Every Current Premier League Club's Biggest Transfer Bust

8. Newcastle United - Joelinton

Over the years, Newcastle United have developed an unsavoury reputation as a team that has often paid over the odds for players that have failed to deliver at St James' Park. After all, who could forget Michael Owen's injury-plagued stint at the team in the late 2000s before enjoying something of a career resurgence at Old Trafford.

However, recency bias notwithstanding, summer 2019 signing Joelinton has to be considered the worst piece of business the Magpies have ever conducted. At the time of writing the striker has managed just one league goal in 29 appearances this season, and while it's possible that the £40 million man could still live up to his sizeable potential in the future, it certainly doesn't seem like it will happen on Tyneside.

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