10 Players Who Proved Life Isn't Always Better After Newcastle

9. Charles N'Zogbia

Imagine touting yourself as a Champions League player and then ending up at Wigan Athletic... We all know how Joe 'F'n' Kinnear called Charlie 'insomnia' rather than N'Zogbia following a game at Manchester City in 2009 which forced the Frenchman out the St James' Park door. But even he couldn't have imagined how badly his career would spiral so low in such a short space of time. The winger was a large (ish) fish in a teeny, tiny pond at the DW Stadium, which made him look a whole lot better than he actually was. Following 90 games and 18 goals for The Latics, and with no attention being given to him from the big boys, Aston Villa took an £10 million punt on N'Zogbia as Alex McLeish plotted a revolution at Aston Villa. Charlie has only managed to make 77 appearances in four torrid seasons at Villa Park and is widely expected to leave this summer having lost his place to Jack Grealish. Maybe Arsenal will finally get their man this year then...