12 Biggest Transfer Flops Of 2014

As the transfer window slammed closed at the end of August to the sound of Jim White going off like an aggravated kettle, it signalled the end of yet another year's extravagant spending in the Premier League as clubs almost self-consciously played into Sky Sports' portrait of the transfer windows as an extended Black Friday when £2m for a Peter Odemwingie actually seems like a bargain. Inevitably because so much money was spent in the two transfer windows, quite a bit of money was spent in error - or flat out wasted. Football managers the length and breadth of the country proved that it actually is possible to have more money than sense at top level teams: obviously it doesn't so much matter at Chelsea and Man City, but elsewhere a misstep can mean the difference between survival and relegation, as Fulham found with their big money, little returning striker. Strictly speaking, this probably could have just been a run-down of Liverpool's major transfers from the summer, given how poorly they've integrated in the wake of Luis Suarez's move to Barcelona, but you have to stop kicking a fallen man at some point. So who made the cut?

There have been way to many uncertain performances from the Croatian, whose performances have deteriorated since leaving The Saints. Possibly the biggest disappointment out of many Liverpool singings this year.