Newcastle Transfers: 10 Worst Ever Premier League Signings

7. Alessandro Pistone

From: Inter Milan Fee: £4.5 million (Source: The Independent) Dubbed the new Maldini by someone who clearly doesn't know what they're talking about, Pistone arrived for Dalglish's first full season in charge and playing on the left hand side of a back three he initially looked good. This however, did not last long. He impressively disaccustomed himself to the pace of the English game, culminating in his woeful FA Cup Final performance during which he was almost comically destroyed by the Flying Dutchman, Marc Overmars. Dalglish's decision to move Pistone from left-back to right-back to accommodate for Overmars' pace was one of the main factors in losing that final, and proof if ever it were needed that Dalglish was not a very good manager while at Newcastle. Moved on to Everton after three years, he later found himself failing trials at Middlesbrough and Watford. The new Maldini, he wasn't.