Newcastle Transfers: 10 Worst Ever Premier League Signings

4. Marcelino

From: Real Mallorca Fee: £6m (Source: SkySports) The natural place to start any research is Wikipedia, and whilst not always correct, it does throw up some interesting facts, or rather, facts that wouldn't deserve a mention in any other context. In the case of Marcelino Elena for example, the fact that it claims twice that, 'the player appeared in the full 90 minutes', tells you all you need to know about Marcelino Elena. At no point should this be worth a mention, but for this guy, it's a highly surprising snippet of information. With 17 appearances in 5 years Newcastle fans could have been forgiven for thinking he didn't exist - he did though, and the £6 million centre-half who came with a high billing spent most of his time AWOL with a sore finger. It's almost enough to make Michael Owen look like Hercules. There is simply nothing to write about him, he turned up, lied about his finger, and left.