Gareth Freeman - Top five transfer flops in the Premier League

There have been some truly shocking purchases in the Premier League this season but I think I’ve pin-pointed who the worst five are. Without further ado, I’ll just dive right in.
1. Fabricio Coloccini, Newcastle
When you pay £10million+ for a centre-half you expect pure quality. Unfortunately for Newcastle fans they didn’t get that with Coloccini and his performances below par all season. As an Argentinean international you would expect so much more but this frizzy haired flop has brought nothing to the Newcastle team.
2. David Bentley, Tottenham Hotspur
The next David Beckham? Not this season anyway. To be fair to Bentley he has been played out of position a bit but his performances have been shocking and considering Spurs paid Blackburn £15million for his services I think it is fair to say he has been a waste of money.
Bentley can’t even get in the team when Aaron Lennon is injured and it looks almost certain he will be playing his football elsewhere next season.
3. Dave Kitson, Stoke
The ginger haired former Reading striker became Stoke’s record signing last summer when they paid £5.5million to bring him to the Britannia Stadium. It didn’t work out for Kitson at Stoke and he was quickly loaned back to Reading in January without scoring a single goal for the Potters.
4. Nigel de Jong, Manchester City
This may be a bit harsh as he only joined City in January but so far the Dutchman has offered very little to the Man City team. They paid a massive £18million for him in January but they could have waited until the summer and paid a paltry £1.8million, based on his performances since his move it seems a safe Premier League bet that this would have been the better option.
5. Jimmy Bullard, Hull City
Again possibly a little harsh but so far Bullard hasn’t even played 45 minutes for the Tigers. He suffered a knee injury in his first match that ruled him out for the rest of the season, and probably the start of next. To top it all Hull smashed their transfer record and spent £5million on Bullard and are paying him massive wages.

Gareth Freeman - Premier League new boys: Wolverhampton Wanderers

Midlands club Wolverhampton Wanderers or ‘Wolves’ were the first club to achieve promotion out of the Championship this season by winning the league. It has been five years since Wolves graced the Premier League and represents a massive achievement for manager Mick McCarthy, who has previously been in charge of Sunderland and the Republic of Ireland.At the start of the season Wolves were definitely not the favourites to get out of the league. Birmingham, Reading and Sheffield United all have, on paper, stronger squads and McCarthy’s aim at the start of the season was to get the Wanderers into the play-offs and winning the league was truly a massive bonus for the Wolves boss. Staying in the Premier League next season will be no easy task for Wolves. They haven’t really got the money to splash out on top-quality players but the squad does need a lot of improvement if they are to stay in the league. This means McCarthy will have to be shrewd in the transfer market and maybe take a risk or two by picking up some youngsters and players with potential from the lower leagues.They do have a couple of players in their squad who I think are good enough for the Premier League already. Michael Kightly is a decent winger and he has been linked with Premiership clubs in the past, he has pace and skill on the ball and should adapt to top-flight football fairly easily. The backbone of any good team is a quality goalkeeper and Wolves have one in the shape of Wayne Hennessey, who has also been linked with moves to bigger sides but looks likely to stay and play for the Wolves in the Premier League. Former Hearts defender Christophe Berra is another quality player and although McCarthy needs to add to his squad he doesn’t need to make wholesale changes, just add a bit of quality and strength in depth.It will be hard for Wolves next season but I see no reason why they can’t upset the football odds and emulate clubs that have gone up and stayed up before, like Stoke City who find themselves in mid table this season. They will need a few more players and a bit of luck but in McCarthy they have a manager who has been at the top level before and knows what it takes to keep a club in the Premier League, despite one disastrous season at Sunderland a few years ago.

NEW!!! Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) 2009 Home kit

Nogometni klub Dinamo Zagreb is one of the most famous and successful Croatian football clubs. Dinamo is based in Zagreb, the capital city of Croatia. It is the most popular club in the country with between 33% and 36% of the population supporting it.After the Second World War following the rise to power of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, three very popular Zagreb football clubs (HAŠK, Građanski, Concordia) were disbanded overnight, and a municipal club was formed on June 9, 1945. Like other football clubs outside Croatia in Eastern Europe, it was also called Dinamo ("Dynamo"), and all the best and prospective Građanski players immediately joined the newly formed club.Dinamo's home ground is Maksimir Stadium, which is situated in the northeast borough of the city of Zagreb (called Maksimir) next to the famous Maksimir Park (forest) and the Zagreb Zoo. The stadium's current capacity is 38,923 and it's set to be rebuilt and renovated from 2008.

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NEW!!! Rubin Kazan (Russia) 2009 Home kit

FC Rubin Kazan (Russian: Футбольный клуб Рубин Казань, Futbolniy klub Rubin Kazan; Tatar: Рубин Казан футбол клубы, Rubin Qazan futbol klubı), is a Russian football club, based in the city of Kazan (Tatarstan republic). Rubin are the current Russian Premier League champions for 2008.The team was also previously called "Iskra" from 1958 to 1964 and then "Rubin-TAN" from 1992 to 1993.Rubin never played in the Soviet Top League. They advanced to the Russian Premier League in 2003, and came third in the league in their debut year, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. Their 2004 campaign was less successful, they came 10th. In 2005 they were competing for UEFA Cup zone again, finished 4th. In October 27, 2008, after FC Dynamo Moscow lost 1-3 to PFC CSKA Moscow, Rubin had been confirmed to take a place in UEFA Champions League (2009-2010) Group stage.
Rubin had a successful start in the 2008 season, having performed 7 consecutive wins, including the one in the game with defending champions Zenit Saint Petersburg and thus beating the previous record of 6 wins held by FC Dynamo Moscow. After the 27th matchday, Rubin became champions for the first time in history.
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NEW!!! Real Madrid (Spain) 2009 Home kit

Real Madrid Club de Fútbol (usually known simply as Real Madrid)are a professional football club based in Madrid, Spain. It is the most successful team in Spanish football and was voted by FIFA as the most successful club of the 20th century, having won a record thirty-one La Liga titles, seventeen Spanish Cups, a record nine European Cups and two UEFA Cups. Real was a founding member of FIFA and the now-defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs as well as its replacement, the European Club Association.
Founded in 1902, Real Madrid has since spent all of its history in the top flight of Spanish football. In the 1940s, the club, the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium and the Ciudad Deportiva were rebuilt following the Spanish Civil War. The club established itself as a major force in both Spanish and European football during the 1950s. In the 1980s, the club had one of the best teams in Spain and Europe (known as La Quinta del Buitre), winning two UEFA Cups, five Spanish championships in a row, one Spanish cup and three Spanish Super Cups.
The club's traditional home colours are all white. Its crest has been changed several times in attempts to modernise or re-brand; the current crest is a modified version of the one first adopted in the 1920. Real's home is the 80,354-person-capacity Santiago Bernabéu football stadium in downtown Madrid, where it has played since 1947. Unlike most European football clubs, Real Madrid's members (socios) have owned and operated the club since its inception. Real is the world's richest football club (€366m) in terms of revenue.
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