Everyone gets excited when their club splashes out on a big transfer, but not every big deal goes to plan.
Sometimes a player will come in and transform things, but all too often they fail to live up to expectations.
With club record transfers now more common than ever - 13 Premier League teams smashed their record in 2016 alone, with two more this January - splashing the cash doesn't always return results.
Sportsmail has taken a look at every Premier League team's record purchase, and ranked them...
The epitome of a bad transfer. Legendary in its awfulness.