Loic Remy (Marseille – QPR) £8 million
Remy was highly rated by many and some had even touted him as the ‘next Thierry Henry’. Linked with a host of top European clubs he arrived in England for a move to Newcastle United but failed to show up for the medical as he had instead traveled to west London due to a better offer from Premier League strugglers Queen’s Park Rangers. Unfortunately he couldn’t keep them in the top division and they were later relegated.