10. Andrew Johnson To Everton (£8.5 Million)
Joe Giddens/EMPICS SportAndrew Johnson represents a number of problems with English players - the main ones being the over-inflated prices, the misconception that one good season makes you a star and the deceptive nature of some statistics. In 2006 he joined Everton for
£8.5 million, having played a single season in the Premier League with Crystal Palace and remained with them for a further season in the Championship following their relegation. His season in the top flight with Crystal Palace was a relatively successful one on a personal level - he scored 21 Premier League goals, but it was a deceptive statistic. Eight of those goals came from the penalty spot and, while thirteen goals from open play is decent, one season with that figure doesn't confirm your status as a top Premier League striker (or an international one, but he still got eight caps - without scoring, incidentally, which kind of proves the point). After that season - and having spent a season in the Championship, where he scored fifteen goals (hardly world class, especially given the length of the Championship season) - Everton coughed up the aforementioned £8.5 million and, moreover, Fulham went on to pay
£10.5 million for his services in 2008. At least, by that point, he'd spent more than one season in the Premier League, however, but Johnson has never been anything more than a good Championship level striker.