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#2 Fabinho (Liverpool)
The case of Fabinho is a mysterious one. His signing, on paper, seemed like an excellent one; he even publicly rejected his new club's fierce rivals Manchester United in a move sure to win favour. Fabinho had impressed Europe's elite in 2016/2017 with his displays for the over-achieving Monaco in their run to the Champions League semi-finals, a calm and dominating presence in that side. Aged 23, he was at the perfect age to make the move to the Premier League, but the Brazilian has yet to start a game in the league.
His manager Jurgen Klopp has spoken frequently of Fabinho's need to settle into the more physical English game, but as this sentiment is echoed more, the more facetious it seems to be. Other summer signing Naby Keita has enjoyed much more game time, drawing admiring glances, despite being of slight build.
Fabinho's versatility was highlighted as one of his positives when he arrived but this hasn't helped him either: primarily a holding midfielder, the trio of Jordan Henderson, the ageing James Milner, and Georginio Wijnaldum have settled so quickly into this season that displacement looks difficult; he often played right-back ably in France but the impressive youngster Trent Alexander-Arnold has made that position his own at Anfield.
Andrew Robertson was also eased gently into last season before becoming a fans' favourite at left-back, so Fabinho will be hoping that the same fate awaits him under Klopp.
