Newcastle United Transfers: Every Graham Carr Signing Ranked Worst To Best

34. Sylvain Marveaux

Signed From: Rennes

Apparently stolen from under the noses of Liverpool, Sylvain Marveaux looked like a bargain when he signed on a free from Rennes to add the goals that Alan Pardew said were missing from Jonas Gutierrez's game.

Unfortunately, if he showed a sign of knowing where the goal was in Rennes, he failed to recapture it in Newcastle, scoring just once in 5 injury hit years. He was undoubtedly talented, but a combination of injuries, Newcastle's style not suiting him and a rather unfortunate perceived lack of effort did him in.

33. Kevin Mbabu

Signed From: Servette

There's a good chance Kevin Mbabu could have gone on to be a dependable player for Newcastle, but after only one really eye-catching first-team performance, he was shipped out on loan to Young Boys, where he moved permanently this summer.

The jury remained out on him, though there were certainly flashes in his extremely limited time on the pitch that he might have made the step up as a squad player.

32. Dan Gosling

Signed From: Everton

Everton must look back on their apparently ferocious desire to keep hold of Dan Gosling with great humour these days. Back in 2010, the highly rated youngster turned his back on the club he'd joined from Plymouth and signed for Newcastle. It represented something of a gamble for Newcastle, as he had been seriously injured, but he'd shown enough in his formative years to suggest it was worth taking.

Unfortunately, injuries kept him out of the first team picture, and while he played 24 times, he was never more than an understudy who eventually left for Bournemouth.