We are starting a series of posts looking at a number of well-regarded footballers who failed to make an impression in the Premier League.

Some of these players simply didn’t have the attributes to really cut it, while others were coming to the end of their careers when they arrived on these shores.

The stars we have picked today had a lot of success on the continent but, for whatever reason, things just didn’t happen for them when they played in the English top flight.

Press the next page as we name five big-name players who flopped in this country.