10 Premier League Players Who Should Not Be At Premier League Clubs

The Premier League: Arguably the most competitive and highest standard of domestic club football on the planet.

Over the years, some of the world’s best players have graced the competition – Thierry Henry, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alan Shearer, Ryan Giggs, Dennis Bergkamp, Rio Ferdinand, Jurgen Klinsmann, Gareth Bale, David Ginola and Didier Drogba to name but a few.

But there have also been some absolute turkeys.

Who can forget Ali Dia – the Senegalese footballer who had previously only ever played non-league football in England, as well as around Europe for a series of poor teams – the man who convinced the then Southampton boss Graham Souness that he was George Weah over the phone. ‘George’ told Souness to sign ‘his cousin’, Dia and, without even checking up on him, Souness signed him and brought him on as a substitute against Leeds United, but he was substituted himself 20 minutes later with Saints legend Matt Le Tissier saying “he ran around the pitch like Bambi on ice; it was very embarrassing to watch.”

This emphasises, in an extreme sense, that bad players do make their way to the Premier League – and there are plenty still there now.

Here are ten Premier League players who simply should not be at Premier League clubs…

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