10 Worst Ever Premier League Panic Buys

10. Andy Carroll - Liverpool

There was dismay on Tyneside as Newcastle fans watched Sky Sports News on Deadline Day in January 2011. They could only watch on as Liverpool had bid after bid rejected for the man who had fired the Toon back to the Premier League the season before.

However, little did they know it would turn out to be one of the best pieces of business Mike Ashley would conduct for the Magpies. Hours passed and as Liverpool kept knocking on the door with improved offers, Ashley finally got an offer too good to refuse - £35 million.

It was a deal which would see Carroll line up alongside Luis Suarez in a new-look front line at Anfield following Fernando Torres' departure to Chelsea for £50 million. With injuries and a lack of form threatening to derail his once promising career, Carroll could only watch as his Uruguayan strike partner received the plaudits.

Carroll eventually left Merseyside to join West Ham for less than half of the original outlay and will no doubt look back at his big-money move and think 'what if?'