12 Biggest Transfer Flops Of 2014

8. Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle To Hull, LOAN)

Dejan Lovren
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When Newcastle let the mercurial Frenchman go out the back door at the end of the summer it was greeted by wails and fury as he was turned into a martyr. It seemed that their loss would be Hull's gain. But then the winger decided simply to prove Alan Pardew right (something some Newcastle fans will never forgive him for), and made little to no impact at Hull with rumours of a bad attitude ending his loan there in December.

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