Ben Arfa, cabaye, Ba, Marveaux?
DUH!
Most of them unproven in the PL! Ba has onyl played 12 games, ffs. And if they joined on the promise of the club pushing on and showing ambition, what do you think will happen next year when hopefully we've managed to stay clear of relegation (which is looking likely)? They will be off quicker than s*** off a shovel.
Side point but every player in the entire league was 'unproven in the PL' as some point. Think people place too much on this.
There's always an excuse.
Their always injured and so they aren't good signings!
They're unporven in the league!
They're Frencch bottlers!
They don't have enough passion!
Boring.
There's plenty examples of players moving about within the league and not being successful at their new clubs, which is what I think people overlook. As a high profile example look at Torres.