AS A-LEAGUE clubs are completing their recruitment crusades for this lengthy off-season, au.fourfourtwo.com decided we'd look back at 10 recruits who didn't turn out as hoped. Here's our Top 10 A-League Flops over the course of the competition's history.
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8: Scot Gemmill (New Zealand Knights)
The former English Premier League midfielder and Scotland international arrived in Auckland when the club was in need of some quality. Given his pedigree, including almost 100 appearances for Everton, he promised plenty, but like the Knights, never got going.
Gemmill's arrival was expected to improve New Zealand's midfield after an awful 2005-06 season but the Scot was unable to exert the influence Knights' management had hoped. The slightly-framed 35-year-old was a regular for the side during the campaign but never really showed his quality and when the club folded, their replacements, Wellington Phoenix, weren't interested.
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