5 star players who became successful after their flop spells in the Premier League

AS Monaco v Juventus - UEFA Champions League Semi Final: First Leg
Falcao has established himself as a top Ligue 1 striker since returning to Monaco

#4 Iago Aspas

Liverpool v Manchester United - Premier League
Aspas was signed by Liverpool from Celta Vigo in 2013, and currently plays as Celta's main striker

Iago Aspas has been a revelation at Celta Vigo in the last two seasons. He has really turned his career around after returning to his childhood club.

He was phenomenal in the 2011-12 campaign for Celta in which his career-best 23 goals propelled them back into the first division. After another double-digit goal-scoring season, Liverpool came calling.

In what would prove to be a fateful move, he would go on to play just 14 league games for the Reds, without scoring a single goal in the 2013-14 season.

It wasn't until he secured a permanent move back to his childhood club Celta, that he would recover his form and prove his worth. Not only has he been the club's top scorer in the league, but was also the top scoring Spanish player in the league for the last two seasons, winning the Zarra trophy two years in a row.

Regular clinical performances in front of the goal earned him his first international call-up in 2016. And his consistency was awarded by his inclusion in the 2018 World Cup squad as well.

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