night.
4) Rio Ferdinand – QPR
The Hoops are paying massive wages to Ferdinand and he’s currently sitting on the bench. Thankfully this at least means they can drop the three-man backline they were originally using to accomodate him.
3) Eliaquim Mangala -Manchester City
The £32m defender will probably go on to be a superstar, but he’s been shocking after a good start against the Blues.
Sam Allardyce told the press that exploiting his weakness was key to West Ham United’s strategy in their 2-1 win over City on Saturday.
2) Bojan Krkic – Stoke City
Expectations were high when Lionel Messi’s former strike-partner joined Mark Hughes’ new look Potters in the summer, but he’s struggled to get minutes ahead of Mame Biram Diouf and Peter Crouch.
1) Costel Pantilimon – Sunderland
The Romanian goalkeeper played well when Joe Hart was dropped last year and looked set to get his chance in goal for the Black Cats after Vito Mannone’s dreadful performance against Southampton.
However, Gus Poyet chose to stick with Mannone, and paid the price, with the ‘keeper dropping another clanger against Arsenal.
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