Footballers who showed great promise...

[Lee]

Michael Ricketts? Steve Simonsen?

[spud_gun]

Or this fella:

Savo Miloševi? (I think he now plays in Spain)
Yugoslavia's hero in Euro 2000 was a disaster at Aston Villa. Cleverly nicknamed 'Miss-a-lot-evic' by the tabloids, his finishing and approach play at Villa Park eventually left Brian Little, who signed him from Partizan Belgrade for £3.5m, unemployed. Villa fans failed to take to him despite 28 goals in 90 games, including the winner in the club's League Cup final victory over Leeds. The pressure became too much. After spitting flamboyantly at his own fans in Villa's 5-0 defeat to Blackburn he was put on the transfer list and sold to Real Zaragoza for £3.5m at the end of the season...

He was a very, very good player in Spain. He might have had a poor season or two at Villa but for a while in Spain he was amongst the best strikers in the league. IMO he does not belong in this thread.

[tomasjj]

He was a very, very good player in Spain. He might have had a poor season or two at Villa but for a while in Spain he was amongst the best strikers in the league. IMO he does not belong in this thread.

Too true.