Just a quick list of some of the players that Commoli used his extensive scouting network to sign:
- Gilberto
- Kevin Prince Boateng
- Giovani dos Santos
- Gomes
- Darren Bent
- David Bentley
- Alan Hutton
To be fair:
Gilberto. Definitely crap but he did manage to get Brazil's starting left back to the club somehow.
KPB: won Germany young player of the year and has shown to be good in Italy. Obviously wasn't ready/a good fit for the prem
Gio: highly rated at the time and doing the business for barca. Probably the biggest disappointment but this seemed to owe more to his attitude than his ability. Now doing quite well in Spain and continues to impress for Mexico
Gomes: calamitous at times but was a massive part of us qualifying for CL
Bent: complete waste of money that didn't fit into our style if play. can't argue there.
Bentley: feel like this was an ok signing if we hadn't massively overpaid. Was highly rated at the time but again it seems to be abut of a trend with these players that perhaps we looked to much at ability and completely overlooked attitude/mental toughness
Alan Hutton: see David Bentley