Arsenal’s worst 5 signings since 2010

Arsenal and Arsene Wenger have a strong record in the transfer market, buying many stars, but sometimes it doesn’t all work out.

Every football club has their fair share of transfer flops, some of which being huge mega-money failures, and Arsenal are no different- though fortunately they’re never really expensive purchases.

With many fans crying out for Arsenal to splash the cash in any fashion in January, it’s worth noting that the transfers must be sufficient and the Gunners can’t just spend money for the sake of it- as that’s a recipe for disaster.

Bringing fair warning of how things don’t always pan out, Jonathan Kaney rolls back the years and looks at Arsenal’s worst signings since 2010.

Hit the navigation buttons to see the TOP FIVE worst Arsenal signings from the past five years!

Sebastien Squillaci

One of the worst defenders to ever pull on the Gunners shirt, Sebastian Squillaci’s time at the Gunners would be funny it wasn’t true. The Frenchman was a bomb-scare every time he played and reminds me of a kid in a school team who is awful but gets a run out to participate for fun. Apart from making a mistake nearly every time he touched the ball, the Frenchman had a particular talent for clattering his teammates, kicking thin air and falling over. Made only 23 appearances in three years before leaving on a free.

Andre Santos

Andre Santos signed for us for £6.5 from Fenerbahce on transfer deadline day in 2011 and goes down as one the clubs worst ever signings. The Brazilian turned out to be nothing more than a big lump and was truly awful throughout his Gunners career. He’s most remembered for a horrific display in a 2-1 defeat at Old Trafford in 2012 – not only as our worst player on the pitch, but because he also decided to swap shirts with recent Judas Robin van Persie at half-time who had just scored against us. Sufficed to say the fans didn’t quite forgive him for that one and he moved on shortly afterwards.

Park Chu-Young

One of the most bizarre signings Arsene ever made was South Korean Park Chu-Young from Monaco in 2011 for £3.5. Wenger must have regretted signing him as soon as he turned up for training as he made only one appearance in his three years at the Gunners – an 82nd-minute sub appearance. It’s hard to even criticize him because nobody can remember what he looks like without Googling him!

Marouane Chamakh

Arsene Wenger signed Marouane Chamakh on a free transfer from Bordeaux in 2010 and the Moroccan striker seemed a great bit of business at first, scoring 11 times in his first 22 games. He then inexplicably forgot how to play football and only managed 3 in his next 45 games. He turned out some of the laziest and dismal performances we’ve seen from a striker at the Emirates and is not remembered fondly by the Gunners faithful.

Gervinho

Nothing went right for Gervinho at Arsenal after his £11m move from Lille in 2011. He tried and he tried, but the term ‘running like a headless chicken’ has never been more suitable to sum up a player. He was regarded as a speedy goal machine in France and arrived with much fanfare in 2011. Unfortunately for us, he ended up looking like he was playing on an ice rink for most of his Gunners career and fell over clutching his bizarre wig after a full speed run to nowhere more than anything else. He’s reignited his career at Roma, and we recouped most of our money after selling him for £8m.