5 worst Liverpool signings in the Premier League era

#1 Andy Carroll (2011-2013)

The giant Englishman was a gigantic flop at Anfield

The undisputed king of Liverpool’s flops in the Premier League era, the best that can be said about the hulking Englishman is that the club who signed him bear as much fault for the crap show he put up as much as the player himself.

In the aftermath of Torres’ then-British record transfer to Chelsea for £50m, the giant Englishman was signed on the same day for a transfer fee which was a record for a British player at that time: £35m.

The signing was done despite the fact that the native of Tyneside was still very much a raw talent in the Premier League and though he had done well to score 11 goals for Newcastle United in the first half of the season, there was still so much that was unknown about his mentality.

His aerial prowess and occasionally powerful shooting could do nothing to disguise his lack of skill and a first touch that was so bad; it was the stuff of comedy.

Injuries and his inability to settle in such a storied club with the huge media attention that came with it meant he stood little chance of ever becoming an Anfield hero and after a miserable tally of 11 goals in 58 games spread across two seasons meant few tears were shed when he joined West Ham initially on loan and then for £15m in 2013.