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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3: Brian Deane (Perth Glory)
The big striker had made history when he recorded the first ever English Premier League goal. However, when Glory signed him in 2005, it was some 13 years since Deane had achieved that feat. For that reason their recruiting strategy heading into season one of the A-League was flawed.
Deane arrived at Glory at 37-years-old, with his best well and truly behind him and it showed. The former Leeds United, Benfica and Middlesbrough had some fine days during his career but his Australian stint wasn't pretty. Deane managed seven appearances for Glory, scoring once, before the club admitted their mistake and decided to part ways with him halfway through the 2005-06 campaign.
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